From the fullness looks ten hectares of sago gardens inspiring and Anahoni rivers experience heavy sedimentation due to mercury waste and cyanide. The wet road after the night rain takes a trip of a number of TNI personnel and Police towards the post to exchange the gold mine area of Gunung Botak, on the Buru Island, Maluku, on November 2018.
2011 was the beginning of the citizen found gold in Gunung Botak. At that time people still use the tools to process gold in the mountains that are part of the hulu of the Anahoni River. The condition changes after the advanced modern tools entered from the outside of the Buru Island.
The first miner only hundreds of people now double fold into tens of thousand. In addition to local people, the outside miners such as from Java Island, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi are handy to try the profit. Since then the use of mercury liquids and cyanide that goes beyond the threshold becomes the marak carried out illegal gold miners in the mountains that have an area of 250 hectares.
Police personnel crossed at the location of illegal gold mining covered in Gunung Botak, Buru Island, Maluku.
The remaining golden dompeng abandoned illegal miners in Gunung Botak.
President Joko Widodo has issued instructions to stop mercury circulation. A variety of administrative efforts and exposing illegal miners is also carried out by the police, TNI, and PP Satpol. Even in 2015 and the massive closing was carried out in Gunung Botak.
But it’s not long as the wild miners come back. The accuracy again acts firmly. Buru Island Polres conducts resealing in November 2018. Tarpaulin tents used as residences of wild miners are crushed and burned safety apparatus.
Now Gunung Botak is very concerned. The nature has been damaged due to tens of thousands of illegal gold miners who dredge the earth by using mercury toxins and cyanide. The local community hopes that the government can permanently stop illegal mining activities and issue the rules of utilization of natural wealth of Gunung Botak without having to damage.
Troli used illegal gold mining activity in Gunung Botak.
The air photo isal where illegal gold mining covered local security parties in Gunung Botak.
Photo and Text: Rivan Awal Lingga
Author: Ismar Patrizki
Personel police and TNI keeps in the illegal gold mining place covered in Gunung Botak.
Rubber contains mercury waste sand and cyanida in Gunung Botak.
Tong used place of mercury fluid in Gunung Botak.
The former place of mercury fluid in Gunung Botak.
Sungai Anahoni experienced sedimentation due to mercury waste and cyanide in Gunung Botak.
Limbah mercury and cyanida in sago garden in Gunung Botak area.
The ban on use and mercury circulation in Gunung Botak.
