Authors : Sulthan Zainuddin, Andi Mascunra Amir, Yahya R. Kibi, Muhammad Khairil, Sharifah Zarina Syed Zakaria and Muhammad Rizal Razman
Abstract: Small scale gold mining in Poboya has damage the natural resources. There are two points of the area that sustain the excessive extraction such as in point of 0°, 51, 10, 85” LS and 119°, 56, 43, 23” BT, height of 593 DPL (location 1) and then in point of 0°, 52, 19, 37” LS and 119°, 56, 50, 52”BT, height of 685 DPL (location 2). Actually, local people in Poboya have local knowledge due to natural resource management techniques. However, local knowledge is not able to stem natural resources of extraction process. It is getting worse through the assumption of local that what they do is harmless or not dangerous. Furthermore, various researches proved that Poboya has experienced pollution, disruption to public health and environmental damage. Upon that fact, then implementing social engineering technique is needed to change the behavior of people who endanger themselves and others. In this regard, all that needs to be done is to inform the public about the dangers and risks of their research while providing an environmentally friendly mine alternative solution through an open pit system of gradual excavation techniques from the highest elevation to the low elevation and to the depth of the mining boundary that has been determined.
Sulthan Zainuddin, Andi Mascunra Amir, Yahya R. Kibi, Muhammad Khairil, Sharifah Zarina Syed Zakaria and Muhammad Rizal Razman, 2019. Social Engineering Model of Natural Resources Management of Palu City. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 275-279.