How Bali’s rice production is measured: harvested area versus output
Bali’s rice statistics distinguish annual harvested area from rice output and permanent land conversion. The latest figures show 96,444 hectares harve…
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Bali agency studies vertical housing for projected population growth
Bali’s research agency has begun studying vertical and communal housing for long-term demand, citing a possible population increase from about 4.4 mil…
Bali officials to meet on proposed protected agricultural land
Bali’s provincial land agency was due to convene a 29 September meeting led by the governor on proposed protected agricultural areas, following techni…
Civil society groups in Denpasar demand moratorium on Bali tourism expansion
Three Bali-based organisations used an ecological justice concert in Denpasar on Sunday night to demand a moratorium on new tourism developments and a…
Rice field conversion intensifies pressure on Bali’s subak system
Bali’s rapid conversion of productive rice fields into housing and commercial areas is intensifying pressure on farming livelihoods, subak irrigation…
Bali Speeds Up LP2B Mapping to Protect Farmland from Conversion
Bali’s provincial government is working with the national land agency to speed up mapping and legal protection of sustainable food-agriculture land (L…
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…