PERAN JARINGAN ADVOKASI TAMBANG (JATAM) DALAM PENYELAMATAN LINGKUNGAN DI INDONESIA 1995-2016

Abstract

This article discusses the roots of environmental movements that focus on mining issues in Indonesia by making the Mining Advocay Network (JATAM) as the focus of the discussion. The method use in writing this article is a historical method that functions to reconstruct historiography, including searching for sources, to writing ideas. The initial idea of the formation of JATAM is inseparable from the environmental crisis that occurred in Indonesia in the 1990s. The results show that JATAM stands as an environmental movement that focusses on overseeing mining issues is the influence of the occurrence of environmental crises due to mining. One of them is environmental pollution in the gold mining area of PT Barisan Tropical Mining (BTM) in Lubuk Linggau, South Sumatera. River pollution is caused by the company dredging river stones to be used as a company road hardener. River erosion occurs because a lot of land is cleared, while the falling part of the ground is short-circuited. In addition, the initial initiator of the idea to form JATAM met with a farmer named Samsuri in Kalimantan in the 1990s. At the time, the rubber plantation land was evicted by PT Adaro Energy and replaced with a cheap price. The farmer was prosecuted in court for refusing and also experiencing persecution. These factors form the background of the establishment of JATAM in 1995 as a network focused on mining issues in Indonesia.