Nabire, Oct. 22 -- The government is preparing regulations to accommodate small-scale, community-based mining in Nabire District, Central Papua, while continuing enforcement against operations that violate environmental standards.

Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin urged individuals engaged in mining to respond wisely to enforcement measures in forest areas, emphasizing that those policies are intended for the common good.

"We will establish regulations, and certainly, we will no longer overlook those who claim to be 'community miners' while actually employing heavy machinery," Burhanuddin said in Nabire on Thursday.

Burhanuddin noted that drafting the regulations must account for individuals who mine for basic livelihoods without c...