Indonesia for Sale

The investigative series Indonesia for Sale shines new light on the corruption behind Indonesia’s deforestation and land rights crisis. This multi-part report exposes the role of collusion between palm oil firms and politicians in subverting Indonesia’s democracy.  Indonesia for Sale is a collaboration between Mongabay and The Gecko Project, an investigative reporting initiative established by UK-based nonprofit Earthsight.

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

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

Indonesian official at center of licensing scandal charged in new case

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

A carbon bomb in Papua: 7 takeaways from our investigation

The secret deal to destroy paradise

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

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

Shadow companies and the Indonesian land crisis

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

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

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

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