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June 15, 2025

Jakarta Globe - June 15, 2025

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung reaffirmed on Sunday his administration's commitment to continue the construction of a giant seawall along the northern coa

June 13, 2025

Tempo Editorial - June 13, 2025

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto's desire to build a giant sea wall on the north coast of Java could end in disaster.

June 12, 2025

Jakarta Globe - June 12, 2025

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto announced on Thursday that construction of a long-delayed $80 billion seawall project along the northern coast of Java wil

June 11, 2025

Tempo - June 11, 2025

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, claimed that investors are interested in funding the giant sea wa

June 10, 2025

Mongabay - June 10, 2025

Maddy Bolt, Nusa Penida, Indonesia – Storm clouds loom overhead as Nyoman Mitri peers out at rows of seaweed lines stretching across the shallow tidal waters of Nusa Penida.

June 6, 2025

Jakarta Globe - June 6, 2025

Muhammad Farhan, Jakarta – Indonesia has suffered losses of more than Rp 13 trillion (approximately $800 million) due to illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing between 2020

June 5, 2025

Mongabay - June 5, 2025

Basten Gokkon – Researchers behind an incentive-based fisheries program in Indonesia have reported a drop in shark and ray bycatch, but also warned of an unexpected rise in the intentio

May 9, 2025

The Peninsula - May 9, 2025

Xinhua, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is developing several schemes for the construction of a giant sea wall project to attract foreign investors, Coordinating Minister for Infras

May 2, 2025

Tempo Editorial - May 2, 2025

Jakarta – After three months, the investigation into the sea barrier in Tangerang Regency, Banten, has not shed any light.

April 19, 2025

Straits Times - April 19, 2025

Demak, Indonesia – Mdm Pasijah, a 55-year-old housewife in Indonesia's Central Java province, wakes up every morning to the sound of the sea.

April 16, 2025

Mongabay - April 16, 2025

Irfan Maulana, Demak, Indonesia – The Java Sea has pursued Sunarti for years, first submerging her birthplace in Timbulsloko village, before forcing the mother of two to flee inland on

March 28, 2025

Mongabay - March 28, 2025

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – A thresher shark conservation effort in eastern Indonesia focusing on alternative sources of income has reduced up to 90% of catches of the globally endangered

March 24, 2025

Mongabay - March 24, 2025

Taufik Wijaya, Palembang, Indonesia – The pempek restaurants in the Plaju neighborood were full to the gills in early March.

March 19, 2025

Jakarta Post - March 19, 2025

Jakarta – Coordinating Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono said on Wednesday that he had received orders from President Prabowo Subianto to kick of

March 13, 2025

Tempo - March 13, 2025

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – Fishers in the coastal city of Batam lodged a complaint against the Ocarina reclamation project, which damaged the sea where they hinged their livelihood.

March 7, 2025

Mongabay - March 7, 2025

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – A freeze on foreign aid funding from U.S.

March 4, 2025

Tempo - March 4, 2025

Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) stated that the investigation into the case of the Tangerang sea fence in Banten has bee

March 3, 2025

Tempo - March 3, 2025

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Head of the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) Rear Admiral Irvansyah said that the agency's budget has long been far from ideal for carrying out m

Mongabay - March 3, 2025

Irfan Maulana, M Ambari, Jakarta/Tangerang, Indonesia – Joy was mending his nets when a reporter from Mongabay Indonesia visited him last October in the fishing village of Ketapa

February 28, 2025

Jakarta Globe - February 28, 2025

Yustinus Paat, Antara, Jakarta – Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Wahyu Sakti Trenggono said Kohod Village Chief Arsin must pay a Rp 48 billion ($3 million) fine for constructing

February 26, 2025

Tempo - February 26, 2025

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto assigned Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) to construct a Giant S

February 20, 2025

Mongabay - February 20, 2025

M Ambari, Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta/Batam, Indonesia – Mounting reports of illegal seabed dredging in Indonesian waters have raised ecological alarm bells following the resumption of a

February 19, 2025

Jakarta Post - February 19, 2025

Jakarta – Farmers grouped under the banner of KUB Simbar Segara in Pemogan village, South Denpasar, Bali, cooperated with PT Pertamina Training and Consulting (PTC) and PT Arunika Bumi

February 18, 2025

Tempo - February 18, 2025

Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, Jakarta – The presence of sea fences in Tangerang and Bekasi waters have stirred public interest recently, as the two sea fences were erected without proper permi

Jakarta Globe - February 18, 2025

Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – A village head in Tangerang Regency, along with his secretary and two other individuals, has been named a suspect in the ongoing investigation into the constru

February 17, 2025

Jakarta Post - February 17, 2025

Jakarta – The Indonesian Navy has finished taking down a controversial sea fence off the coast of Tangerang, Banten, after more than three weeks of work.

