Gold Mining Related Conflict in Tumpang Pitu Banyuwangi East Java

Joharotul Jamilah, Muhammad Ismail, Edwin Syarif

2018

Abstract

This paper examines the existence of gold mining in Tumpang Pitu Banyuwangi which impact community conflict. The presence of a gold mining company transforms the natural landscape of Tumpang Pitu from protection and water catchment areas into extractive quarry areas. The protracted conflict which involves many actors, creating tidal dynamics and escalation of the conflict like peacetime, tension, and violence, through pre-conflict, confrontation, crisis, post-conflict, and conflict. This study uses the qualitative method to obtain in-depth data about the picture of the conflict in the community. The conflict occurred as a result of gold mining companies causing degradation of the protected forests that cause water resources polluted and reduced in the communities. There is pollution of seawater and soil due to the disposal of gold waste, resulting in decreased agricultural yields and fish catch for farmers and fishers. This conflict involves various parties such as corporations, governments, non-governmental organizations, farmers, fishers and tourism activists. The period 1995-2006 is a pre-conflict that occurs between communities, companies, and governments. In 2006-2014 the confrontation phase, 2015 crisis and the peak of the conflict were anarchism, 2016-2017 stages of post-conflict and consequences of unrest and violence that harm the company and the community.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Jamilah J., Ismail M. and Syarif E. (2018). Gold Mining Related Conflict in Tumpang Pitu Banyuwangi East Java.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 1643-1650. DOI: 10.5220/0009933216431650

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Joharotul Jamilah and Muhammad Ismail and Edwin Syarif},
title={Gold Mining Related Conflict in Tumpang Pitu Banyuwangi East Java},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={1643-1650},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009933216431650},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - Gold Mining Related Conflict in Tumpang Pitu Banyuwangi East Java
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Jamilah J.
AU - Ismail M.
AU - Syarif E.
PY - 2018
SP - 1643
EP - 1650
DO - 10.5220/0009933216431650