BOGORAME

Bogorame may sound like a small name, but it is there that Demak stakes its future. It is the final boundary between land and sea, between hope and loss, between lives that struggle to endure and a nation that continues to neglect. Every day, th

LAND THAT IS DISAPPEARING, NOT JUST ERODING

Sayung is no longer merely a coastline — it is the frontline of humanity’s battle against the loss of its own land.
Each year, Sayung’s shoreline retreats by several meters. Houses turn into boats, rice fields become salt ponds, and village roads now lie beneath the sea.

This crisis is not only the result of surface erosion but also the loss of morphodynamic balance, where sediments that should form new land are instead swept back into the ocean.
The soil loses its foundation, roots lose their grip, and communities lose their ground to stand on.

Conventional approaches such as concrete embankments and seawalls have failed to solve the problem. Concrete merely shifts erosion elsewhere, severs ecosystems, and destroys habitats for marine life.
The sea cannot be controlled by force — it must be invited to cooperate.

Bogorame has become a living laboratory for saving the land — a place where local wisdom and scientific knowledge unite.
Here, bamboo, mud, and roots work more wisely than concrete.