Timeline
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Indonesia: Kayan Cascade hydropower project moves forward amid partner withdrawals, environmental and displacement concerns
The $17.8 billion Kayan Cascade hydropower project in North Kalimantan, Indonesia, continues to face environmental and displacement concerns from local communities. Despite the withdrawal of key partners PowerChina and Sumitomo, developer PT Kayan Hydro Energy continues to press ahead with the project while seeking new investors.
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Indonesia: Chinese-backed hydropower plant supplying electricity to new capital raises displacement and environmental concerns among Indigenous communities on Kayan River
A dam with Chinese backing is slowly being built, but may impact Indigenous villages and the environment
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Indonesia: Chinese developer breaks ground on Kayan Cascade hydropower project
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Indonesia: Off-grid coal plants inside China-built industrial parks evade public scrutiny as financing process remains obscure
Growth in parks with their own coal power plants is proving hard to stop, in spite of national pledges to reduce coal use
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Indonesia: China-backed green industrial estate raises deforestation fears
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Indonesia begins construction of China-backed green industrial zone on Borneo but environmental concerns raised by dam projects remain
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Indonesia: Kayan River hydroelectricity project raises concern over impact on Indigenous people and ecosystem