A review of the legal framework for coral reef restoration in Indonesia

Located in the heart of the Coral Triangle, Indonesia is the center of global diversity for coral reefs, with over 590 recorded species of hard corals which represent more than 95 percent of the total number of species recorded throughout the Coral Triangle (Veron et al., 2009). Indonesia hosts the greatest tropical coral reef extent within the Coral
Triangle, covering around 40,000 km 2 (Allen Coral Atlas, 2022; Burke et al., 2012).Furthermore, nearly 25% of Indonesia’s 270 million pop ulation lives within 30 km of a coral reef, comprising the world’s largest human population closely connected to coral reefs (Burke et al., 2012;
Sing Wong et al., 2022).