Policy Analysis for Handling Environmental Damage based on Disaster Mitigation in Nagari Air Dingin, Solok Regency

This research is motivated by seeing that mining activities in Nagari Air Dingin, Solok Regency, Indonesia, have increased the risk of floods and landslides, causing deforestation, thereby eliminating the function of forests in preventing disasters. For this reason, the research aims to explain the dynamics of disaster management policies for environmental damage that results in disasters in the region. This research uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods, and data collection is carried out through interviews, observation and documentation studies. The main findings of this research explain that environmental damage management policies in the area have been carried out by related parties, including rehabilitation and preservation of forest vegetation, as well as community participation through village “restoration” through coffee plants. Second, supervision of land use for mining: supervision of environmental permits for mining activities and regulation of illegal mining. Furthermore, the findings of this research also explain policy obstacles that focus on three aspects, namely weak law enforcement regarding land used for mining. Second, there is a lack of knowledge and community apathy regarding environmental management that has not been implemented, as well as the rehabilitation of forests and land whose functions have been damaged. Meanwhile, the significance of this research is that it provides benefits in environmental management policies to prevent disasters both theoretically and practically.