Community-Based Marine Resources and Coastal Area Management Workshop April 2002

April 2002

In collaboration with the University of Sam Ratulangi Department of Law, the Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL), and Environmental Law and Law Development Associates (ELLDA), CIEL organized a Preparatory Workshop for the Establishment of a Community-Based Marine Resources and Coastal Area Management Legal Research Center in Manado, Indonesia on April 15, 2002.

Forty participants attended from throughout Indonesia. Discussions focused on processes by which traditional/indigenous and other local communities in Indonesia have, since the time of the Dutch, gradually lost their access and rights to land, sea, coastal areas and other natural resources, and how this has led to impoverishment of many local communities. The issues were examined using the paradigm of community-based property rights and possible strategies and solutions were identified them. The conference culminated in specific recommendations from participants regarding the establishment of a Community-Based Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Legal Research Center at the University of Sam Ratulangi Department of Law.