Expansion of the extractive industries and large-scale plantation threaten the Food Security in Central Sulawesi

The threat of climate change or global warming is happening now. It is quite concerned about all people of earth, by the food crisis and the global financial crisis that is sure impact to developing countries such as Indonesia. Similarly Indonesian government policy, which is full with the intervention of foreign investment capital through a number of extractive industries and large-scale plantations. This needs to review how the many benefits and losses incurred not only hold out until the birth of loss that does not culminate for generations in the future.

Central Sulawesi province as one that should not also separated from the system policy SBY-JK current entry in the list of capital expansion in the target industries dredging / extractive plantation and large-scale demand for alternative energy and biofuel called agrofuel. More than 2 million ha of land in Central Sulawesi will be allocated for Sawit, Distance & Corn, which this commodity is also part of the food consumed by people for this.

A number of district / city in Central Sulawesi, which has the potential good that mine gold, nickel, iron ore and oil and gas rollicking 'sold' to owners of capital or exchange guling done between the owners and concessionaires Contract of Work (Right Forest), or permission other concessions that are no longer active in the field. Fulfillment of the district target with income native regions (PAD) is the classic reason, but able to fool the public from the first until now promised welfare.

The most interesting current projects such as the opening of the road axis, the initiative to accelerate economic point of distribution between the two regions, Parigi Moutong and the City of London will also open the road axis of Palu-Parigi because the existing roads Kebun Kopi paths is not feasible anymore melintasinya and to require a long period of time, so there is a need to alternate routes other more quickly. This consideration is not based on a full environmental study, if the note on the point that there is also pass through protected areas, namely mountain ferbek Sulawesi, which to this day can be seen directly impact the condition of the road prone to landslides when the rainy season arrived. Finally there is also a parallel development plan RTS 5,000 units in the villages and then into the Poboya mazy when buying and selling land transactions conducted between the ‘dark’ company and cancel with the community. Then there is a statement that the government gold mine concessions in Poboya ex Rio Tinto will be managed by the Earth Resource (usut the usut have no information that Rio Tinto shares, Inco and the Bakrie Group is in the company). At the same time all at once can be inter-related.

Disbursed investment of oil palm plantations in Central Sulawesi 2 (two) last year has also been alien agricultural sector. This is also not enough transparency in the project with the commitment of both the procedural and ensure the sustainability and the environment. In the Poso district, the location of 9,775 ha wide formulated by the Central Sulawesi Governor HB. Paliudju on 25 August 1996 for settlement and agriculture, by the Government in the Poso district in 2008 is given permission for the location of Palm Oil PT. Sawit Jaya Abadi (Astra Group) 8500 Ha whole. Meanwhile, protests in the 12 (twelve) Village ignored. Villages that are: Village Barati, Singkona Village, Village Salindu, Masewe Village, Village Kancu, Poleganyara Village, Village TIU, Taripa Village, Village Petiro, Matialemba Village, Village Kamba, and the Village Olumokunde. In addition, reports from the field and the results of the review Poso district legislature, that PT. Sawit Jaya Abadi only with his permission location of the new Regent of Poso and to disseminate the plan EIA (Environmental Impact Analysis) is conducting operations / activities in the field, such as where to build oil palm seedlings nursery.

Related to this case, WALHI Central Sulawesi has conducted protests to the Ministry of Agriculture, which ignore the rights of farmers in Poso regency to do with the diversion of agricultural land to become the location of palm oil plantations threaten the food source community. Given that this is also closely related to the environmental impact of conflict and the ownership of the land, and public protests on the transfer of the functions of the land in question. It also strongly urges the Minister of Agriculture, the Ministry of the Environment and head of the National Land Agency consider the aspirations of people from 12 villages that have been mentioned, and does not approve a request permission HGU (Business Use Rights) and Operating Company in the Field before the prerequisites are met, so when the project impact happen in the future that is not expected but can also be accountable to both.

It seems that the expansion of capital industries all the way to the interests of extractive industries and large-scale plantation by the 'red carpet' given by the local government. And the impact of the threat of food crisis due to the availability of land for farmers and reduced global warming, which began to be felt at this time may be neglected or doesn’t important.