By ; Adhie Supriadi

East Kalimantan was earth heaven. The nature wealth that was contained by him overflowed ruah, from the mainland to the ocean. Widely the territory 20.867.774 Ha or 1,5 wider than the Javanese island was increased the Madura island, Provinsi the continent etam this became very sexy both economically and in a manner politics. Economically, with the potential for nature resources that were owned by him, especially the potential for oil and gas (oil and gas) as well as coal, East Kalimantan became treasure that always was pursued relentlessly by the owners of capital.
a politics, this province became the dispute land especially by central elites to be made pundit-pundi on the occasion of membiaya the activity of his politics.
Collusion or the co-operation that was "harmonious" between the Jakarta elite and the political elite local in his practice evidently only left the wound in the heart of the East Kalimantan community.

The based on the data of Bappeda East Kalimantan, the potential for nature resources that was contained by the earth etam, among them, the potential for the petroleum reserve reached 1,78 Billion barrel or 13 % from the total national reserve. Estimated the potential for this petroleum could be still being exploited up until 15 years in the future.
The natural gas reserve was recorded around 51,3 trillion cubic foot or was equal 30% national of the natural gas reserve.

The production of natural gas was recorded around 1,134 billion cubic foot during 1998 and during 2002 reached 1.648 billion cubic foot.
Estimated by the potential for this natural gas still could dikelolah 20-30 years in the future. The potential for coal reached 22 billion ton and that just was exploited just around 400 million ton. Estimated this black gold reserve still could dikelolah 40-50 years in the future. The potential disektor forestry that the width reached 14.805.582 Ha, consisted of the protected forest around 2,9 million Ha, the production forest around 9,6 million Ha and the conservation forest around 2,1 million Ha. The other potential was gold that reached 60,50 million ton.

Beside this potential above, that uptil now became the prima donna, East Kalimantan also still was keeping the potential in the Marine-Perikanan sector, the sector of Agriculture and the sector of the plantation. The area of the territory of sea waters that stretched from kab. Nunukan in the north until Kab. The compass reached 98.000 km2 and the public's waters (the lake, the river, the swamp) reached 2.773.937 Ha.

The KALTIM IRONY
The potential for the abundant nature wealth and the budget of the income and the regional expenses (APBD) that was high, not berarati East Kalimantan did not have the crucial problem, as in the case of was related to high poverty, the unemployment, the public's bad service, human resources (human resources) that was low, infrastruktur.pembangunan that was worrying. APBD East Kalimantan in 2007 it was estimated reached 5 trillion more, increased compared with APBD the year beforehand around 3.588 Trillion.
Whereas 13 Kab/the city in East Kalimantan in general had APBD on 750 Billion, in fact Kab. Kutai Kartanegara, APBD him reached 3.2 Trillion, APBD highest the level of the regency in Indonesia. Strangely, with APBD as big as that evidently, kab. Kutai Kartanegara then placed itself as the highest regency the poverty figure and dropped out of school him in East Kalimantan.
Really ironic!

For the East Kalimantan Province personally, was based on the statistical data in 2005, from the number of East Kalimantan inhabitants who reached 2,957,465 people, 561,287 people including being classified as the poor resident. Meaning that, the level of poverty in East Kalimantan reached 18.98 percent. This poverty figure in general increased by 3.9 percent each year.
The government side always accused, that the immigrant from outside East Kalimantan that loaded and increased the poverty figure. This reality must be possibly clarified more far, remembered always us heard the complaint from the investors or the company about the low level of the quality of the community's East Kalimantan human resources.
In the sector of the public's service, almost all kab/the city in East Kalimantan experienced the same case, experienced the clean and electric water crisis.
This also the irony!. East Kalimantan that had many river basins (DAS), with the budget support that more than enough could not provide the requirement for the foundation of the community. Almost every year, the community experienced the clean water crisis.
Strangely, up until today then did not have steps that significant from the East Kalimantan government side and the government kab/the city that seriously to look for the solution from this quite acute problem.
would his matter with the electricity crisis. East Kalimantan that was known as the oil and gas barn and coal evidently experienced the electricity crisis. Almost every day the extinguishing happened listrik. whether how many the community's loss, cost the production of the company increased resulting from the use genset.
But, strangely, although this electricity crisis already for years, up until today only became the outskirts discourse, was not regarded as the crucial problem that needed the serious handling.
Strangely Bin miraculous!

