This is the story of Weda Bay – and how nature is being sacrificed for mining https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/mar/11/how-mining-threatens-the-worlds-biodiversity-aoe

#WedaBay #nature #environment #mining

Great cross-border collocation on #environmental impacts of #minerals #mining in #Indonesia.

At the same time, it's notable that the #WedaBay mine gets, by far, the most international attention, and the reason is because it''s partly owned by #France's Eramet.

For all the other mines in Indonesia owned entirely by domestic and/or #Chinese corporations? Doubt they'll be the focus of this type of investigation anytime soon.

https://eiforum.org/indonesia-wbn-eramet-environmental-fraud/

#WedaBay, via gli indigeni per estrarre il nichel

Il mercato mondiale delle auto elettriche potrebbe mandare in fumo ettari ed ettari di foresta e non solo. In sei anni l’isola di Halmahera, in Indonesia, è stata via via
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#WedaBay, away with the natives to extract nickel

The global market for electric cars could blow away hectares and hectares of forest and more. In six years, the island of Halmahera, Indonesia, has been gradually
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18-5-2023 0:1 #il manifesto https://cms.ilmanifesto.it https://ilmanifesto.it/weda-bay-via-gli-indigeni-per-estrarre-il-nichel