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Tangerang sea barrier exposes conflicting land permit laws
A study conducted by the Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative (IOJI) has found conflicting laws governing land ownership in coastal areas.
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Members of the Navy's elite Frogmen Command (Kopaska) dismantle an unlicensed sea fence in Tanjung Pasir, Tangerang regency, Banten, on Jan. 22, 2025. (Antara/Muhammad Iqbal)
The recent controversy surrounding a long bamboo barrier in the waters off Tangerang regency, Banten, has highlighted the issue of overlapping regulations on land rights in coastal areas, which complicates planning and zoning in such areas across the country, a recent study has found.
The study, conducted by the Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative (IOJI), found that conflicting laws had caused different interpretations of land ownership in coastal areas.
One of the laws is the 1960 Agrarian Law, which restricts the issuance of deeds for plots of land in coastal areas. IOJI program director Andreas Salim said the law was often interpreted inconsistently, depending on the interests of the parties involved.
The 2007 Management of Coastal Areas and Small Islands Law, meanwhile, allows, on paper, for the privatization of coastal areas. But the provisions in question were challenged at the Constitutional Court, which declared the articles unconstitutional in 2010.
“The ruling is final and binding, reasserting the stance that prohibits land permits in coastal areas,” Andreas said at the study’s launch event in Jakarta on Wednesday.