In the aspect of the development of humankind, East Kalimantan also still was dragging him feet, was resulted in by the nonexistence grand design in organising and developing quality education. Was based on the data in 2005 in all the levels of education, the number of children who dropped out of school more than one East Kalimantan was still reaching 2,656 people. This figure it was estimated increasingly increased, considering now did not yet have signs of the improvement.
Available only the slogan, like the budget of education 20 % from APBD. Asumsinya, with the budget as big as that East Kalimantan human resources could be increased. Logic that was very wrong, remembered Education not only was related to funding, but a system, where being connected with the institutional aspect, the curriculum, the methodology of teaching, and the infrastructure of education.
Meaning that, to straighten out the condition for education in East Kalimantan must be carried out comprehensively, terpola and integrative. nd this not only was related to the adequate budget, but needed the point of view in the future and komitemen especially from the regional government to guard so that the policy that was taken could go consistently.
The low level of the quality of significant education in the increase in this current unemployment figure reached 9.4 %, highest in compared with the province in Kalimantan. Companies always complained about the low level of the quality of human resources from the East Kalimantan community, so as for the sake of guarded produkstifitas, the company did not have the alternative except for causing manpower from outside East Kalimantan

The degradation of the environment, resulting from from the exploitation of nature resources in a serampangan manner (the clearing of the forest) became the threat for suistinabilitas the development. Every year the flood became the spectre and haunted the community.
If diamulasi, hundreds Billion rupiah has been spent for his control, but up until today then the problem of the flood was not yet resolved. Moreover the Balikpapan city that geographically was the area of hills, and had several river basins (the BANG) became the flood customer each rain season.
The Development irony!

But, Not meant to carry out the simplification towards the problem that deal with by East Kalimantan, but reality showed that various problems above will get serious if not having serious efforts to complete him. That with the financial support available should be able to be used or invested for the East Kalimantan interests post-oil and gas, remembered oil and gas was classified as nature resources that could not be renewed.


It was post-oil and gas, what?
This question, not the simple question. The complexity of the problem needed the sensitivity and the hard work devout him from organising apparatus of the East Kalimantan government. The dependence of the East Kalimantan Economy on the sector of oil and gas and other mineral resources so high.
The data BPS East Kalimantan, showed the East Kalimantan value of the export in 2006 reached USD 16.26 billion or experienced the rise 13,90 percent compared to the export in 2005. The rise in the export was in 2006 caused by the rise in the export of oil and gas of 7.23 percent that is from USD 10,822 million became USD 11,604.9 million.
While the export of non oil and gas experienced the increase 34,78 percent of USD 3,455.5 million became 4,657.3 million. For the period for the last seven years, the sector of oil and gas was still being the export prima donna to various countries in the world.
This could be seen from the role size of the sector of oil and gas against the formation the value of the export from the year to the year, always on 70 percent, and during 2006 of 71.36 percent of the total export.

Was based on the data BPS East Kalimantan, Pendapatan Domestik Regional Bruto (PDRB) East Kalimantan as one of the indicators of the economy showed during quarterly 1 in 2006 his development was stable enough. It was big that PDRB on the basis of the current price and on the basis of the constant price, both oil and gas and non-oil and gas was still experiencing the increase. PDRB quarterly I (January-March) 2006 on the basis of the current price reached Rp40,4 trillion, higher was compared the equally quarterly period 1, that reached Rp37,7 trillion.
When being seen from the constant price 2000, PDRB quarterly I 2006 as big as Rp23,6 trillion, whereas PDRB quarterly IV 2005 reached Rp23,3 trillion, this could be named by the PDRB growth quarterly I against quarterly IV in 2005 of 1.05 percent.
Whereas the growth of East Kalimantan economics quarterly I in 2006 still positive reached 0.01 percent.
Although rising, but this growth could be named slowed down. This was caused by the decline in the growth of the sector of the processing industry of the negative 6,98 percent, compared to quarterly I in 2005 that grew 6.90 percent. The decline in the sector of the processing industry in quarterly I this resulting from the impact of the decline in the growth of the subsector of quarterly I oil and gas of the processing industry in 2006 the negative 7,37 percent, lower when being compared quarterly I in 2005 that 7.34 percent.

