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Seized assets are being placed under the control of a state-owned giant at the heart of a sprawling corruption scheme. The landscape in Bangka Belitung, two islands off the coast of Indonesia’s ...
News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Commerce: Wildfires Spread Into Residential Areas in Indonesia's Bangka Belitung, Destroying Over 300 Houses
Wildfires Spread Into Residential Areas in Indonesia's Bangka Belitung, Destroying Over 300 Houses JAKARTA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Forest and land fires in Indonesia's Bangka Belitung province have ...
News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Commerce: Wetland destruction for mining, oil palm tied to crocodile attacks in Indonesia
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Bangka-Belitung, an island province located to the north of Sumatra Island, accounted for more than a quarter of the world’s tin production five ...
News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Commerce: Wetland destruction blamed for rise in croc attacks on Indonesia’s Bangka Island
The destruction of coastal wetlands for illegal tin mining and oil palm plantations is to blame for a surge in crocodile attacks on people on Indonesia’s Bangka Island, residents say. People have ...
News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Commerce: Tin mining is big business in Indonesia . Here's why miners risk their lives for $13 a day.
Indonesia is the world's biggest exporter of tin, and more than 90% of the country's supply comes from the islands of Bangka and Belitung. But the deposits on land are almost gone, so unlicensed ...
News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » Commerce: Wildfires spread into residential areas in Indonesia's Bangka Belitung, destroying over 300 houses
JAKARTA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Forest and land fires in Indonesia's Bangka Belitung province have spread into a densely populated residential area, the local disaster mitigation agency said on Monday, ...