A qualitative content analysis of environmental impact assessment in Indonesia: a case study of nickel smelter processing

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Indonesia has been established for over 36 years. During this time, the EIA system has evolved to reflect both political and bureaucracy changes. However, the current implementation and effectiveness of the EIA process have not yet to be fully understood. Thi...

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Published in:Impact assessment and project appraisal 2020-05, Vol.38 (3), p.194-204
Main Authors: Kurniawan, Ali Rahmat, Murayama, Takehiko, Nishikizawa, Shigeo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambiguity
Budgets
Bureaucracy
Case studies
Channeling
Citizen participation
Content analysis
Decision making
Effectiveness
EIR
Environmental assessment
Environmental impact
Environmental impact assessment
Environmental impact statements
Evaluation
evaluation and monitoring
Human resources
Impact analysis
Inconsistency
Nickel
Policy making
Politics
Public participation
Qualitative analysis
Redundancy
Reinforcement
reporting
screening and scoping
Smelters
Smelting
Synchronism
Synchronization
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Summary:Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Indonesia has been established for over 36 years. During this time, the EIA system has evolved to reflect both political and bureaucracy changes. However, the current implementation and effectiveness of the EIA process have not yet to be fully understood. This study aims to review the current implementation of EIA, to assess the effectiveness of EIA process procedurally, and to provide recommendations. In order to examine the effectiveness of EIA, we evaluate and compare the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) of nickel smelters against criteria. The results indicate that the screening and scoping process encountered problems in terms of scientific database availability, cost, and time of the study. Public participation was not effective due to the constraints of information channeling and weaknesses of the discussion process. We found insufficient synchronization between the evaluation and monitoring processes. EIA reporting indicated redundancy, inconsistency, and ambiguity. We recommend the political reinforcement of the will of the government to establish sustainable policy in terms of budgeting, human resources, and procedure of decision-making process in EIA.
ISSN:1461-5517
1471-5465
DOI:10.1080/14615517.2019.1672452