Recent searches
Search options
In the east of Indonesia’s Seram Island, an Australian energy firm announced in July encouraging results from a survey of hydrocarbon deposits, describing the find as holding “world-class potential.”
Members of Seram’s Bati indigenous community told Mongabay the drilling had disturbed sites they have considered sacred for generations.
From Christ Belseran, and Martha Dianti
Mongabay Environmental NewsOn Indonesia’s Seram Island, a massive oil find lies beneath sacred landSERAM ISLAND, Indonesia — Zainudin Kelsaba traversed across the eastern Seram highland and stopped at an ancient outcrop grown over by trees and scrub. “The mountain is our home,” Zainudin told Mongabay Indonesia. “The trees and rocks are part of our life.” Uncertainty and fear have also become part of life for the Bati Indigenous […]