Marine conservation collides with mining in Indonesia’s biodiversity-rich Moramo Bay

SOUTH KONAWE, Indonesia — A marine protected area in Indonesia’s Southeast Sulawesi province is home to a critically depleted population of humphead wrasse. The species presence helped the area gain its protected status, but mining permits overlap parts of the conservation zone and line its coast. A 2024 government survey, published the following year, found [...]
2026-09-04 16:48:02