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View all search resultsCalls have grown among lawmakers and celebrities for the government to permanently end controversial nickel mining operations on Gag Island in the Raja Ampat archipelago, Southwest Papua, following outcry from environmentalists over potential environmental damage to the area.
The government’s commitment to environmental protection is now in question after two key ministries and local officials gave conflicting accounts of alleged environmental violations by nickel mining operations on Gag Island in the Raja Ampat archipelago, one of the world's top marine biodiversity hot spots.
The recent news on mining in Raja Ampat sounds the alarm on potential ecocide as a symptom of the government’s systemic, structural failure to protect our country's resources in line with its constitutional obligation to its people, including future generations.
Following a peaceful protest by Greenpeace at a minerals expo on Thursday, the energy ministry announced it had temporarily suspended Gag Nikel's mining operations in Raja Ampat to conduct field verification.
A group of Greenpeace activists and Papuan youth held a peaceful protest on the first day of an ongoing critical minerals expo in Jakarta to demand protection for Papua's biodiverse marine region of Raja Ampat.
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