IISM and The German Embassy Work Program in Singkep Island

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Since around three hundred years ago, Singkep island, which is located in the Lingga regency, Province of Riau Islands, had become one of the largest tin mine site in the world. However, as the mining activities undertaken by majority of local people and some mining companies have been closed, the former mining areas are left abandoned.

These abandoned land caused pollution and impact to environmental degradation. Eg, worsening soil structure and decreasing organic matter content of plants. Land degradation is increasingly inevitable. The ex-mining areas can no longer be used in agriculture and forestry activities, though actually these activities can support the people who live around the area. Read more

IISM Site Visit to PT Bukit Asam in Tanjung Enim

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As an institution which concern on sustaibnability issues in mining industry, IISM collaborates with PT Bukit Asam (PTBA) for a community-based agro-industry development project. The project is located on PTBA’s former coal mining land in Tanjung Enim, Muara Enim, South Sumatra.

PTBA is a coal mining company with a great concern on environmental and social sustainability aspects. One of the company’s environmental and social programs is to develop an agro-industrial activity on their ex-mining site by optimally involving the community and local stakeholders. Based on the similarity in their vision, IISM and PTBA then agreed to conduct research cooperation on the program. As a first step, IISM will conduct a research and field trials program development for two years. Read more