Section 1 : Investigates the long term impacts of volcanoes.

Main question in this section:

1. Why is the impact of the Mt.Bromo 2011 eruption still being felt today?

The First picture on the top seems to be a beautiful scenery of Mt Bromo, a tourist attraction in Indonesia. 

In reality, during the massive eruption of Mt.Bromo on 21 January 2011, the entire area is covered with thick dark ash which covered the other mountains surrounding it. Look how massive the eruption is and how much of it is blown away. Even the nearby people living in the villages could feel the impact.

Months after the eruption, the impact can still be felt. The lives of people, the animals, the trees, climate and plants.

2. How is this region still being affected?

The region is still heavily affected by the Mt. Bromo eruption from the 806 hectares of protected forests in the area of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park heavily damaged in just a matter of days. This thus caused the people living near the volcanoes, even until now to have difficulties in finding food from the forests such as wild animals as most of them have been killed in a massive eruption. Till today, the transportation infrastructure from Cemoro Lawang Village until Ngadisari Village have not yet been recovered. This thus cause people from both Cemoro and Ngadisari Village huge inconvenience. The ash also damaged agricultural crops in the nearby village. These crops are very important to them because it is a source of living for them and takes 4-6 months for a complete field to grow. From the eruption date till today, it has only passed 2 months hence the crops would not have fully grown causing these people to rely on other food sources. The river valleys where villagers collect water has also been contaminated although the condition of the water are now improving, it is still difficult to get pure clean water.

3. Why is this area finding it more difficult than most to get back onto it's feet?

After the eruption, lots of people would also be left homeless. Houses, buildings, roads and fields would also be covered in ashes.There would be a decline of the country's population due to the whooping numbers of casualties from the hot lava and or the suffocating volcanic ash emmited, which is cause by inadequate information on the eruptions. Since there are lesser people working and staying near Mount Bromo, the area would find it more difficult than most to get back onto it's feet.

4. Consider the characteristics of the country. How does the development play a part?

Apart from fertile land suitable for agriculture, Indonesia is rich in a range of natural resources, such as tin, bauxite, nickel, copper, gold, and silver. After eruptions of the volcano, the land will become fertile which farmers can use to grow crops,and then sell them, helping the economy with supplies of food.There's also a slight chance that the volcano might have jewels,which will cause mining and and a boost to the ecomomy. The eruption can also cause land slides, which might end up destroying part of a town,which will cost the government a huge sum of money. Tourist would also not visit the places near volcanoes as the volcano may still be active and most of the towns near the volcano would be destroyed so there would not be much to see. Since there would be less tourist visiting the country, the economy would be worst.