Posted on Jul 10, 2023
The rush for nickel: 'They are destroying our future'
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Two men are carrying torches and homemade arrows as they slip into the ocean at night on an Indonesian island.
They are from an indigenous community of Bajau people - renowned freedivers who find it better to hunt in the dark when fish, lobsters and sea cucumbers are less active.
But they fear time is running out for their traditional way of life.
"Right now, the water is still clear," says Tawing, one of the fishermen. "But it won't stay that way… nickel waste enters our water during the rainy season and the current carries it here."
They are from an indigenous community of Bajau people - renowned freedivers who find it better to hunt in the dark when fish, lobsters and sea cucumbers are less active.
But they fear time is running out for their traditional way of life.
"Right now, the water is still clear," says Tawing, one of the fishermen. "But it won't stay that way… nickel waste enters our water during the rainy season and the current carries it here."
The rush for nickel: 'They are destroying our future'
Posted from bbc.com
Mining and Metals
Indonesia
Fishing
Conservation
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Batteries for the western world have to be more important than their way of life...{sarc}
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The temple of the global warming religion is far more important than a small number of people living a green life. The church of green energy is all powerful and those living in countries that will never benefit from reducing emissions will suffer because they have the minerals needed to advance the green agenda.
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