INDONESIAN STATE SPONSORED UNBRIDLED NICKEL EXPLOITATION IN NORTH MOLUCCAS: SERVING THE ECONOMIC INTERESTS OF INDONESIAN OLIGARCHS AND CHINA
Global Race for Electric Car Components is Threatening Indigenous Peoples in Central Halmahera, North Moluccas, Indonesia
►DUE TO THEIR WEALTH, THE MALUKU ISLANDS HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY MANY PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD FOR HUNDRED OF YEARS. SPICES, FOREST PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, MINERALS ARE THERE. BUT THE ARCHIPELAGO IS NOT MADE UP OF EMPTY ISLANDS, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN INHABITED BY HUMANS FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS YEARS. THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE MOLUCCAS IS HALMAHERA, WHICH HAS BEEN INHABITED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS BY AMONG OTHERS, THE TOBELO PEOPLE.◄► DUE TO THEIR WEALTH, THE MALUKU ISLANDS HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY MANY PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD FOR HUNDRED OF YEARS. SPICES, FOREST PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, MINERALS ARE THERE. BUT THE ARCHIPELAGO IS NOT MADE UP OF EMPTY ISLANDS, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN INHABITED BY HUMANS FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS YEARS. THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE MOLUCCAS IS HALMAHERA, WHICH HAS BEEN INHABITED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS BY AMONG OTHERS, THE TOBELO PEOPLE.◄
►THE AREA OF EAST HALMAHERA REGENCY IS ONLY 222,683 HECTARES BUT MUST BEAR 66 MINING CONCESSION PERMITS (IUP) WITH A CONCESSION AREA OF UP TO 142,964.79 HECTARES OR AROUND 60% OF THE REGENCY AREA. IN THE PERIOD 2017 - 2021 (FOREST WATCH INDONESIA DATA) A TOTAL OF 35.043.95 FORESTS IN EAST HALMAHERA WERE CLEARED, OR THE EQUIVALENT OF 49,081 FOOTBALL FIELDS. ◄►THE AREA OF EAST HALMAHERA REGENCY IS ONLY 222,683 HECTARES BUT MUST BEAR 66 MINING CONCESSION PERMITS (IUP) WITH A CONCESSION AREA OF UP TO 142,964.79 HECTARES OR AROUND 60% OF THE REGENCY AREA. IN THE PERIOD 2017 - 2021 (FOREST WATCH INDONESIA DATA) A TOTAL OF 35.043.95 FORESTS IN EAST HALMAHERA WERE CLEARED, OR THE EQUIVALENT OF 49,081 FOOTBALL FIELDS.◄
Pembela Hutan Halmahera: Tobelo Dalam dari Akejira
Saat ini, pengembara O Hongana Manyawa atau Tobelo Dalam (atau dikenal sebagai Tugutil) terancam. Hutan Akejira, wilayah leluhur tempat sekelompok O Hongana Manyawa masih hidup, menjadi sasaran koalisi jahat PT. Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP), PT. Weda Bay Nickel (WBN) dan PT. Energi Tekindo. Tobelo Dalam Akejira harus mengungsi karena kekayaan nikel yang tersembunyi di bawah tanah mereka. Tonton Videonya ▼
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​Watch the video: O’Hangana Manyawa -  Forest People of Tobelo Halmahera
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