Highlighting the Restoration of Mercury Contamination in Mining Areas, Faculty of Biology Lecturers Participate in the Rhizoremediation Project on Obi Island, North Maluku

 North Maluku is one of the regions in Indonesia with quite high gold-mining potential. Several small-scale gold mines (ASGM) are spread across several islands in the province, one of which is Obi Island. The gold mining process that involves mercury via the amalgamation of gold ore makes the area polluted by mercury emissions from the water to the soil. 

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