FOREST DAMAGE

PANGKAL PINANG, 23/11- INCLUDING HUTAN BUY. Photos of the former mining and the forest areal of the IslandBelitung damaged due to the addition of forest for tin mining in the Beltung Islands, Bangka Belitung Province, Thursday (22/11). Media Communication and Outreach Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) stated about 70 percent of environmental damage in Indonesia caused by mining operations, namely 3.97 million hectares of protected forest areas damaged by mining. PHOTO ANTARA/Teresia May/Koz/12.