The construction and operation of IWIP and upstream nickel mining caused massive deforestation on the Ake Doma river upstream; which relied by Lelilef villager as clean water sources. According to Felix Naik (65), Lelilef villager; in rainy season, water from the river turned into dark brown and muddy, after mining site was fully operated. Allegedly, it was mixed with soil sedimentation that contains heavy metal pollution from mining operation. The nickel industry’s destruction of forests, acquisition of farmland, degradation of freshwater resources, and harm to fisheries has made it difficult, if not impossible, to continue their traditional ways of life.
企業
PT Weda Bay Nickel (JV between Eramet (37.8%), Tsingshan Holding Group (51.3%), and PT Antam Tbk (10%))
- Parent Company
Residents in villages near IWIP also fear that newly developed health problems, including respiratory and skin problems, are related to pollution from the construction and operation of IWIP and its coal power plants. Although the public health studies needed to directly attribute the reported health problems to industrial nickel activities at IWIP are lacking, the types of health impacts reported are in line with what studies suggest may be expected with exposure to pollution from industrial sources and coal plants.
企業
PT Weda Bay Nickel (JV between Eramet (37.8%), Tsingshan Holding Group (51.3%), and PT Antam Tbk (10%))
- Parent Company
Numerous indigenous peoples in several villages, said that they were not told the purpose of land acquisition or any other details of the project by any nickel mining or smelting companies, and thus were not able to give their full Free, Prior, and Informed Consent. Some of the villagers with legal certificate on their properties even lost their land rights without proper compensation since developers/contractors illegally cut down trees, and destroyed fishing ponds in private properties.
企業
PT Weda Bay Nickel (JV between Eramet (37.8%), Tsingshan Holding Group (51.3%), and PT Antam Tbk (10%))
- Parent Company
Jeffry (33), owner of two-hectare plot of land in Gemaf, Central Halmahera adjacent to IWIP area was intimidated and pressured to relinquish his land by police and military personnel, by frequently visiting his home. On one occasion, police visited his house at 2 a.m. to demand that he sign a letter that said he would stop obstructing the sale of his land to IWIP, which he refused to sign.
This happened after Jeffry protested by building a bamboo barricade to stop developer activities, which illegally enter Jeffry property and cut down trees on his land. Company refused to recognize Jeffry ownership of the land.
企業
PT Weda Bay Nickel (JV between Eramet (37.8%), Tsingshan Holding Group (51.3%), and PT Antam Tbk (10%))
- Parent Company
國際氣候權利（Climate Rights International）採訪了45位生活在緯達貝工業園區以及周圍鎳礦開採和冶煉作業區域的居民，他們反映了這些活動對他們的土地權、保持傳統生活方式的權利、獲得 清潔飲水的權利和健康權的嚴重威脅。 有些公司與印尼的警察和軍方合作，對原住民和其他社區進行土地掠奪、脅迫和恐嚇，這些行為對他們的傳統生活方式造成了嚴重威脅，甚至可能導致這種生活方式走向消亡。
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