Proceedings of the International Conference on Public Policy, Social Computing and Development 2017 (ICOPOSDev 2017)

Implementation of Corporate Absolute Responsibility for Land Fires Causing Air Pollution

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Rony Andre Christian Naldo, Ningrum Natasya Sirait
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Rony Andre Christian Naldo
Available Online October 2017.
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10.2991/icoposdev-17.2018.12How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Responsibility; Cooperation; Pollution
Abstract

Corporate activities in forest and plantation exploration are related to the environment issue. Indonesian Law Number 32 the year of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management, article 68 point B stated that in conducting its business activities, it has an obligation to maintain the sustainability of environmental functions. Fires on corporate land causing pollution must be managed with Absolute Corporate Responsibility (ACR). This paper will discuss on the rationality on applying the ACR due to land fires that cause pollution. Furthermore, it describes the benefits of applying the ACR as the effect of land fires the which cause pollution. This research is a normative legal research Juridical normative approach method used to analyze various laws and regulations related to the ACR due to land pollution causing fires. As a conclusion, the application of the ACR due to land fires that cause pollution is a way to respect the principles of human rights in environmental issues by maintaining the sustainability of ecological functions. Furthermore, it is the implementation of the mandatory principles of polluters that have determined to Article 2 point A and J of Indonesia Law Number 32 The year 2009. Benefits of applying the ACR as the effect of land fires the which cause pollution are every corporate performing its obligations to maintain the sustainability of environmental functions, as well as with corporate compensation provided by the government can recover the situation of Contaminated people and environment.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Public Policy, Social Computing and Development 2017 (ICOPOSDev 2017)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
October 2017
ISBN
10.2991/icoposdev-17.2018.12
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icoposdev-17.2018.12How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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