Indonesia for Sale

Indonesia for Sale is an investigative series which explores in unprecedented depth the corruption underpinning Indonesia’s land rights and deforestation crisis. Continue reading

Investigation

Saving Aru

09.10.2019The epic battle to save the islands that inspired the theory of evolution.

This investigation was begun by Earthsight with Mongabay as part of the Indonesia for Sale series, but was completed independently by Mongabay and The Gecko Project, after the latter became independent.

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Analysis

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

08.05.2019

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Analysis

How land grabbers weaponise indigenous ritual against Papuans

28.03.2019

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Analysis

A carbon bomb in Papua: 7 takeaways from our investigation

04.12.2018

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Investigation

The secret deal to destroy paradise

28.11.2018

The story behind the single biggest threat to the rainforests of Indonesia. The secret deal to destroy paradise is the third instalment of Indonesia for Sale.

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Analysis

Does Indonesia’s anti-graft agency have a blind spot for corrupt land deals?

21.08.2018

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Analysis

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

07.07.2018

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Analysis

‘Sumatran land mafia offered me $21m to win election — then hand over control’

21.06.2018

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Analysis

It’s time to confront the collusion between the palm oil industry and politicians

08.04.2018

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Investigation

Ghosts in the machine

18.04.2018

The land deals behind the downfall of Indonesia’s top judge. Ghosts in the machine is the second instalment of the Indonesia for Sale series. 

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Investigation

The Palm oil fiefdom

11.10.2017A politician in Borneo turned his district into a sea of oil palm. Did it benefit the people who elected him, or the members of his family?

This article is the first installment of the Indonesia for Sale series. It is the product of nine months’ reporting across the Southeast Asian country, interviewing fixers, middlemen, lawyers and companies involved in land deals, and those most affected by them.

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Introducing: Indonesia for sale

10.10.2017

The series is the product of nine months’ reporting across the country, interviewing fixers, middlemen, lawyers and companies involved in land deals, and those most affected by them.

Indonesia for Sale is a collaboration between Mongabay and The Gecko Project, an investigative reporting initiative established by UK-based non-profit Earthsight.

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