Moreover, the industry without oil and gas, that is timber descended very sharply.
In quarterly I this the decline achieved the negative 35,15 percent. In fact this component was the East Kalimantan primadonna. Did not miss the sector of finance, rental and the company's service also descended the negative 6,35 percent. Equally his matter with the sector of the trade, the hotel and the restaurant that experienced the slow growth but positive reached 0.54 percent. That not to mention the sector of electricity that his growth descended reached 6.81 percent. The growth of slow economics, in fact was signal for lesuh him the East Kalimantan economy.
Although the appreciation of the export especially from the sector of oil and gas, but on the whole happening the achievement of the East Kalimantan economy was worrying enough. moreover if seeing the Condition for the economy 13 of Kab/Kota Di East Kalimantan that the motivator especially is consumption of the government through APBD. Keterlambatan DPRD knocked on the APBD hammer, resulted in the economy not the road.
This condition could be seen from quiet him the market and places of the bustle where the occurrence of the transaction like the terminal or the crossing port. The condition for the economy was like this aggravated with the shortage sensitifitas from the legislative member the area to speed up the process of discussions and the APBD determination.

Come on straightened out East Kalimantan
Pelan but definitely, the East Kalimantan economy will in the future be increasingly gloomy, if still continued to rely on his growth in the sector of oil and gas. So as wanted did not want, East Kalimantan must get ready to face post-oil and gas.
In this context, several steps that must be taken, among them: First, Menghadirkan the collective awareness in subconscious nature of all of the community's component especially the East Kalimantan elites (the formulator and policy makers) that, oil and gas was resources that could not be renewed. This was important, considering without the existence of the awareness like that, East Kalimantan will always fall asleep and was rocked by the sweetness of oil and gas. East Kalimantan must get up from the beauty dream. East Kalimantan must move from heaven nature, opened the eyes and saw reality actually. Secondly, moved the other potential sector outside Oil And Gas.
The Partanian sector, Perkebunan and fisheries were the sector that had the potential that was clear to be able to be developed and expected to replace the position of oil and gas in supporting the East Kalimantan economy in the future.
The sector of Agriculture for example, from the area of the area 2,60 million Ha that consisted of the paddy-field land measuring 856.194 Ha and the dry land measuring 1.743.885 Ha, that was made use of just reached 27% for the rice cultivation land and 23% dry land. If sector agriculture this could be increased by his productivity by making use of the area of the available land, then East Kalimantan no longer need bring in the rice from outside to satisfy the requirement for consumption of the community. Considering uptil now, around 30 % the requirement for the East Kalimantan rice still was met by the outside area like Java and South Sulawesi. Moreover very possibly, if being optimaslisasi the productivity, this area could become one of the national food barns.

Would his matter with sector the plantation. The Budidaya Non Kehutanan region (KBNK) that could be used for various development activities including plantation efforts that is measuring 5,32 million ha. From the area, that was made use of, especially for the plantation sawit, reached 3,146 million Ha. Meaning that still was approximately 2 million Ha more the land that could be used to develop this sector. Apart from the crop sawit, the other crop that was potential to be developed was rubber, the coconut, coffee, pepper, the clove, chocolate, vanilla etc..

likewise with sector East Kalimantan fisheries. The coastal territory and East Kalimantan province sea had the potential for biological and biological nature resources that that was heterogenous enough and was abundant so as to be one of the sectors that had an opportunity to be developed. The fisheries activity was the cultivation activity teperbaharui and produced the commodity that was on a wide scale.
Is based on the marine Service data and fisheries of the East Kalimantan Provincial Government, up to now the level of the utilisation of resources of sea fisheries was forecasted still revolving 40% of the available potential, while fisheries in the public's waters around 20.40%; the fishpond cultivation around 36%; and the freshwater cultivation around 2,64% of the available potential.
Whereas the potential for the sector of East Kalimantan fisheries was forecasted as big as 339.998 ton; where sea fisheries were forecasted as big as 139.200 ton; the public's waters as big as 69.348 ton; the fishpond cultivation around 122.450 ton; and the freshwater cultivation around 9.000 ton. With the number of fishermen and aquaculture the fish around 200 thousand people, then sector this could be made sector the post-oil and gas development mainstay.

Apart from the three sector this above, sector the East Kalimantan para-tour also had the big potential to be developed. Several obejek the good tour the cultural tour and the maritime tour, like the island derawan in Berau, was treasure that waited for the creative hands to touch him. Thirdly, the Existence of the policy regulation that was consistent to support the development sector-sector potential this.
Only, lest the case of the plantation sawit one million hectare happened again, so as the policy that initially ideal, changed to the political disaster.
The wise saying said did "not have words late to begin something that was noble, Before this area cried blood".
Come on East Kalimantan, the Spirit!
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