ZONE ENGINEERING OF PEOPLE'S MINING AREAS AS A LIMITATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION IN BANYUMAS INDONESIA

Zoning of the People's Mining Area (PMA) is a product of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) of the Republic of Indonesia. PMA zoning for gold mining in Banyumas Regency decreased in 2017. Actually it was too late from the mining activity itself which had been running for ten years before. Existing gold mining activities run illegally because they are not based on PMA. Because of its illegal status, its existence is also not in accordance with good mining rules. On the other hand, the area used as the location of gold mining far exceeds the width of the PMA zoning which is only 25 hectares. While the area of gold mining in Banyumas Regency is about three times the size of PMA. Therefore, the existing zone is immediately implemented so that the process of legalizing gold mining goes. In addition, the negative impacts of gold mining that develop indefinitely can be minimized. Because the official PMA zones are very limited, additional zone engineering needs to be made to limit the extent of the mining area, as well as the ease of controlling and limiting the spread of environmental destruction.