Bali enacts Perda 4/2026 to curb land conversion and nominee ownership
Bali has enacted Provincial Regulation No. 4 of 2026 to restrict conversion of productive farmland and ban nominee land ownership, a policy officials…
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Bali Culinary and Pastry School marks decade of industry-focused training
Bali Culinary and Pastry School in Tabanan has marked its 10th anniversary, highlighting a decade of industry-focused culinary and pastry training, in…
Ayung River Study Rates Overall Water Quality as Poor (C)
A 2025 journal study found the Ayung River’s overall quality was Poor (C) after reviewing five years of data from seven monitoring stations, with BOD…
Imaginaria by Digimap brings experience-led Apple flagship to Bali
Imaginaria by Digimap on Sunset Road, Seminyak, is MAP’s experience-led Apple Premium Partner flagship, blending a large-format Apple store with Indon…
Sensatia marks 25 years with refreshed clean-beauty brand identity
Bali-based personal-care brand Sensatia has marked 25 years in Indonesia’s beauty industry with a simplified name, new logo and redesigned packaging,…
John Hardy marks 50th anniversary with Seminyak exhibition and masterclass
John Hardy is marking its 50th anniversary in 2025 with Icon 50 and Spear 50 collections, an archives exhibition and a chain-making masterclass at its…
Bali’s Guna Prima Dana Recognised Among Indonesia’s Large Cooperatives
A national mapping of large cooperatives places KSP Guna Prima Dana among Indonesia’s 100 leading institutions, highlighting Bali’s contribution to a…
IMO designates Nusa Penida and Gili Matra as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area
The IMO has designated the Nusa Penida and Gili Matra marine conservation areas as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area, linking their high biodiversity…
Klungkung Pushes SWRO Desalination Plant to Ease Nusa Penida Water Strains
Klungkung regency is partnering with Perumda Air Minum Panca Mahottama and a private operator to build a seawater reverse-osmosis plant in Jungutbatu,…
Sidan expands organic farming to 30 hectares, links it to eco-tourism
Sidan village in Gianyar has expanded organic farming to 30 hectares, according to local reports, while linking the programme to Kissidan Eco Hill as…
Lovina’s dolphin tourism raises conservation and welfare concerns
Lovina’s sunrise dolphin tours underpin a busy marine tourism economy in north Bali, but researchers, activists and officials are pushing for stricter…
Survey finds 54 bird species in Jempanang, northern Badung
A 2021 field survey in Jempanang, northern Badung, documented 54 bird species and 18 tree species across riparian, plantation and forest-edge habitats…
Pemuteran study finds uneven coral disease at five shallow-reef sites
A March 2018 survey of Pemuteran’s shallow reefs in North Bali found the lowest live-coral cover at one site and the highest coral-disease prevalence…
Sanur seagrass study estimated 66.60 tons of carbon in 322 hectares
A study published in Ecotrophic estimated that Sanur’s 322-hectare seagrass meadow stored 66.60 tons of carbon in plant biomass during a June 2014-Feb…
Inside Nusa Penida’s 20,057-hectare marine conservation area
Indonesia’s 2014 ministerial decision established the Nusa Penida Marine Conservation Area as a 20,057-hectare marine tourism park and set its outer c…