A Nickel Rush Threatens Indonesia’s Last Nomadic Tribes and Its Forests, Fishermen and Farmers

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By Text and photos by Garry LotulungJan 8, 2025, 5:00 am238 pts
The country holds nearly half of the world’s known deposits of a metal critical to the energy transition, but digging and smelting it is leading to deforestation, flooding and contamination. Text and photos by Garry Lotulung HALMAHERA ISLAND, Indonesia—Deep in the backcountry here, Sumean Gebe, 42, lives…

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