Marine conservation collides with mining in Indonesia’s biodiversity-rich Moramo Bay
Published on: Friday 04 September 2026
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 […]
