Good Environmental Governance Regulation in the Mining sector for the Purposes of Sustainable Development

Abstract

The issue at hand in this scholarly article pertains to the state of environmental regulation in the mining sector of Indonesia. In order to promote sustainable development, this research employs both a normative legal approach and an empirical examination of the factual aspects of mining activities that affect the environment. Several mining companies in Indonesia are subject to lax regulations and ineffectual law enforcement, as demonstrated by the results, with regard to pollution and environmental damage. Changes to the labor copyright law and the mineral and coal mining law, which are more concerned with increasing investment in mining for economic gain rather than tightening the regulations requiring mining companies to comply with environmental provisions, will increase the potential for environmental damage. This circumstance demonstrates that Indonesian mining sector regulations are progressively diverging from endeavors to promote sustainable development objectives.