INDONESIA's WEALTH

Indonesia, even though the majority of its citizen lives under poverty, has an overflow natural resources wealth, either in the land or in the sea. Petroleum, natural gas, coal, gold, copper and other resources, either in the land or in the sea, are found in Indonesia. Petroleum in Indonesia now amounts about 3.9 million barrels and still can be explored and used until 23 years ahead. Natural gas reserve amounts in Indonesia more than petroleum reserve which its amounts about 170 quintillions cubic, which it means can be used until 50 years ahead. Indonesia is also as the second exporter of coal in the world from 2003 until now after Australia. Indonesia export about 21% in global coal trade. For gold, Indonesia has a gold mountain in Irian Jaya or Papua which was explored now by PT. Freeport. In order of that fact, Indonesia is placed 7th position of producer of gold in the world now. Beside the natural resources that I mention before, Indonesia, of course, with its size of sea, also has the big amount of resources in the sea, either fishes or mangrove forests or sea weeds or crabs or shrimps or mollusks or pearls. In the land the amount of natural resources of Indonesia also not less than the resources which was found in the sea. Even, according to Fahmi Amhar opinion, Indonesian forest’s yields amounts 2 times of Indonesia’s 2010 APBN, which means revenue up to 2000 quintillion rupiahs, if it was managed well. Besides that, even though many Indonesian people starved, Indonesia is the third rice producer of the world, according to FAO data and the second bean sprout producer in the world. Those all, and many other resources that are written yet, are the wealth of our country, Indonesia, which most of its citizens live under poverty.
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