亞太地區及大洋洲，單幅照片

Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro

印尼，The China Global South Project

鎳礦開採對哈馬赫拉島的影響

2024年8月12日，在印尼哈馬赫拉島的韋達。工人在連續兩日豪雨造成淹水的情況下，騎車前往鎳冶煉與加工廠。

過去十年間，印尼的鎳礦開採迅速擴張，韋達灣現已佔全球鎳產量的17%，這種金屬對電動車電池與再生能源儲能系統至關重要。研究指出，礦區砍伐森林導致洪水更頻繁且持續時間更長。因鎳冶煉與燃煤發電所造成的空氣污染也急遽上升，當地一家健康中心記錄顯示，2020至2023年間呼吸道疾病病例增加了25倍。

〈大自然與環境〉

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Asia-Pacific and Oceania, Singles category

Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro

Indonesia, for The China Global South Project

The Impact of Nickel Mining on Halmahera Island

Workers ride towards a nickel smelting and processing plant, amid heavy rains that continued for two days, causing flooding. Weda, Halmahera, Indonesia, 12 August 2024

Nickel mining in Indonesia has ramped up in the past decade, and Weda Bay now accounts for 17% of global production of a metal essential for electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy storage. Research indicates that deforestation from mining leads to longer and more frequent flooding. Air pollution from nickel smelting and coal-based energy production has also surged, with one local health center recording a 25-fold increase in respiratory diseases between 2020 and 2023.

〈 Nature & Environment 〉