Jakarta, Dec. 6 -- Indonesia's land agency is accelerating the certification of small and outermost islands to strengthen national security and legal certainty, working closely with the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (KKP), officials said on Saturday.

"We continue to speed up island inventory and certification with institutions like the KKP to ensure all outermost islands obtain legal land status to bolster security and safety," Deputy Head of the National Land Agency (BPN) Ossy Dermawan said in a statement.

He said cooperation between BPN and KKP has reinforced legal protection for coastal zones and small islands. The Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has granted several awards to BPN for its role in expediting island certif...