Indonesia halts development of ‘Trump Community’ on tourist island. President Joko Widodo gave the plans special economic zone status, including tax breaks and leniency on permits

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1. The Environment Ministry said in a statement that mismanagement of rainwater at the resort had caused sedimentation in Lido Lake, making it shallower and halving the size of the body of water from initially of 24 hectares (60 acres) to only 12 hectares (30 acres).

   “The mismatch between environmental plans and physical implementation is a serious concern in efforts to preserve natural resources,” said Ardyanto Nugroho, the ministry’s director of environmental complaints, monitoring and law enforcement.

   He said that his team was still waiting for laboratory test results to determine further steps in the environmental law enforcement process.

   “We committed to preserving the environment and will take firm action against violations that impact the ecosystem and surrounding communities,” Nugroho said.

2. Special economic zones are literally neo-colonialism. Extract resources, reduce wages and working conditions, pollute the environment, extract profits, then f off without a care for the destruction left behind.

   They should be banned by every government. If your government is considering them, fight them like hell.

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