Nickel rush for stainless steel, EVs guts Indonesia tribe's forest home
Thursday, 5 June 2025 () Lelilief Sawai, Indonesia (AFP) June 4, 2025
Bokum, one of Indonesia's last isolated hunter-gatherers,has a simple message for the nickel miners threatening his lush jungle home: "This is our land." He belongs to the Hongana Manyawa Indigenous tribe, which includes around 3,000 "contacted" members like him, and another 500 who reject contact with the modern world. Their home on Halmahera Island was once a breathtaking kaleidoscope
Thursday, 5 June 2025 ()
Lelilief Sawai, Indonesia (AFP) June 4, 2025