Sea level rise may threaten Indonesia’s status as an archipelagic country
- Written by Dita Liliansa, Ocean Law & Policy Research Associate, National University of Singapore
Map of IndonesiaGoogle EarthThe recent UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report found global sea levels have been rising at an accelerated rate. As an archipelagic state with more than 17,000 islands stretching over 80,000 kilometres of coastline, Indonesia should be alarmed by these findings.
Last year, Indonesia’s National...
