Government of Indonesia Policy in Integrating Marine, Coastal and Small Island Issues

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Government of Indonesia Policy in Integrating
Marine, Coastal and Small Island Issues
State Ministry of Planning/National Development
Planning Agency (BAPPENAS)

• Presented by
• Wahyuningsih Darajati
• Director of Marine Affairs and Fisheries
• The 4th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and
  Islands
• Hanoi, Vietnam, 7-11 April 2008

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Indonesian Marine and Coastal Condition

• Area ocean 5.8 million km2
• land 1.9 million km2
• 81.000 km coastline and the worlds largest
  archipelago
• 17.504 islands
• 85.700 km2 of coral reef area
• 24.300 km2 of mangrove area
• 20 of the Indonesians GDP is derived from
  marine and fishery industries
• 60 of Indonesian population live within 50 km of
  the coast

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Issues

• Marine affairs, coasts and small islands
  contribute to the economic growth
• Their sustainability is threatened due to
• High dependency on coastal and marine resources
• Over-exploitation
• Habitat change and degradation
• Pollution
• Spatial planning and conflict of interests
• Poverty

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National Development Planning
Annual Government Work Plan (RKP) (including
budget for all sectors and programs)
National Medium-Term Development Plan
National Long-Term Development Plan 2005-2025 (20
YEARS)
Phase I (2004-2009)
RKP 2005
Phase II (2010-2014)
RKP 2006
RKP 2007
Phase III (2015-2019)
RKP 2008
Phase IV (2020-2024)
RKP 2009
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Long-term Development Plan
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Assets, Vision, and Mission

• ASSETS
• Indonesian territory (as archipelagic states)
• Rich natural resources including biodiversity
• Human resources with diverse cultures
• Democratization of politics, economy, and
  decentralization

VISION Indonesia that independent, onward, just
and wealthy

• MISSION
• To create communities which have magnificent
  consequent, moral, ethics, culture and
  civilization, based on the philosophy of
  Pancasila
• To create nation with competitiveness
• To create democratic, law based community
• To create Indonesia which is secure, peaceful and
  united
• To create equity and fairness in development
• To create Indonesia that is beautiful and
  sustainable
• To create Indonesia to become an archipelagic
  nation which Is independent, strong, and based on
  national importance
• To create the important role of Indonesia in the
  international society

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Background of Long-Term Development Plan for
Marine Affairs and Coasts

• Djuanda Declaration on 13 December 1957 ? the
  concept of the Archipelagic Nation.
• UNCLOS 1982 ? The acceptance of the concept of
  the Archipelagic Nation ? the ratification Law
  No. 17/1985

The Indonesian constitution/1945 constitution
(amandment) article 25A ? Indonesia as an
Archipelagic Nation which is known as Nusantara
(archipelago that are stretching along the
equator line)
Indonesia as an Archipelagic Nation

• The functions of oceans
• To integrate the Indonesian areas.
• As media of transportation.
• Contain large deposit of marine resources
• To provide defense and security.
• To provide services and research, and
  environmental conservation.

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Challenges

• To utilize marine resources optimally in
  territorial seas, EEZ and open sea.
• To optimize coastal, marine, and small island
  resources for transportation, fishery, tourism,
  mining, maritime industry, marine building, and
  other marine services.
• To enhance human capacity, research, science and
  technology in marine affairs
• To manage the boundary areas as the outer limit
  of the territorial seas, including small islands
  at the borders
• To develop surveillance system for marine
  resources
• To improve the political support and all
  stakeholders support.

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Mission No. 7
To create Indonesia to become an archipelagic
nation which is independent, strong, and based on
national importance

• The core missions
• Generating the marine culture through education
  and awareness
• Increasing and strengthening the role of human
  resources in marine affairs
• Stipulating the Indonesian marine boundary and
  assets
• Protecting Indonesian jurisdiction and assets
• Developing the synergetic, optimum and
  sustainable marine industry
• Reducing the impacts of coastal disaster2?d
  marine pollution
• Increasing the welfare of the poor coastal
  dwellers

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Mid-term Development Plan
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National Agendas

• Agenda for Creating Indonesia that is Secure and
  Peaceful
• Agenda for Creating Indonesia that is Just and
  Democratic
• Agenda for Enhancing Welfare of the People

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Marine and Coastal Development in the Medium-term
Development Plan
Marine Affairs and Coasts
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Policy Directions for Marine Affairs and Coasts

• Improving the sustainable, community-based
  utilization of marine, coastal and small island
  resources
• Developing control system accompanied by strict
  law enforcement
• Increasing the conservation and rehabilitation of
  the ecosystems, such as coral reef, mangroves,
  sea grass and estuaries
• Controlling pollution and destruction of the
  environment in coastal, marine and small island
  areas
• Nurturing regional and international cooperation
  for resolving the marine borders with neighboring
  countries
• Strengthening the capacity of instruments
  supporting marine affairs, encompassing ST,
  human resources, institutions and law
• Enhancing research and development of marine
  technology
• Developing mitigation and adaptation of natural
  disasters in coastal areas and small islands
• Enhancing partnerships for increasing the role of
  the general public and private enterprises

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Main Programs for Marine Affairs and Coasts

• Development and Management of Marine Resources
• Protection and Conservation of Natural Resources
• Rehabilitation and Restoration of
• Natural Resource Reserves
• Environmental Pollution and Degradation Control

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Annual Government Work Plan (2008)
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