Nickel mining must follow the reforms in the palm oil industry, not repeat its mistakes, says Mighty Earth's Amanda Hurowitz.
The island of Sulawesi, in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago, is a biodiversity hotspot. Located immediately to the east of the Wallace line that divides Asia’s flora and fauna from Australia’s, it represents an extraordinary transition zone between the species of the two continents. Like the Galapagos, it has been called a “living laboratory of evolution”. It is home to a dizzying array of endemic species like the anoas, adorable miniature buffalos; the babirusa (“pig deer” in Indonesian) with long curved upper tusks; the critically endangered maleo bird which uses geothermal vents to incubate eggs; and 17 different species of macaque monkeys and tarsiers. Offshore exist some 30% of the world’s precious coral reefs.
Electric vehicles are driving deforestation in Indonesia. But they don't have to. - Land and Climate Review
The island of Sulawesi, in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago, is a biodiversity hotspot. Located immediately to the east of the Wallace line that divides Asia’s flora and fauna from Australia’s, it represents an extraordinary transition zone between the species of the two continents. Like the Galapagos, it has been called a “living laboratory of evolution”. It is home to a dizzying array of endemic species like the anoas, adorable miniature buffalos; the babirusa (“pig deer” in Indonesian) with long curved upper tusks; the critically endangered maleo bird which uses geothermal vents to incubate eggs; and 17 different species of macaque monkeys and tarsiers. Offshore exist some 30% of the world’s precious coral reefs.
Electric vehicles are driving deforestation in Indonesia. But they don't have to. - Land and Climate Review
