The concept of an archipelagic Province in Indonesia
Eka Djunarsjah, Andika Permadi Putra
Abstract
Abstract Indonesia is an archipelagic state consisting of 17,504 islands connected by the sea. Two-thirds of Indonesia’s area consists of the sea which has natural resource potential that has not been optimally utilized due to the government’s orientation which still prioritizes development on the land. Based on the mandate of Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government and Law Number 1 of 2014 concerning the Zoning Plan for Coastal Areas and Small Islands (RZWP3K), that the boundaries of provincial authority in marine areas are as far as 12 nautical miles from the coastline. Several provinces in Indonesia have archipelagic characteristics, which have a sea area larger than the land. The management in RZWP3K only regulates the area of the sea area based on the provisions as far as 12 miles from the coastline, while the provincial sea area characterized by islands is not yet fully covered by the area of the RZWP3K. Provincial sea regulation cannot be equated with a province without archipelagic characteristics. Therefore, the management of archipelagic province needs to be reviewed using the concept of an archipelago based on the United Nations Convention Law of The Sea III. By implementing the concept of an archipelagic state for Provinces with archipelagic characteristics and following existing laws and regulations, there will be a development of a marine management concept for the archipelagic province. The results of this study are in the form of a provincial marine management concept that can optimize the management of natural resources contained in it.