Jakarta is sinking fast, but Indonesia is fighting back with an ambitious $10.5 billion sea wall project designed to protect the city from flooding and land subsidence. This massive 40-year plan ...

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Central Java. (Photo: CNA/Wisnu Agung Prasetyo) People living in affected areas are also unsure about the plan to build a giant sea wall off the northern coast of Java. “What matters is that we ...

Meanwhile, Presidential Regulation No. 12 of 2025, concerning the 2025–2029 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN), has identified the giant sea wall initiative as a strategic national project ...

He drew attention to public concerns about the sea wall, particularly the threat posed by rising sea levels to fishermen. Hashim stated that plans for the giant sea wall had been in development since ...

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has approved the construction of a massive 700-km sea wall stretching from Banten to East Java to protect rice fields on the north coast of Java Island.

He stated that plans for the giant sea wall had been in development since 1994, highlighting that the government recognised the dangers posed by rising sea levels at that time. However, the ...

He drew attention to public concerns about the sea wall, particularly the threat posed by rising sea levels to fishermen. "This is all caused by climate change," Djojohadikusumo remarked. He stated ...

She said the case against refusing the plan had been strengthened by the fact that the Cenotaph was now a registered building. Ms Newton referred to a ‘fortress’ promenade being created by the new sea ...

Dody also hopes that the construction of the Giant Sea Wall in Jakarta can serve as a model for building giant sea walls elsewhere, such as in Semarang and Surabaya. "But due to budget constraints, we ...

The initial phase of the project is focused on the construction of a sea wall in Jakarta Bay, which will cost 164 trillion rupiah (US$10.55 billion). Prabowo’s inauguration is scheduled for Sunday.