The Bali Provincial Government has introduced criminal sanctions to control the conversion of productive agricultural land into villas and commercial properties.
Bali Governor I Wayan Koster signed a Regional Regulation (Perda) on the Control of Productive Land Conversion and the Prohibition of Nominee Land Ownership Transfer on Tuesday, 24 February 2026.
The regulation aims to protect productive land, particularly rice fields linked to Bali’s traditional irrigation system known as the subak. Authorities say the measure is intended to safeguard food security, economic stability, and ecological balance.
“To support the achievement of food sovereignty, economic independence,…