Mongabay - February 17, 2025

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Batam, Indonesia – Stress levels among the population of Batam reportedly spiked in January after extreme rainfall over a saltwater crocodile farm allowed more than 1

February 14, 2025

CNN Indonesia - February 14, 2025

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has highlighted the culture of land ownership in Asia which has changed significantly and fundamentally in the last 70 years.

Tempo - February 14, 2025

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) of Indonesian National Police (Polri) is investigating a report from the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatia

February 12, 2025

Tempo - February 12, 2025

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Professor at the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science at IPB University, Yonvitner, has raised several points regarding President Prabowo Subianto's plan to

Jakarta Post - February 12, 2025

Jakarta – The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has launched an investigation into a mass mortality event that affected thousands of fish at floating fish farms at the Jatiluhur D

February 11, 2025

Mongabay - February 11, 2025

Tonggo Simangunsong, Tanjung Leidong, Indonesia – At around 5:30 a.m., after the tide starts to recede, Zulkifli Dalimunthe rushes to the shore a stone's throw from his house, where he

February 10, 2025

Jakarta Post - February 10, 2025

Jakarta – A government minister has dismissed speculation as to possible links between dubious land documents and a fire that broke out at the Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry/Nat

February 6, 2025

Tempo - February 6, 2025

Ayu Cipta, Tangerang – Several residents of Kohod village, Pakuhaji district, Tangerang regency, Banten, suspected that their village head, Arsin bin Asip, had deceived the public by cl

February 5, 2025

Jakarta Post - February 5, 2025

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman's Banten office estimates that fishermen suffered at least Rp 24 billion (US$1.4 million) in income losses after their access to the sea was hindered

February 2, 2025

Tempo - February 2, 2025

Ananda Ridho Sulistya, Jakarta – Geospatial Expert from Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) spoke about the polemic of the illegal sea fence in Tangerang.

February 1, 2025

Tempo - February 1, 2025

Sapto Yunus, Jakarta – Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Bima Arya Sugiarto has stated that his ministry will investigate allegations that Kohod village chief Arsin bin Asip was involved

January 31, 2025

CNN Indonesia - January 31, 2025

Jakarta – Dozens of people calling themselves the Sidoarjo Youth Movement (GPS) held a protest action at the Sidoarjo National Land Agency (BPN) offices on Thursday January 30 to highli

January 30, 2025

January 28, 2025

Tempo - January 28, 2025

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) is still continuing to dismantle the sea fence in the waters of Tangerang, Banten.

Tempo - January 28, 2025

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The Indonesian ocean, which stretches as one of the largest maritime riches in the world, is now considered to be facing serious problems with the emergence of

Tempo - January 28, 2025

Khumar Mahendra, Jakarta – The owner of the sea fence in Tangerang, Banten is no longer a mystery.

January 25, 2025

Tempo - January 25, 2025

M. Raihan Muzzaki, Jakarta – The head of the Defense Ministry's Information Office, Brig. Gen.

January 24, 2025

Indonesia at Melbourne - January 24, 2025

Dwiyanti Kusumaningrum – A bizarre 6.5-km bamboo fence that has appeared in waters off the coast of Tangerang, Banten, has made national headlines across Indonesia in the last few weeks

CNN Indonesia - January 24, 2025

Jakarta – It has been revealed that a number of sea areas in Indonesia are recorded has having right to build (HGB) permits and land ownership certificates (SHM) after the polemic over

Tempo - January 24, 2025

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has received a report regarding allegations of corruption in the issuance of the right to build certificate (HGB) a

January 23, 2025

Tempo - January 23, 2025

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Wahyu Sakti Trenggono admitted that his KKP ministry was caught off guard by the discovery of the illegal sea fen

Tempo - January 23, 2025

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Constitutional law expert Mahfud Md said it was not difficult to enforce the law regarding the right to build certificate (HGB) and land ownership certificate

Jakarta Post Editorial - January 23, 2025

Jakarta – The sprawling sea fence of unexplained origin in Tangerang, Banten, that has impeded fisherfolk's access to the sea has sparked a fierce debate about the issue of unlicensed l

Jakarta Globe - January 23, 2025

Wawan Kurniawan, Ilham Oktafian, Stefani Wijaya, Tangerang – The Indonesian Navy, supported by local fishermen, continued dismantling offshore bamboo barriers near Tangerang Regency on