Subak also faces threats from land conversion and tourism.
Bali’s iconic terraced paddy fields, a Unesco World Heritage site, are under threat of extinction due to climate change.
“Our findings serve as a stark warning for governments, preservationists and the global community to prioritise the safeguarding of our planet – to preserve our ancient monuments and our current assets and infrastructure – and to protect life today and into the future,” said Climate X’s chief executive and co-founder Lukky Ahmed.
“The management of subak is by consensus . It’s very vulnerable to climate change. When water from the resources declines, it’s hard to distribute the water ,” he told The Straits Times. Some of his fellow farmers in surrounding villages have turned to rain-reliant farming, or replaced padi with other crops, he added.
Nearly 20,000ha of subak land in Bali – about one-third the size of Singapore’s land area – is recognised as a Unesco World Heritage site, although the actual area is much larger. A 2021 academic paper published by the International Journal of the Commons estimates about 800 subak systems managing around 86,000ha of padi fields in 2010, with a loss of 1,000ha to 2,000ha a year since then.
Mr Made Krisna Dinata, executive director of Bali’s chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment, pointed out that the presence of subakhas declined are prone to flooding,” he said, citing major floods in 2019 that affected Jembrana in west Bali region, where some subak plots had earlier been lost to land conversion. More subak land is at risk from plans to build a 97km connecting toll road that would affect 98 subak systems, covering about 480ha, he added.
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