STRATEGI KEBIJAKAN PENANGGULANGAN PENGGALIAN PASIR PANTAI MELALUI PENDEKATAN EKONOMI (Studi Kasus Penggalian Pasir di Pantai Nasai – Kabupaten Merauke)

Abstract

Beach sand mining caused externalities. Externalities are negative impact caused extraction excessive. Road damage, decreasing of fisheries production, and destruction of mangrove forest ecosystems in coastal areas. The government has appeal for the prohibition of sand mining, but extraction still happening. This study aims to assess the policy strategy to overcome beach sand mining throughmotivation and perception of community using SWOT analysis;estimation of actual production costs and estimation of real production of traditional sand mining using descriptive quantitative. The result showed that motivation of community selling sand for economic demands, does not need to work hard, the production are stable and high prices than agriculture activity. They consider selling sand is a side job. If there is no demand for sand, then the community will be doing another job like hunting, fishery and agriculture activity. The community aware negative impact of sand mining and its knowledge become strength effect to a prevention of sand mining. Low enforcement of Government and tribe policies. Real data production of excessive extraction three times higher than government data according to sand mining permit. Meanwhile, all sales sand has no permit. The profit margin for sales agent sand Rp543.111,00/ret while community received Rp250,000.00/ret. Price proposed by internalizing the externalities for sand mining is Rp391.924,00/m3.