One man described his grief as the grave of his son was exhumed and moved as a result of the mine…
Abdul’s sandals slipped off his feet while walking across the Roko-Roko River. He pointed to an area where children used to swim in water so clear you could see the finest twig sink to the riverbed. Now the water is a muddy brown…
The company has blocked drainage to the sea, so Abdul’s field is often flooded knee-deep when it rains. Sandalwood trees planted by his father decades ago have withered…
Company excavators started work at night, uprooting cacao and nutmeg trees that had sustained their families’ livelihoods…