Ranu Pani is a village near Semeru mountain di Lumajang, East Java. The 1.300 residents are living in 500 hectare enclave located in the area of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park.

Enclave expansion almost impossible, because it mens to open the forest that should be preserved.

Therefore, even the potato bring wealth for the local farmers, the government will shift the area into tourism village. Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park itself is part of 10 Destination of Priority Tourism program, that to boosted to bring national income from 20 million foreign tourist in 2019.

Is this what the residents of Ranu Pani expect to solve the problem of lack of land for agriculture?

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