The Widi Reserve was supposed to be sold earlier this month, but the sale has been pushed to late January.
. Its surrounding area, known as the “Coral Triangle,” encompasses several endangered species such as sea turtles, humphead wrasse and whale sharks. Environmentalists worry that with the privatization and development of the land, ecological damage could occur and life in coastal communities might suffer.
“We firmly believe there is no such thing as ‘sustainable development’ on reserves and that the best way to preserve them is just to let them be,” said Afdillah, the ocean campaign team leader at Greenpeace Indonesia. The auction is “a serious violation of the rights of coastal communities and traditional fishermen who live around the reserve.”for the islands, Sotheby’s notes that possible amenities could include an airstrip for private jets, luxury eco-resorts and an international airport.
That hasn’t calmed the nerves of environmentalists, though, who still worry about the reserve and the concept of eco-tourism more generally. “Sustainable tourism is a discourse. We just talk about it, but we don’t implement it,” one local activist told the
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