Reuters / HENDRA Illustration publisher tin mines in Bangka Belitung October 2010.1
Louth, KOMPAS.com - Vice President Boediono asking people Bangka Belitung Islands Province in the long term is no longer just rely on the tin. Because the results of the mine which is only produced in the province which is now called the State allied Sebalai or "State Warriors of the Rainbow" that will someday be exhausted.
Said vice president during a meeting with representatives of the National Program for Community Empowerment (PNPM) Mandiri as Bangka Belitung Islands Province Namang Village, District Central Bangka, Bangka Belitung Island, Saturday (01/22/2011) this afternoon.
"A country that must rely on single economic activities sustainable life, which could continue, and not the result of mine alone," he said.
According to the vice president, tin mining is the deadline for existing signs will end even if not yet present. "Therefore, it is very important for people in Bangka Belitung Islands to think about what can be done in the medium term is to replace a new source of economic activity that can be sustainable," he said.
The vice president said, the change will be dependent natural resources and energy in the new future that is very important to remember this for children and grandchildren need a sustainable living environment and decent in the future.
Earlier, during a flight from Palembang, South Sumatera, Bangka Belitung Island headed, Fokker 100 plane carrying a group vice president had spun with low flying up to 1,000 meters above sea level when passing in the South region of Bangka Island, specifically to see the destruction of forests and environment due to tin mining, which for years carried out carelessly without conservation efforts.
Mining area that looks very wide and barren. Appear here and there are many "lakes" new excavation results to search for tin.
