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Redistributing wealth or costs? Why formalising community mining rarely works

The central question is not whether communities should have access to mining, but whether the state retains the capacity to govern extraction once operations fragment across thousands of sites with uneven technical and environmental standards.

Talking Indonesia: Papua, development and politics from below

Talking Indonesia

In this week’s episode, Dr Jemma Purdey chats with Rassela Malinda, a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne who lived and worked with indigenous communities in Papua and whose research gives us rare insights into their struggles from below.

Talking Indonesia: Indonesian ecological thinking

Environment, Talking Indonesia

As Indonesia grapples with increasingly frequent climate disasters—from the devastating floods in Sumatra and Aceh to prolonged droughts that affect food security—a new book rejects the usual solutions.

Performative governance: why Raja Ampat still under serious threat from nickel mining

Environment, Policies

Sacrificing ecosystems and people for projected growth in demand for nickel driven by energy transition is unjustifiable. The government must, therefore, provide full and permanent protection for Raja Ampat, as well as for other vulnerable and significant ecosystems, such as small islands.

Posts with tag: Environment

Redistributing wealth or costs? Why formalising community mining rarely works

Talking Indonesia: Papua, development and politics from below

Talking Indonesia: Indonesian ecological thinking

Performative governance: why Raja Ampat still under serious threat from nickel mining

Beyond religious tolerance: What the Pope’s visit really means for Indonesia

Talking Indonesia: democratic regression and the environment

Talking Indonesia: the omnibus Law on Job Creation

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