The #NorthMaluku provincial govt. terminated an #MOU w/ #Bali-based company PT Leadership Islands #Indonesia (LII) when it was found that LII was working w/ #Sothebys to auction off to developers land from over 100 islands that incl. the 25K acre #WidiReserve, and sparsely populated
#communities. LII claimed that only a 'small' % would be developed. It always begins w/the 'promise' of limited commercial 'incursion,' only to be followed by waves of #wastepollution. #SDG11
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