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Raja Ampat is a collection of some 600 islands in Indonesia\u2019s West Papua province. It is a beautiful area with clear blue waters and coral reefs that is mostly untouched by development except for the recent growth of a nickel mining industry that has split locals. We go to Raja Ampat and her from people who want mining jobs and those that want to protect the fishing and tourism in the area.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can see a stunning visual report about Indonesia\u2019s nickel mining dilemma at NPR.org<\/p>\n

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Raja Ampat is a collection of some 600 islands in Indonesia\u2019s West Papua province. It is a beautiful area with clear blue waters and coral reefs that is mostly untouched by development except for the recent growth of a nickel mining industry that has split locals. We go to Raja Ampat and her from people who want mining jobs and those that want to protect the fishing and tourism in the area.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can see a stunning visual report about Indonesia\u2019s nickel mining dilemma at NPR.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[424],"class_list":["post-1358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state-of-the-world-from-npr","tag-indonesian-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Indonesian islands divided over nickel mining - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=1358\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Indonesian islands divided over nickel mining - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Raja Ampat is a collection of some 600 islands in Indonesia\u2019s West Papua province. 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