KERTAS POSISI: DAYA RUSAK HILIRISASI NIKEL

The report details the destructive effects of nickel mining in North Maluku, highlighting severe deforestation, water pollution, and health crises. It contrasts high GDP growth driven by nickel exports with rising poverty and the loss of traditional livelihoods in farming and fishing. Specific case studies in Teluk Weda, Pulau Gebe, Teluk Buli, Subaim-Wasile, and Pulau Obi illustrate a pattern of corporate negligence, labor accidents, and state-backed land seizures.

• There is a stark contradiction between North Maluku's economic growth and its poverty levels; while the province's economic growth has exceeded 20%, outperforming the national average due to nickel exports, the number of poor residents increased from 79.87 thousand in March 2022 to 83.80 thousand in March 2023.
• Nickel industrialization has caused severe environmental degradation and health crises in Teluk Weda, where PT IWIP's operations are linked to a massive spike in Acute Respiratory Infection (ISPA) cases, rising from 434 in 2021 to 10,579 in 2023, attributed to coal-fired power plant emissions.
• Mining operations have led to significant deforestation and ecological disasters in North Maluku. Between 2001 and 2022, Halmahera Tengah lost 26.1 thousand hectares of tree cover and Halmahera Timur lost 56.3 thousand hectares. In the IWIP area, this has contributed to seven flash floods between August 2020 and September 2023.
• Nickel mining has devastated local food security and traditional economies. In Subaim-Wasile, a key food granary, PT Indo Bumi Nikel (IBN) disrupted irrigation and destroyed rice fields, contributing to a loss of over 25,000 tons of rice production in Halmahera Timur over the last five years.
• Marine ecosystems in Teluk Weda and Teluk Buli are contaminated with heavy metals exceeding quality standards, specifically hexavalent chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), and copper (Cu), which has damaged fish tissue and affected local fisheries.
• Labor safety is a critical issue at PT IWIP, where since 2018, over 20 workers have died in accidents, including four smelter explosions and one fire.
• On Pulau Obi, Harita Nickel's operations have led to severe health crises, including an extraordinary event (KLB) in February 2023 where 117 children in Kawasi Village suffered from diarrhea, resulting in two deaths.

APA

Trend Asia (2024). KERTAS POSISI: DAYA RUSAK HILIRISASI NIKEL. https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kertas-Posisi-Daya-Rusak-Hilirsisasi-Nikel-Final-2-compressed.pdf

Chicago

Trend Asia. KERTAS POSISI: DAYA RUSAK HILIRISASI NIKEL. 2024. https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kertas-Posisi-Daya-Rusak-Hilirsisasi-Nikel-Final-2-compressed.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{trendasia2024kertas, author = {{Trend Asia}}, title = {{KERTAS POSISI: DAYA RUSAK HILIRISASI NIKEL}}, institution = {Trend Asia}, year = {2024}, url = {https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kertas-Posisi-Daya-Rusak-Hilirsisasi-Nikel-Final-2-compressed.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }