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New player starts clearing rainforest in world’s biggest oil palm project
New player starts clearing rainforest in world’s biggest oil palm project
The Digoel Agri Group has begun operating in an Indonesia megaproject being fought over by investors from around the world
The Gecko Project
Mar 24, 2020
Revealed: Government officials say permits for mega-plantation in Papua were falsified
Revealed: Government officials say permits for mega-plantation in Papua were falsified
Officials have repeatedly raised the alarm over the controversial project, but are now allowing it to go ahead.
The Gecko Project
Dec 10, 2019
Saving Aru: The epic battle to save the islands that inspired the theory of evolution
Saving Aru: The epic battle to save the islands that inspired the theory of evolution
The inside story of a grassroots campaign that saved one of the world’s last great tracts of rainforest from destruction.
The Gecko Project
Oct 9, 2019
The secret deal to destroy paradise
The secret deal to destroy paradise
The story behind the single biggest threat to the rainforests of Indonesia
The Gecko Project
Nov 28, 2018
Ghosts in the machine
Ghosts in the machine
The land deals behind the downfall of Indonesia’s top judge
The Gecko Project
Apr 18, 2018
The making of a palm oil fiefdom
The making of a palm oil fiefdom
The story of money, power and politics behind the devastation of a forest-rich district in Indonesian Borneo.
The Gecko Project
Oct 11, 2017
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