Conserving 30% of the Ocean: Indonesia’s Commitment and Effort towards the Global Urge

Abstract

Abstract As a home to the largest continuous ecosystem, our ocean faces a serious threat under the changing climate. Concerns regarding the effectiveness of existing ocean governance have been raised, highlighting the need for timely mitigation and adaptation measures. Improving efforts for ocean protection is now seen as vital to maintaining the ecosystems and to reversing threats from climate crisis, this has resulted in a global pledge: conserving 30% of the ocean. The conservation call has been made to all states especially those in most vulnerable circumstances, including Indonesia. This study is devoted to assess Indonesia’s commitment in protecting the ocean especially on how the laws and regulations as well as public policy within its national legal framework has so far made responses to emerging threats. By applying a normative-empirical research method, this study reveals a need for more ambitious ocean-conservation legal standards. As international community moving towards nature-pact goal to conserve 30% of the ocean, Indonesia needs to put some serious effort to keep up with the global urge, one of which is by formulating appropriate policy and putting it into practice.