Pro fauna Indonesia opposed plan
to build a nickel Smelter in Baluran
Nickel-pr
ocessing
plant on behalf of PT Situbondo Metalindo it feared would
threatenthe future of ecosystems Baluran, which became habitat
for various wildlife that is protected.
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| Activists by Pro fauna Indonesia |
Activists by Pro
fauna Indonesia Surabaya Chapter conducting rallies in
front of theOffice of the Governor of East Java, on the Memorial page,
Surabaya, 23rd October2014 (photo: VOA/Peter).
SURABAYA, EAST JAVA —
By Pro fauna Indonesia doing rallies in
front of the Office of the Governor of East Java,Surabaya Hero Street,
Thursday (23/10), urging the cancellation of plans to build a
nickel processing plant near the Baluran National Park near Situbondo,
East Java.
The presence of Nickel smelter feared would
damage the ecosystem around the National Park, as well as disrupt wildlife and people
living around the National Park.
Rallies are
packaged in the form of transformative theatrical and silent,
the actiondone by Pro fauna Indonesia Surabaya Chapter activists in
front of the Governor's Office in Surabaya, East Java as
a form of protest and rejection of the plan to build the
processing plant or a nickel smelter, in an area adjacent
to Baluran National Park, in the region of Situbondo.
Nickel-processing
plant on behalf of PT Situbondo Metalindo it feared would
threatenthe future of ecosystems Baluran, which became habitat
for various wildlife that is protected.
By Pro fauna Indonesia Defends plan
to build a nickel Smelter in Baluran
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Campaigners by
Pro fauna Indonesia, Swasti Prawidya Mukti said the Nickel smelterdevelopment
efforts near the National Park has started with the opening of
land foraccess roads, which it can disrupt mobility and sustainability of
existing wildlife inBaluran National Park.
"Should the national
parks indeed, no allocation to it, and that is a violation
of the lawif we examine in terms of law because it was a National
Park conservation area that ishighly protected, and
wildlife-wildlife there are directly ternacam by opening the
road or development activities that, because many of the vehicle's passing
by, then there is no physical boundary between the
area of the National Park with the factory, "saidSwasti Prawidya Mukti.
In addition to the disruption
of wildlife movement, space construction of smelteraccording
to Swasti Prawidya will have an impact on natural ecosystems, in
particulardamage in Baluran, pollution caused by activities
of the smelter.
"Reports from
the process of refining Nickel it. one was the sulphur-containingsubstances SO2,
when it evaporates into the air in contact with the
atmosphere thatwe can trigger the onset of acid rain. So in
an area that is very likely to occur are acid rain directly
will pollute the soil, water and air, not long after will
definitely damage thetissues of plants, "he said.
According to Swasti,
plants will be affected by the fast onset of acid
rain caused by thesmelter. "If plants were already damaged, dead, well certainly not
long after wildlife-wildlife there also will follow, as
well as its people," explained Swasti.
This rejection action word Swasti, also is urging the Government
of East Java provinceto stop or cancel the planned construction
of a smelter near Baluran National Park.
By Pro fauna Indonesia said Swasti, also charge the
follow-up letter of objectionsaimed at the environmental agency
of the province of East Java, which was addressed to the
Government of Situbondo to reassess a plan granting the permit.
"The Government of
the province of East Java, from the Environment Agency (BLH)
hasissued a response to a letter of protest by Pro fauna,
so there is already a letter fromBLH. This letter was addressed
to the Government of Situbondo to review the permitfrom
the establishment of the factory. Is it really a permit was
out or not, SitubondoDistrict Government should already give
a response to the Government of East Java province, how the
results of their review, "added Swasti.
Team members Review the
Ministry of forestry, Smelting Satyawan to VOA revealed,from
the results of monitoring and meeting with the company, it still has
not beenable to conclude about the readiness of companies
to build a smelter. Some of the required data, team up
to now have not been met by the company, as the basis forthe
conclusions and recommendations of the granting of a permit from
the Ministry offorestry.
"Until now it
turns out the data we need is not all were given by
the company, so wecan not provide conclusions with respect
to the application. We are still waiting fordata that is
more complete, yes it's there yet, there is no site plan for
example, howwater usage, energy use, waste handling how details
of how the handling of noise pollution, how, that is why we do not
yet know what kind of fence, shape, "saidSatyawan.
Meanwhile, Secretary
of The Situbondo Saifullah, as a follow up of the
VOA confirmedplans to build smelters near the Baluran National
Park, up to now has not been willing to provide the information asked.
(VOA)
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