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We had fieldwork in resource rich regions to elaborate how local knowledge contributes to policy reform for better governance in extractive industries. This document is available in Bahasa.

It is known that explotation plan in Tumpang Pitu, Banyuwangi District, East Java has been getting numerous complaints from various parties. On the one side, it is believed that planned gold mining will raise local economic development, but on the other side, there are negative externalities in terms of social-environmental damaged. The local people have to bear the risk and expense of nature and the ecological damage caused by exploration activities. 

This policy brief argued that local communities have the rational choice to build consideration on risks, and social cost that caused by extractive acitivities. It is important to endorse colective action to optimize participation sphere for public control in license process. (The document is available in Bahasa)

Mining is crucial sector for social and economic development in Tanah Bumbu District, South Kalimantan that contributes up to 45 percents to local economic activities. The extractive activities has boosted economic development as well as provided social environmental implications. Some patterns showed that role of local communities in the process of decision to extract are marginalized. The mining had neglected the consent of local communities eventhough they have to bear the risk and expense of nature and the ecological damage caused by exploration activities. 

This policy brief argued that local communities have the rational choice to build consideration on risks, and social cost that caused by extractive acitivities. it is important to endorse colective action to optimize participation sphere for public control in license process. (The document is available in Bahasa)

Leading in mineral commodities, NTT attracts investors to open mining massively in Manggarai. However, there are some patterns that the role of local communities in the process of decision to extract are marginalized, thereby the mining had neglected the consent of local communities. Eventhough, the local people have to bear the risk and expense of nature and the ecological damage caused by exploration activities. 

This policy brief argued that local communities have the knowledge based on tradition and culture to protect the health and ecological balance. By opening the space for local people to voice their aspirations, local governments can improve public control to minimize the risk of destructive extractive activity. (The document is available in Bahasa)

Leading in mineral commodities, NTT attracts investors to open mining massively in Belu. However, there are some patterns that the role of local communities in the process of decision to extract are marginalized, thereby the mining had neglected the consent of local communities. Eventhough, the local people have to bear the risk and expense of nature and the ecological damage caused by exploration activities. 

This policy brief argued that local communities have the knowledge based on tradition and culture to protect the health and ecological balance. By opening the space for local people to voice their aspirations, local governments can improve public control to minimize the risk of destructive extractive activity. (The document is available in Bahasa)

Booklet of general plans training, including course content, program itinerary, session plan, list of resource persons, and list of participants.

Booklet of general plans training, including course content, program itinerary, session plan, list of resource persons, and list of participants.

The module provides an overview of Asia Pacific Knowledge Hub for Extractive Industries Training Course. The module explaines how the course of Batch 2 is organized, along with a brief introduction on the objectives of the each session. The course focuses on five issues in extractive industries including: socio-environmental impacts; managing revenues; getting a good deal and fiscal regime; the case of EITI; coalition for reform. 

The position of the local leader at the hart of risk-taking business. The lucrativeness of exploitation from natural resources in extractive industries easily drives government at any level to take shortsighted or narrow-minded acts.Local leaders need to ensure that the extraction make the outmost benefit for the local.

The extractive industries raise issues of governance because they have typically been large scale, hi-tech enterprises that involve quite a few people. This working paper argued focus of study on governancedue to capacity to reveal the elitist or potentially secretive nature of its works as well as to uncover the link between the domestic and the global scales of governance.