The harms of the industry have been understated. Prabowo’s new government must raise environmental standards.

Indonesia has hatched a plan to reduce emissions from its coal-powered nickel trade amid growing scrutiny of its downstreaming policy. Environmentalists worry that the plan glosses over the impact of the booming trade on forests, biodiversity and local communities.

The new law seeks to measure the country's natural resources, and will place more scrutiny on activities with negative environmental impacts such as resource extraction, a key driver of the country’s economic development.

The race to electrify transport is causing extensive deforestation in Indonesia, a Mighty Earth report finds. Will the destructive practices continue under incoming president Prabowo Subianto, who has pledged to ramp up the nickel trade?