240618 Hongana Manyawa - Ngigoro and Bokumu on land - YOUTUBE

Watch the first ever video message from this Hongana Manyawa family in the rainforest of Halmahera, Indonesia. They make it clear that they have not given, and will never give their consent for mining to destroy their rainforest home. They explain that it is their land and they will not allow Eramet’s Weda Bay Nickel mine, or other companies, to take it from them. The Hongana Manyawa are a nomadic, hunter gatherer people and many of them are uncontacted. They are on the run from nickel mining aimed at digging up materials for electric car batteries.

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