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…
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Bali Demolishes Pejarakan Forest Villas Over Permit Violations
Bali Governor Wayan Koster oversaw the demolition of villa structures in Pejarakan’s village forest on 12 September 2026, after provincial officials s…
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…
