What is it about?
This paper looks into the so-called 'pagar laut', a line of bamboo sticks which were put up by unknown people along the coast of Tangerang in Indonesia. The location of this line of bamboo sticks, which at some point in time reached a length of close to 30 km seemed to indicated a predefined plan to close of the sea and coastal land area for specific purposes or interests. How this could happen and why this is relevant for discussion on land and sea rights is the key issue of this article.
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Why is it important?
The article contributes to a debate on how to construct rights, restrictions and responsibilities on spaces along coast and in space in coastal seas and coastal lands. It also shows that the interests and claims in coastal areas are contradictory and may lead to conflicts and different strategies of control over these spaces.
Perspectives
It is a relevant publication when looking in how rights over land and sea (or marine areas) overlap and/r contradict. We tried to clarify why the events - reported on TV and via internet and social media channels - happened as they happened and how this could be viewed from an academic perspective on integrated land and sea rights.
Professor Walter Timo de Vries
Technical University of Munich
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This page is a summary of: Balancing Between Land and Sea Rights—An Analysis of the ‘Pagar Laut’ (Sea Fences) in Tangerang, Indonesia, May 2025, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202505.0013.v1.
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