Number of managements and members of Subak Puspasari, Tuwed, Melaya is delivering their protests due to the mangrove forest annexation and pruning action by certain entrepreneur who would like to built fishpond.

Number of Subak member on Sunday (April 25) confessed that they were exhausted with certain entrepreneur who clearing the mangrove forest. Whereas the farmer around the area had developing and maintaining the mangrove which also take part in supporting the land and resisted the abrasion. The village party confessed that they did not know at all about the annexation occurred. In another side, the land was the state land.

Number of subak management, local people as well as Kelompok Pelestari Sumberdaya Alam – Group of Natural Resource Preserver – yesterday firmly asked for the party responsibles annihilate the mangrove land to stop their action. Klian Subak Puspasari, Dewa Putu Nita accompanied by subak member, Wayan Buda, Made Sukarta, Astradi as well as chairman for Kelompok Pelestari Sumberdaya Alam, Nurhadi, yesterday are on the scene where the forest had been snatched.

According to them, the mangrove tress had been planted since 2005 through the assistance from Forestry Ministry. As far as at that location stand jagawana post – security post – and five thousand rupiah fine for people who did not join mangrove trees plantation activity. According to them, the land was a state land and with HGB (Hak Guna Bangunan) status.

But, lately they heard that there are party who want certifying the land. Since there is accusation occur, then there is MA decision stating that the land is in status quo. Nurhadi as the chairmain of Kelompok Pelestari Sumberdaya Alam confessed his amassment due to the annexation of state land. He viewed that there is possibility for abrasion to be happen if the forest keep annihilated and cleared. His party also concern with the existence of Pura Dalem would get eroded by abrasion the same with what happened in Candikusuma.

Meanwhile, the member of Jembrana Council from Tuwed, Ketut Swastika yesterday checked straightly at the scene and said that PKL Agency (Agriculture, Forestry and Marine) as well as BPN should have pay their attention toward this issue so it would not become a boomerang and becomes protracted problem.

Perbekel Tuwed, I Ketut Suarna, when confirmed said that his party did not know exactly that land status, is it belongs to individual or the country. The occurrence of mangrove annihilation, his party also did not know about that event.

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