MINING INDONESIA
October 1st, 2002
BY MARK ROWETHE WORLD Bank has warned Indonesia that foreign donors may further reduce their environmental grants to the country in response to the government's recent decision to allow several mining firms to operate in protected forests."We can't give our funds to improve environmental conditions where there is a high risk of not succeeding," said Kathy MacKinnon, the World Bank's senior biodiversity specialist. Last month, Indonesia's parliament ratified plans to allow at least six mining firms to resume open pit mining operations in protected forests.To avoid ...
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