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Kawei Sejahtera Mining of nickel mining in Raja Ampat

Carbon & Climate

Mining threat remains in Raja Ampat, Indonesia’s ‘Amazon of the Seas’

Raja Ampat continues to be vulnerable to nickel mining, with three companies pursuing mining rights on its largest island and state-owned PT Gag Nikel still operating, according to a new Greenpeace report.
Indigenous people of Ukhrapahari in Jharkhand state, India

Policy & Finance

The price Dumka’s Adivasis pay for home

Mining, water scarcity and erratic rainfall are making life harder for the Indigenous Santhal communities of the district in Jharkhand. Many migrate for work, earning enough just to return to their land, language and forest.
SONA 2026_Pax Silica protest

Policy & Finance

Philippines pushes AI hub, gas, and nuclear to boost investment

In his fifth state of the nation address, Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, Jr elevated AI-driven Pax Silica project, fresh Malampaya gas discovery and renewed interest in nuclear power as key economic bets, even as protests grow over resource strains and possible community impacts.
Weda Bay nickel

Policy & Finance

Chinese transition mineral abuses surge 190% overseas, says new study

Allegations jumped from 51 in 2021 to 148 over a five-year period, found a new Business & Human Rights Resource Centre report, with nickel-rich Indonesia topping the list, largely for harms involving local communities, serious risks to workers and water pollution.

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1 July 2026

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Policy & Finance

The Philippines needs 15,000 forest rangers to meet its conservation goals; It only has 2,200

30 June 2026

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Policy & Finance

Mining sector sees surge in human rights abuse allegations: report

26 June 2026

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Policy & Finance

Financial incentives fall short in greening Indonesia’s nickel industry, experts say

23 June 2026

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Policy & Finance

Q&A: Why climate politics cannot be separated from Indigenous sovereignty and justice

17 June 2026

Northern_Thailand_River_Pollution

Water

‘This is an emergency’: Northern Thai residents march over polluted rivers

5 June 2026

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Transport

Indonesia intercepts mercury shipment bound for illegal Philippine mines

2 June 2026

Indigenous_Child_Philippines_Bukidnon

Policy & Finance

The Philippines is failing to include Indigenous people in climate decision making

29 May 2026

Tree cutting Quirino Highway

Cities

Trees sacrificed for ‘development’: advocates slam DENR’s green light for mass tree cutting in Philippines

North_Sumatra_Forest

Water

‘Same dangerous project’: Outrage grows after Indonesia revives disputed mine

15 May 2026

Mekong_River_Metals_Pollution

Water

Toxic arsenic levels detected in Thailand’s Mekong waters for first time

10 April 2026

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Water

Deep-sea mining rules stall despite mounting urgency

8 April 2026

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Policy & Finance

Pacific islands resist Trump’s push to mine their ocean

2 April 2026

Oil_Palm_Harvest_Worker_Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Critics call US–Indonesia trade deal ‘extractive colonialism’ over mining, fossil fuels

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Water

Battering of global cooperation clouds future of high seas treaty

26 March 2026

Hauler_Truck_Mining_Kalimantan_Indonesia

Manufacturing

Beneath Indonesia’s big EV dreams loom local costs

12 March 2026

The industrial site of PT Obi Sinar Timur, a nickel processor owned by Harita Group, in North Maluku.

Corporate Responsibility

Indonesian nickel company scrubbed coal power disclosures after complaint to SGX

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