JAYAPURA - The Head of the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Department of Papua, Iman Djuniawal, confirmed that the Technical Material Document for coastal waters of Papua Province is now ready to be integrated with the local Provincial Spatial Plan (RTRW).

This was agreed at the Final Focus Group Discussion (FGD) Meeting on the Zoning Plan for Coastal areas and Small Islands (RZWP3-K) of Papua Province, Wednesday (13/4/2022).

If realized, continued Iman, the integration will support the ease of investment and preservation of coastal and marine resources on Cenderawasih Earth.

"This means that with this RZWP3-K, it will open up job opportunities." This is one of the job solutions for the people of the Papua region," Iman told the press on Thursday (14/4/2022).

Iman said, the business world in Papua currently expects the completion of the determination of RZWP3K. Because of the presence of RZWP3K regulation, more or less provides certainty related to the licensing of the use of marine space.

"RZWP3K will provide five main guarantees, namely the suitability of investment locations, sustainability of the investment environment, profitable investment activities, legal certainty over investment locations, and the acquisition of investment activity location permits".

"And this will benefit the Papua region and the people as well," he stressed.

As a follow-up to the mandate of Law No. 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation, Government Regulation No. 21 of 2021 concerning the Implementation of Marine Space Arrangement and implementation of The Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Regulation No. 28 of 2021 concerning the Implementation of Marine Space Arrangements, the Papua Provincial Government through the Working Group for the Preparation of Coastal Waters Technical Materials / RZWP-3-K of Papua Province has implemented the Final FGD of Coastal Water Technical Materials / RZWP-3-K of Papua Province,  Wednesday.

This activity was marked by the signing of the entire POKJA RZWP-3-K team to the Final Document of Coastal Water Cargo Technical Material containing the Marine Space Structure Plan, Marine Space Pattern Plan, Marine Biota Migration Flow and Sea Space Utilization Activity Conformity Regulation.

This signing also marks that the document is declared valid to be applied to the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, then given Technical Approval by the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries.

This activity was attended by representatives of the General of Marine Spatial Management - Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, POKJA RZWP3-K of Papua Province, Head of the Papua Provincial Marine and Fisheries Department, Head of the Papua Provincial Regional Development Planning Agency, Head of the Papua Province Border and Foreign Cooperation Agency, Head of the Papua Provincial Forestry and Environment Service, representative of the Public Works Office, Spatial Planning,  Housing and Residential Areas of Papua Province. ***