Indigenous Bajo suffer child deaths & toxic sludge amid green energy push

Indigenous Bajo suffer child deaths & toxic sludge amid green energy push

Indonesia’s environment ministry plans to curb deforestation and push for environmental rehabilitation in response to industrial nickel mining on Kabaena Island, where severe ecological damage and the cultural and economic collapse of the Indigenous Bajo people have been widely reported. The crisis has exposed deep-rooted failures by both government and corporations, revealing the human and environmental toll of the country’s profit-driven push …