PENGELOLAAN LINGKUNGAN HIDUP ATAS KERUSAKAN PERAIRAN SUNGAI SINGINGI AKIBAT PERTAMBANGAN EMAS TANPA IZIN BERDASARKAN HUKUM ADAT DESA KOTOBARU KABUPATEN KUANTAN SINGINGI

Abstract

Each region in Indonesia has a comm unity unit that has inhabited the territory of
Indonesia for centuries and has its own distinctive character. This community unit is an
organized community group, has rulers, has their respective customary laws and has their own
wealth in the form of tangible or intangible objects and controls natural resources within their
reach. Indigenous peoples have local wisdom which is the potential and strength in managing a
forest area, land, and river. The problem In this case, river management means that
environmental management must pay attention to the impact between generations, with wise
use, effective protection and prevention of impacts that will arise in the future. The impact is
gold mining without a permit, the indigenous people around can no longer use the river as their
livelihood, because it is damaged and polluted. Therefore, this study aims to examine the
environmental damage caused by PETI (unlicensed gold mining) as well as to analyze what are
the sanctions for those who damage Singi River waters due to PETI and environmental
management carried out by traditional stakeholders. The method used in this research is
sociological or empirical research, which is a type of research that uses community
assumptions in finding facts that occur in the field to answer an existing problem. , primary
data, secondary data, and tertiary data. Data collection techniques in this study were interviews
and literature review.
Keywords: Indigenous Environmental Damage, Kuantan Singingi.