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Investigating coal mining in IndonesiaSigurd Jordes samleside for foto fra familie og arbeid. // Sigurd Jordes galleries of private and professional photography

Neighbour
Ibu Dewa lives only 100 meters from Kitadins coal mine on East Kalimantan (Borneo) in Indonesia.

Walhi environmental activists and local indigenous populations are watched by police when sharing stories of coal mining in Central Kalimantan

Police presence
Walhi environmental activists and local indigenous populations are watched by police when sharing stories of coal mining in Central Kalimantan

Coal seems
Coal seams lies only meters below farm land on Borneo

Waste water
Untreated waste water from mining, which is rich in heavy metals, runs freely down to rice paddies.

Neighbour
Misran lives some 100 meters from this former mine pit.

Greedy mine
Misran shows his corresponacne with mining giant Adaro, which is planning an expansion on his land.

Coal transport

Samarinda
Every 10 minutes a coal barge passes down the Mahakam river in Samarinda.

Coal activist
Coal polutes local beaches

Santan
Small restaurant in Santan, north of Samarinda.

Santan
Santan, East Kalimantan

Girl with yellow snake
Girl with yellow snake.

Old town Jakarta
Railway bridge in Jakarta Kota.

Endless work
A man cleaning the black Kali Krukut.

Surabaya

Night traffic
Night traffic in Jakarta

Indonesian coal mines

Norwegian banks were among investors in Indonesias booming coal mining sector. In 2013 I went to investigate how coal mining affects local communities, in addition to contributing to climate change.