Legal Protection for the Community Around the Sand Mining in Ijobalit Village, East Lombok Regency

Abstract

Sand mining in Ijobalit Village, East Lombok district, is a mining activity carried out by people who own hilly land containing quarry materials such as sand. With this background, the community carries out mining by renting excavators to support their purposes. However, these activities come with many issues. This paper aims to determine the conception and provisions of mining in Indonesia and the legal protection for the community who carry out mining activities. The method used in this paper is normative legal research. The study results show that the conception and provisions of mining in Indonesia are inseparable from the utilization of natural resources and the sustainability of human and natural ecosystems. The sustainability of natural resources and human resources, can be assessed through licensing regulations and authorities as well as preventive protection. Licensing regulations and authorities means granting the community rights to natural resources use and management that are mutual control by taking damages caused by sand mining into account. And repressive protection means management efforts to more responsible sand mining businesses by developing an independent local business sector with guaranteed occupational safety. Occupational safety needs to be regulated technically through a permit to manage sand mining management.