Activists take Indonesia’s mining law to court, but don’t expect much

Mongabay
Jul 7, 2021, 5:14 am217 pts
JAKARTA — Activists in Indonesia have filed a legal challenge to controversial mining legislation passed last year and widely seen as undermining environmental protections to the advantage of mining companies. The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and the East Kalimantan provincial chapter of the…

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