Indonesia News » Bangka Belitung Islands News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » History: 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 » History: Indonesia’s Tin Mining Crackdown Brings Order, Consolidates Power
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 » History: Your smartphone might be linked to crocodile attacks in Indonesia. Here’s how
What’s the connection between your smartphone and crocodile attacks? It’s quite straightforward. Smartphones need tin, which is often mined illegally in Indonesia. When illegal tin mines are abandoned ...
News Indonesia » Bangka-Belitung Islands » History: Venomous primate thought lost to science for nearly a century turns up in gardens and on roads across Indonesia
A big-eyed, venomous primate that had not been documented in scientific literature since the 1930s has been hiding in plain sight on the Indonesian island of Bangka, turning up in backyards, along ...