Late afternoon in Kepulauan Seribu. Two white men walked to the beach of Pari Island. A woman with short hair, a bikini, was among them. Nearby also look crowd of 'Caucasians' with minimalist clothing.
The man whose right arm was tattooed corrected the pale-like outfit that covered the woman. The woman stood frozen, the other man stood in front of her as he cooed the woman's clothes.
Dozens of pairs of eyes stared at the behavior of the three patterns. Not long, one man strolled, raised his hands and jumped on the sand gracefully. He grabbed the rope swing and let out a laugh.
All three are visitors to the island of Pari, precisely the northern coast of the nicknamed Virgin Sand.
On the west side, above the hammocks, the old man who claimed to be named Nihin sat with his legs on his feet.
"When is my boat coming back," he said as I approached him. Her smile was minimal.
"Noh near the ducks," he added as he swung the hammock as if to convince him.
Near Nihin there are several fishing boats from the net as a sign that on the island fishing activities are still cultivated.
According to the story, residents as large citizens Pari is a generation of Tidung Island, also Tangerang. They were there around the 60's. As justified Nihin.
He smiled when I answered the new up and just wanted to see the side of the island.
"We are waiting for visitors who want to ride a boat, around," said 60-year-old man while pointing to a passing boat and carrying 3 passengers. He claimed to have been born in Tangerang and lived with his son in Pari Island.
Approximately 20 meters from Tihin seen plots that seem to mark the recreation area owned by local residents. Nearby stands a warung and a bicycle rental place.
On the other side, there is a verdant mangrove, bushy and brightly colored. Others seem to have just been planted.
Susi motivates people to care for the environment, not pollute the ocean with plastic waste, do not damage coral reefs and keep mangrove from exploitation of greedy hands.
Not only appealed, Susi, accompanied Walhi Executive Director, Nur Hidayati and local community representatives, Syahrul Hidayat to plant mangrove trees not far from the third destination of visitors earlier on the north side of Pari Island.
An island of no less than 40 hectares stores embers of conflict. Vulnerable because of the roar of the people's resistance to the desires of some parties over the coastal and marine areas on the island which is relatively far from the center of Jakarta,
When meeting the residents, Minister Susi stated that Indonesia is a big island, there are 17504 islands. Pari Island is only one of the seventeen thousand five hundred islands.
"We are welcome to all who will manage, but if the country of the seven thousand five hundred islands, one island just diributin, how?" he said.
"I want to ask you if you want to manage the basics of what? If just looking for money, it should not be me, because the island is God's inheritance given to our nation to be inherited," he said again.
Susi advised that the people who live on the island including Pari Island should keep clean, maintain the health of the sea, so that the island can be inherited to the children and grandchildren.
This is according to Minister Susi Pudjiastuti very necessary because the seashore is where fish berpak-pianak. Citizens must practice living practices that can preserve the marine and coastal environment.
On occasion to meet and listen to citizens, the CTF Minister also reminded people not to use excessive plastic, because plastic takes 450 years to be destroyed in the sea.
The presence of Minister Susi in Pari Island related to the theme of World Mangrove Day celebration that will fall on July 26, 2018 later.
On that occasion, Syahrul Hidayat, Chairman of the Forum Perduli Pulau Pari (FP3) expressed his gratitude to Mrs. Susi Pudjiastuti who has visited Pari Island.
He hopes what the dream and hope the people of Pari Island can be answered.
Hope Syahrul, as explained by Walhi, sekaitan with the situation where the citizens of Pari Island in conflict with PT. Bumi Pari Asri. The company claims 90% of Pari Island is the land.
According to Walhi's report, the claim is not kidding and has made a citizen has been criminalized, the other one undergoing trial in North Jakarta District Court. They are accused of entering the yard without permission.
The chaos and anguish of the residents began when in 2014- 2015 BPN North Jakarta issued about 63 Certificates of Ownership and 14 Certificates of Building Use Rights in Pari Island.
The fact became weak after on April 9, 2018, the Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia declared maladministration of the certificates.
"Legal effort, legality effort, I will try to help and strive for my efforts," said Minister Susi Pudjiastuti at the end of the meeting with the residents.
"The presence of Minister Susi Pudjiastuti in Pari Island brings positive things to the struggle of Pari Island residents and for Environmental Sustainability.
In particular, Nur Hidayati, Walhi National Executive Director who accompanied Minister Susi on Pari Island gave praise to Minister Susi.
"He is one of the Ministers who rejects the privatization of the island," Nur said.
In addition, according to Nur, the Minister gave information and encouraged the residents to preserve the island, coast and sea.
"With this sustainability, other than prosperous people because the sea will be a lot, the island will also be inherited to the children and grandchildren," said Nur Hidayati before parting with the entourage of Minister Susi.
The beauty of Pasir Perawan Beach has captured the attention of the public, more and more visitors are coming including the people who were told before. They bring different nature, different looks and try their luck to enjoy the beauty of the beach Pari Island.
Meanwhile, secretly, outsiders who are shielded behind the company's name also have the same interests.
On an island of less than 1,000 inhabitants and having 260 heads of the family, they are interested in land acquisition, which has been used by the community to strengthen their resilience and developing ability. They plant mangrove trees, keep the beaches from abrasion and harness the seafood simply.
The atmosphere is different and worrisome when there is a great desire to take over the exotic lands of Pasir Perawan Beach.
It could get worse if the Government can not establish itself as a protector of society, a society that has existed for a long time, survive and develop with existing resources.