METALS MANIA: Indonesia’s massive metals build-out is felling the forest for batteries

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PT Indonesia Weda Bay officials declined to be interviewed by the AP but the company said in statement it has planted more than 10 square kilometers (about 4 square miles) of new trees.

Complaints from villagers at the Weda Bay project mirror those from communities near other smelter works across Indonesia, including a controversial industrial park on the island of Borneo and other projects in North Maluku.

Since 1950, more than 740,000 square kilometers (more than 285,000 square miles) of Indonesian rainforest—an area twice the size of Germany—have been logged, burned or degraded, according to Global Forest Watch.

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Published On: 2024-07-20 @ 16:07:00 (14 hours ago)

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