Last year, discussions on the Benoa Bay reclamation project peaked with the simultaneous regional election in Bali and project’s soon-to-expire location license. I Wayan Koster (PDI-P) actively promised the cancellation of the reclamation project. He eventually won the regional election, and was sworn in several months later. The people of Bali with the help of their new Governor continued to make sure that the project would be cancelled. In the first week of October 2019 their hard work paid off. The Ministry of Marine and Fisheries issued a ministerial decree and established the Benoa Bay as a Maritime Conservation Area (KKM).
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