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Fears are growing for an isolated tribe in Indonesia, as the country pushes ahead with a massive project to produce nickel for electric car batteries, which will affect the Hongana Manyawa peoples' habitat. The Hongana Manyawa – a name which means "People of the Forest" in their own language - are one of the last nomadic hunter gatherer tribes in Indonesia. The Indonesian government, though, aspires to become a major producer of the metal as countries ditch fossil fuel-powered vehicles for electric ones, and is set to expand its large-scale mining and production operations in order to do so. On the programme we heard from Callum Russell, who works for the right's group, Survival International. (Photo shows: A view of a nickel mining site of Vale in Sorowako, Indonesia. Credit: Reuters)