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The secret deal to destroy paradise

Malaysiakini, Mongabay, Tempo, The Gecko Project 28 Nov 2018

Investigation shows ‘shadow companies’ linked to Indonesia palm oil giant First Resources

Mongabay.com 23 Nov 2023

Malaysian firm bidding to clear Papua forest loses land bid, but deforestation persists

Philip Jacobson, Tom Johnson 29 Apr 2021

Indonesian official at center of licensing scandal charged in new case

Indra Nugraha 18 Oct 2019

What we learned from two years of investigating corrupt land deals in Indonesia

Mongabay, The Gecko Project 8 May 2019

A carbon bomb in Papua: 7 takeaways from our investigation

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 4 Dec 2018

The secret deal to destroy paradise

Malaysiakini, Mongabay, Tempo, The Gecko Project 28 Nov 2018

Is Indonesia’s celebrated antigraft agency missing the corruption for the trees?

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 22 Aug 2018

Meet the Bornean village chief dealing with the fallout from a corrupt plantation deal

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 1 Aug 2018

Shadow companies and the Indonesian land crisis

Mike Gaworecki 24 Jul 2018

Abdon Nababan: ‘North Sumatran land mafia offered me $21m to win election — and then hand over control of government’

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 21 Jun 2018

Mariyady, the priest investigating the corporate takeover of indigenous peoples’ forests in Borneo

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 11 Jun 2018

How corrupt elections fuel the sell-off of Indonesia’s natural resources

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 7 Jun 2018

It’s time to confront the collusion between the palm oil industry and politicians that is driving Indonesia’s deforestation crisis (commentary)

Tom Johnson 18 Apr 2018

Ghosts in the machine: the land deals behind the downfall of Indonesia’s top judge

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 18 Apr 2018

Arkani, the Dayak known as Jenggot Naga — Dragon Beard

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 8 Mar 2018

Budiardi, labeled a ‘provocateur’ and jailed in a dispute with a palm oil company

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 6 Mar 2018

James Watt, the farmer who challenged a palm oil fiefdom

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 1 Mar 2018

The Palm Oil Fiefdom

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Oct 2017

Indonesia for Sale: in-depth series on corruption, palm oil and rainforests launches

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Oct 2017

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