The Anomaly of Natural Resource Use
The state is obliged to ensure the availability of natural resources, and use them for the betterment of its people. Local governments as the executors and administrators at the local level are also obliged to create social prosperity, by utilizing their region’s potential and redistributing it back to the people, in order to improve public welfare and maintain environmental balance through preventative measures.
The enactment of the regional autonomy system has prompted every local government to strive to become self-sufficient in financing their own governance and development programs. Eventually, however, it will also encourage many local governments to try to extract any potential natural resources in their region as a source of revenue. Besides boosting the regional economy, it’s assumed that natural resource extraction will also ensure public welfare.
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