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Garry Lotulung

  • Rise of EV’s Destroying Sulawesi Rainforests & Coastal Communities
  • Documenting Indonesia’s Greatest Healthcare Crisis
  • Indonesia’s Drowning Land
  • Protecting the endangered Sumatran Elephant
  • Life Along The World’s Most Polluted River
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Excavators gather soil containing nickel ore at a mining site operated by PT Hengjaya Mineralindo on October 26, 2023 in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
A woman dries banana in the sun next to a home in the area of sea waters contaminated by a nickel mine at Mandiodo village on June 9, 2024 in North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Alwi, a fisherman, 78, sitting next to the boat fisherman at Mandiodo village on October 28, 2023 in North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Fishermen have also suffered from the impact of nickel pollution, having to travel further and further afield to find their daily catch. But fish are harder to catch in the deeper water and fishermen have to spend more money on petrol.
A view of the sea waters contaminated by nickel mines in the village of Torete near the mining site on June 10, 2024 in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Aqifah, 8 (left), and Mitra, 9 swim in the polluted water at Mandiodo village near the nickel mining site on October 27, 2023 in North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Bajau fishermen, Jusman bathes at his house in the fishing village of Kurisa near Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) on June 13, 2024, in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Sabit, 66 with his wife, Yayuk Jampiah, 58, poses for a photo outside his house in the villages of Bahomakmur on June 12, 2024 in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The belching chimneys of Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), a nickel processing complex in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on June 13, 2024. The industrial are powering the move to electric vehicles.
A worker using a motorcycle near a coal power plant operated by Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) in the villages of Labota on June 12, 2024 in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Trucks pass a bridge in an area of polluted water contaminated by nickel mine near of Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), a nickel processing complex in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on June 12, 2024.
Risma, 33, Headmaster of Madrasah Tsanawiyah Al Jaariyah poses for a photo outside her school in the villages of Labota on June 12, 2024 in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The belching chimneys of Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), a nickel processing complex in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on June 11, 2024. The industrial are powering the move to electric vehicles.
The belching chimneys of PT Obsidian Stainless Steel, a nickel processing complex in Konawe Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on October 28, 2023. The industrial are powering the move to electric vehicles.
The belching chimneys of Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), a nickel processing complex in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on June 14, 2024. The industrial are powering the move to electric vehicles.
The belching chimneys of PT Obsidian Stainless Steel, a nickel processing complex in Konawe Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on October 28, 2023. The industrial are powering the move to electric vehicles.

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