Sumatra province plan to permit ‘community’ mines alarms civil society
via news.mongabay.com
Short excerpt below. Read at the original source.
PADANG, Indonesia — The government of West Sumatra plans to move forward with a legal pathway for up to 300 small mines operating illegally in the heavily forested province, joining several other devolved governments grappling with how to treat the vast number of unlicensed mines operating across Indonesia. “Environmental damage brings long-term problems, therefore we […]