Mining persists on Indonesia’s Gebe Island despite Indigenous, legal resistance

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Local Indigenous communities say the mining sites have put their food security at risk, with pollution affecting fruit trees and root vegetables as well as depletion of local fisheries.

That includes forests loss on North Maluku islands like Fau, Gebe, Mabuli, Malamala and Pakal, which have all witnessed extensive changes following mining excavation.

Locals like Manan say life has become harder since 2020, when the company began operating here on Gebe, a remote island of fewer than 6,000 people in the Halmahera Sea, on Indonesia’s Pacific rim.

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Author / Journalist: Jaya Barends

Category: EconomyBusiness

Markets: SingaporeAustraliaIndonesiaJapanNew Caledonia

Topics: Activism Food security Regulation Agribusiness Forests Inclusion Mangroves Agriculture Fishing Poverty Mining NGOs Parks Crops Natural resources Pollution Research Deforestation Farming Inequality Biodiversity Wastewater Water security Indigenous peoples Conservation Rare earths

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Published On: 2025-03-17 @ 06:00:00 (21 hours ago)

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