Hengjaya Mineralindo reported the opening of a biodiversity conservation area in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, ANTARA reported on 24 June 2026. The designated area covers approximately 196.78 hectares and includes primary forest habitat.
Habitats and planned activities
- Habitat for Sulawesi hornbills, anoa and black macaques.
- Biodiversity monitoring and scientific research.
- Environmental education and native-plant propagation.
- Cooperation with government institutions, universities and local communities.
Preparation before the June opening report
An earlier ANTARA account of biodiversity training describes a programme held on 4–5 February 2026 at the Tangofa mining site. Twenty participants from company departments and contractors attended classroom sessions and field assessments organised with Nickel Effort for Sustainable Transition.
Its modules addressed endemic species, responses to wildlife encounters, monitoring and risk mitigation in sensitive areas. That February account already described an approximately 197-hectare conservation zone within the concession. The June report therefore sits within a longer programme of designation and staff preparation.
An earlier research description
The abstract of a study published on 31 January 2025 also identifies the 196.78-hectare BIO-SPARK area. Its authors are affiliated with Hengjaya. They report mammal and bird diversity indices of 1.28 and 3.35 respectively for the arboretum monitoring area. Those are observations about the study's monitored setting, not an assessment of every mining operation.
The chronology gives three specific stages: a research description in January 2025, training in February 2026 and the opening announcement in June 2026. The area figure is consistent across the detailed June report and the earlier research abstract; the training report rounds it to 197 hectares.
