The Effectiveness the Law No 27/2007 as a Response to the Sea-Level Rise in Indonesia

As a State with more than 13.000 islands and approximately 81.000 km2 coastline, Indonesia will be highly affected by sea level rise. Sea level rise itself will not only bring effects on the environment, but also the animals and humans that are dependent on the sea environment. To name a few, it can cause the destructive erosion, floods, soil contamination, the increase of natural disaster, and the loss of the land territory. Hence, there needs to be an appropriate and effective response in dealing and to prevent sea level rise any further especially in Indonesia. Hence, there is also a need to paid attention to the contributing factors and other preventable factors, in order to identify the main issues, problems, and threats to then draft the needed regulation as a response, especially in the nationals level where the law is more enforcable to everyone under that State’s jurisdiction. In Indonesia, one of the regulation in question is the Law No. 27/2007 on the Management of Coastal Areas and Isles. This writing will discuss the nature of sea level rise that is cause by climate change in Indonesia and analyze whether the Law No. 27/2007 is effective in responding to the sea level rise condition in Indonesia.