Politik Lingkungan Global & Nasional

Unhas, 29 September 2020

Rich in Natural
Resources:
A Blessing or A
Curse Instead?
Rijal M. Idrus
rijal.idrus@unhas.ac.id

Lecturer in Political-Economic of Coastal Resources

Hasanuddin University, Makassar 1
 Why
Indonesia
stays POOR
In the midst of
its RICH Natural
Resources???
Rijal Idrus
Puslit Pesisir
 What Company that Has the Highest
Grossing Revenue Ever in the Modern History?

Rijal Idrus
FIKP-UNHAS
Geographic Advantages

enHanced resilience:
- naTural disasTers
- climaTe cHange

HigHer revenues:
- FisHeries
- Tourism
Run Island in Central Moluccas
In Search of Spices
Shakespeare was also mesmerized by spices
 Colombus’ initial goal:
initiate a new route to reach the Spice Centre
Dutch Pioneering Voyage to East
 Myristica fragrans:
the most expensive, most sought-out spice
Fort Nassau Massacre 08 May 1621
Breda Treaty:
Island Exchanges between
England and the Netherland
Manhattan, New York
Indonesia: Champion in Producing Commodities

Commodity Rank Commodity Rank

1. Palm Oil 1 10. Fish 2
2. Nutmeg 1 11. Gold 2
3. Tea 2 12. Copper 1
13. Tin 3
4. Coffee 2
14. Nickel 5
5. Rubber 2 15. Geothermal 1
6. Rice 3 16. Coal 3

7. Cocoa 3 17. Natural Gas 4

18. Oil -
8. Seaweed 1
9. Forest 6
Products
Source: UNDP (2019)
 The Irony of Spice

Europeans came to Indonesia in

search of spices
With our independence, Indonesia is
now free to manage its own spices
and other natural resources
Now, after 75 years of
independence,where are those
riches that should have come
from these spices?
Where have we
gone wrong?
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