In a land untouched by mines, indigenous holdouts fight a coal invasion

Mongabay
Mar 28, 2018, 11:12 am110 pts
BATUTANGGA, Indonesia — Stretching across the slopes of the Meratus mountains, where the indigenous Dayak people strip rubber and harvest mountain rice, Central Hulu Sungai is the last district in Indonesia’s South Kalimantan province free of mining and palm oil. Locals in this remote part of Indonesian…

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