Published on 4 December 2025, Teraskabar.id reported that on 3 December 2025 the Poso District Court (PN Poso) in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia (Decision No. 202/Pdt.Sus-LH/2024/PN Pso) partially upheld an environmental lawsuit filed by WALHI Sulawesi Tengah (Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia) against three nickel companies operating in Morowali Utara: PT Stardust Estate Investment (SEI, described as the industrial estate owner), PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry (GNI), and PT Nadesico Nickel Industry (NNI).  The court found the three defendants committed unlawful acts in the form of environmental pollution and damage and ordered them to jointly carry out environmental restoration in impacted coastal, settlement, and river areas at specified coordinates—coast: 01°58′24.86″S, 121°26′10.20″E; settlement: 01°57′33.15″S, 121°25′15.17″E; river: 02°01′48.05″S, 121°27′52.56″E—within six months of the ruling being read.  To compel implementation, the decision included a daily coercive penalty (dwangsom) of IDR 1,000,000 payable to the Morowali Utara local government for each day of delay after the ruling becomes final and binding, and it ordered reimbursement of WALHI’s documented investigation/sampling and laboratory testing costs totaling IDR 23,685,000 (IDR 8,700,000 + IDR 14,985,000).    The report situates the judgment within ongoing ecological conflict tied to nickel industry expansion in Morowali Utara—alleging polluted coasts, damaged rivers, and community health threats—and notes WALHI’s call for local and national authorities and law enforcement to follow up on the court order.