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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

“Zero deforestation” supply chains tainted by illegal palm oil from Sumatra, as demand exceeds supply of clean produce

25.07.2018 “Zero deforestation” supply chains tainted by illegal palm oil, as demand exceeds supply of clean produce

Ukraine PM announces crackdown on illegal logging and timber corruption

18.07.2018 

 Volodymyr Groysman pledges crackdown on rogue operations and appeals to EU for help, in wake of Earthsight investigation

Complicit in Corruption: How billion-dollar firms and EU governments are failing Ukraine's forests

14.07.2018 How billion-dollar firms and EU governments are failing Ukraine's forests

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

Ghosts In The Machine: The land deals behind the downfall of Indonesia’s top judge

18.04.2018 The land deals behind the downfall of Indonesia’s top judge

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

Indonesian National Strategic Area loses thousands of hectares of forest in 2017

22.01.2018 Almost 7,000 hectares of forest were destroyed in the Leuser Ecosystem, in the western Indonesian province of Aceh, in 2017