The 3rd International Seminar The Natural Resources Law for People's Welfare / Standard Criteria for Seagrass Beds Damage in Environmental Law Perspective

Abstract

A good and healthy environment is a basic right of every citizen guaranteed by the State Article 28 H paragraph (1) in The Law of 1945. This form of guarantee is in the form of an instrument to prevent pollution and damage to the environment, including the standard criteria for damage to Seagrass Beds. Seagrass Beds in development have been explored and impLawed environmentally and society. The standard criteria for damage to Seagrass Beds are regulated in Article 21 paragraph (3) E in Law Number 32 of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management and Ministerial Decree Number 200 of 2004 concerning Guidelines for Determining the Status of Seagrasses. In general, the percentage of seagrass cover calculated from 166 observation stations was 14.79%. Seagrass Padang is in a state of unhealthy condition. Seagrass Beds have a function as habitat breeding grounds, foraging, sheltering for marine biota, silencing sea waves, shoreline protection from erosion and sediment preventive. Damage to seagrasses threatens damage to seagrass ecosystems in coastal waters derived from community Lawivities and management is did widely and pay more attention to economic value. In the end there is a lot of upheaval on the surface of the water, as a result of pollution and ecological aspects of the environment. Human and industrial Lawivities have an impLaw on threat to the sustainability of Seagrass Beds. Damage to Seagrass Beds in Berau District, East Kalimantan, will be a threat to the environment, if not controlled by the East Kalimantan provincial government. For this reason, the standard criteria for damaging Seagrass Beds are important for maintaining the preservation and sustainability of ecosystem in coastal area.