IMPLEMENTASI TERHADAP MINAMATA CONVENTION ON MERCURY DI INDONESIA (Studi Kasus Mengenai Pencemaran Merkuri Dan Arsen Di Teluk Buyat)

Abstract

Pollution of Buyat Bay by PT Newmont Minahasa Raya since 1996 is one of the biggest environmental pollution cases that has shocked the international community, unfortunately the Buyat Bay case has failed in its handling in court both criminally and civilly. The negative impact arising from the mining sector for the surrounding environment is the occurrence of water pollution by heavy metals, especially Mercury. In this case there is an international convention that regulates Mercury, namely the Minamata Convention on Mercury 2013 which was ratified by the president in 2017. This article will discuss