Indonesia’s illegal gold boom leaves a toxic legacy of mercury pollution

Cameroon timber MERANGIN, Indonesia — There wasn’t much Aris Adrianto felt he could do when the gold miners’ heavy vehicles broke into Bukit Gajah Berani, here in this remote pocket of Sumatra’s Merangin district. “They just kept going, like they were afraid of nothing,” said Aris, who is the head of the forestry office in Birun village [……
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