How to live in Bungin dubbed populous?

Bungin located in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, referred to as the most populous island, with no coastline and no green land. The population increased but the expansion of settlements also have an impact on the environment.

When I came to Bungin in the morning, some people seemed busy transporting fish on a motorbike to the market in the district of Alas, about 30 minutes drive.

They passed a bridge that was built a year ago, which connects the island with the mainland.

While some female residents spent time cooking in the kitchen located under their stilt houses. When I get around to this island, it appears some goats eating plastic and cardboard used food with gusto.

The daily cattle feed on garbage because there was no grass growing on the island built on a mound of sand and coral.

BajoMost of the residents are the Bajo originating from South Sulawesi, who arrived here more than 200 years ago.Here I met with bin Haji Muhamad Makadiah Sagat, elders Bungin. Born in Bungin in 1937, this is the fifth generation of the first citizen who came from South Sulawesi.He said the Bajo originating from South Sulawesi came to Bungin."Bungin it in the language of Bajo means mounds of white sand, once the mound, but then when two people will be united, they build houses with rock," explains Makadiah.The island used to be just an expanse of white sand, but then they build a house on a rock along with increasing population.Currently, more than 3,000 people living in Bungin an area of ​​8.5 hectares, so that the house could be inhabited by more than three households."As every year marriage records nearly 30 pairs, they are up to now stay at home parents or in-laws, so lately there is a buildup, so in one house it could be two or three families," said Tison Sihabudin, residents Bungin.

Dilemma additional land

But to overcome the shortage of land is not easy.

The addition of land to make a home using the usual reef Bungin done by the citizens, have an impact on the ecosystem, although the Bajo communities have restrictions to damage coral reefs.

"People Bajo is tight enough to preserve the coral reefs, once our parents teach pamali stone hit a rock, meaning that so we should not put out the nets, this ballast to the reef to be damaged," said Sihabudin.

"But with the passage of time because of urgency, a rising population, the land needs more urgent that had corals die taken, the stock is limited and is taken from a long distance, is now taking coral here, which is a live coral," explained Sihabudin.To overcome the shortage of land, Sihabudin along with other Bungin youth, took the initiative to reclaiming the sand, but also hit the government rules."We gathered young people who want to have land, we finally collect the money and do the reclamation of the sand, but then not until the 100 plots there are already rules ban from the government," said Sihabudin.Sumbawa government follow the rules nationally to not perform reclamation on the consideration of environmental conditions. In addition to the problem of land shortage, garbage and sanitation is also a major problem.Live crammed in Bungin is likely to occur because of Bajo tribe who live here have an attachment to the homeland so rarely from those who live abroad outside the island.