Uncontacted hunter-gatherers facing threat of genocide because of minerals mining, claims report

Survival International says Hongana Manyawa in Indonesia are at risk but mining company says the people in voluntary' contact with workers

Uncontacted hunter-gatherers in Indonesia are facing a severe and immediate threat of genocide" because of mining for minerals on their lands for use in electric vehicles, a report claims.

In their own language, the Indigenous Hongana Manyawa people, of Halmahera island, call themselves the people of the forest". But their forest home is being destroyed in a rush for nickel, a crucial component in rechargeable batteries, campaigners say.