Nickel miners dig up Indonesia’s Gebe Island despite Indigenous and legal opposition

Mongabay
Mar 10, 2025, 10:04 pm268 ptsTrendingTop
GEBE ISLAND, Indonesia — Abdul Manan Magtiblo watched the excavator dump a piece of Gebe Island into the back of a truck. Barely a thicket remained on the buzz-cut upland above Umera village as the vehicle drove off to the nearby port. “That’s the PT Bartra Putra Mulia [BPM] nickel mine,” Manan, the…

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