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Does Indonesia’s storied anti-graft agency have a blind spot for corrupt land deals?
21.08.2018 Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission is perhaps the most trusted institution in a country plagued with graft. But the KPK, as it is known, has prosecuted only a handful of cases in the plantation sector
How corrupt elections fuel the sell-off of Indonesia’s natural resources
07.07.2018 Corrupt sell-offs by politicians, often to raise money for political campaigns, are driving deforestation and land rights abuses
It’s time to confront the collusion between the palm oil industry and politicians that is driving Indonesia’s deforestation crisis
18.04.2018 An investigation released today by Mongabay and Earthsight’s The Gecko Project reveals connections between global palm oil industry and corruption of Indonesian democracy
Illegal clearance under the guise of old projects, as opacity reigns in DRC
12.03.2018 While no major green-field projects are known to have broken ground, our research indicates that illegal clearance of natural forest is occurring under the guise of projects to re-develop abandoned plantations
Hypocrisy and friends in high places in the Republic of Congo
12.03.2018 In an extract from The Coming Storm report, we explore how The Republic of Congo government’s stated aims to reduce deforestation contrast starkly with what is happening on the ground
Illegal deforestation and the flawed focus on corporate voluntary actions
12.06.2017 Globally, the problem is getting worse, not better, and corporate zero deforestation commitments may actually be distracting attention from other actions that could have greater impacts
