PhoenixSerenity<p>Residents & <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> groups say that <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> boom <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/threatens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threatens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LandRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandRights</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/harms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> in areas such as <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Wawonii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wawonii</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ResourceRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResourceRich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Sulawesi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sulawesi</span></a> region, which is home to black <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/macaques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macaques</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/maleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maleo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/tarsier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarsier</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/primates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>primates</span></a> .</p><p>Facing prospect of losing their land & livelihood, about a dozen Wawonii <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/villagers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>villagers</span></a> take turns <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/KeepingWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeepingWatch</span></a> from a hut surrounded by clove trees, waiting for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/trespassers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trespassers</span></a> as machinery roars below.<br><a href="https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2023/03/19/2003796328" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archi</span><span class="invisible">ves/2023/03/19/2003796328</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandDefenders</span></a></p>