Worries grow for Sulawesi farmers as nickel mining company plans expansion

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LOEHA RAYA, Indonesia — The road to the headquarters of the Loeha Raya Farmers’ Cooperative is inundated from the monsoon, and a baby cayman splashes around in a puddle formed in a natural crater by the side of the road. The forests surrounding the adjacent Lake Towuti, the second-largest freshwater lake in Indonesia, are rich […]

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