The Gecko Project
@thegeckoproject.org
Investigative reporting on corruption, climate, rainforests and rights.
https://thegeckoproject.org/
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New: UK politicians are calling for tough action against the British Virgin Islands for failing to share company ownership data.
If the BVI opens up its books, the real owners of the "shadow companies" destroying Indonesian rainforest could be revealed.
thegeckoproject.org/articles/rai...
If the BVI opens up its books, the real owners of the "shadow companies" destroying Indonesian rainforest could be revealed.
thegeckoproject.org/articles/rai...
Rainforest-destroying shadow companies in spotlight as tax havens pressured on corporate transparency
UK overseas territories are being criticised for missing a deadline to open up company ownership data
thegeckoproject.org
July 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New: UK politicians are calling for tough action against the British Virgin Islands for failing to share company ownership data.
If the BVI opens up its books, the real owners of the "shadow companies" destroying Indonesian rainforest could be revealed.
thegeckoproject.org/articles/rai...
If the BVI opens up its books, the real owners of the "shadow companies" destroying Indonesian rainforest could be revealed.
thegeckoproject.org/articles/rai...
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“We are on the edge of a precipice. If we continue in the same way we’re going to fall into that precipice.”
A new film by the @thegeckoproject.org (coming soon) about the destruction of Bolivia's forests.
Last year, fires burned 10 million hectares.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/bolivia-bu...
A new film by the @thegeckoproject.org (coming soon) about the destruction of Bolivia's forests.
Last year, fires burned 10 million hectares.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/bolivia-bu...
Bolivia Burning: Inside a Latin American ecocide
A new documentary film by the Gecko Project. Coming soon.
reddmonitor.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
“We are on the edge of a precipice. If we continue in the same way we’re going to fall into that precipice.”
A new film by the @thegeckoproject.org (coming soon) about the destruction of Bolivia's forests.
Last year, fires burned 10 million hectares.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/bolivia-bu...
A new film by the @thegeckoproject.org (coming soon) about the destruction of Bolivia's forests.
Last year, fires burned 10 million hectares.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/bolivia-bu...
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Our partners at @thegeckoproject.org released a YouTube video on our investigation into a major supplier to the electric vehicle battery industry: youtu.be/QGOPi2AmYBc?...
The company knew for over a decade that its nickel operations in Indonesia were polluting water with a carcinogenic chemical
The company knew for over a decade that its nickel operations in Indonesia were polluting water with a carcinogenic chemical
Poisoned Water, Clean Cars: A Nickel Titan’s Toxic Secret
YouTube video by The Gecko Project
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May 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Our partners at @thegeckoproject.org released a YouTube video on our investigation into a major supplier to the electric vehicle battery industry: youtu.be/QGOPi2AmYBc?...
The company knew for over a decade that its nickel operations in Indonesia were polluting water with a carcinogenic chemical
The company knew for over a decade that its nickel operations in Indonesia were polluting water with a carcinogenic chemical
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NEW: A major supplier to the global electric vehicle battery industry knew that its Indonesian nickel operations were polluting water with a carcinogenic chemical — and didn’t disclose it.
👇Here’s a quick overview of our findings with @thegeckoproject.org , Deutsche Welle and @theguardian.com
👇Here’s a quick overview of our findings with @thegeckoproject.org , Deutsche Welle and @theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
NEW: A major supplier to the global electric vehicle battery industry knew that its Indonesian nickel operations were polluting water with a carcinogenic chemical — and didn’t disclose it.
👇Here’s a quick overview of our findings with @thegeckoproject.org , Deutsche Welle and @theguardian.com
👇Here’s a quick overview of our findings with @thegeckoproject.org , Deutsche Welle and @theguardian.com
BREAKING: A major nickel firm supplying EV battery makers—who supply car giants like Tesla, Toyota & BMW—has polluted Indonesian water sources for years with chromium-6, a toxic chemical, leaked documents reveal.
👇Read full findings
👇Read full findings
Clean Cars, Poisoned Water: A Nickel Titan's Toxic Secret
Leaked documents reveal that a nickel powerhouse at the heart of the EV industry was aware of toxic pollution for more than a decade—and kept mining
thegeckoproject.org
April 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
BREAKING: A major nickel firm supplying EV battery makers—who supply car giants like Tesla, Toyota & BMW—has polluted Indonesian water sources for years with chromium-6, a toxic chemical, leaked documents reveal.
👇Read full findings
👇Read full findings
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Officially, one of the best things on the internet. Dust Money, the @thegeckoproject.org / @newlinesmag.bsky.social collaboration is an honoree in multimedia storytelling in this year's Webbys.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...
Dust Money
Indonesia is in the middle of a rush for nickel, a metal that is vital to the green economy. The country’s government wants to dominate the market, making nickel a national project. Years into the boo...
newlinesmag.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Officially, one of the best things on the internet. Dust Money, the @thegeckoproject.org / @newlinesmag.bsky.social collaboration is an honoree in multimedia storytelling in this year's Webbys.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...
New video:
The Indonesian government’s food estate programme aims to convert 1.6m hectares of land in Papua into rice and sugar cane plantations.
Thousands of troops have been sent to support President Prabowo’s signature policy. We've investigated their role: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjVj...
The Indonesian government’s food estate programme aims to convert 1.6m hectares of land in Papua into rice and sugar cane plantations.
Thousands of troops have been sent to support President Prabowo’s signature policy. We've investigated their role: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjVj...
Militarised deforestation in Papua: how Indonesia is converting indigenous forest into farms
YouTube video by The Gecko Project
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March 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
New video:
The Indonesian government’s food estate programme aims to convert 1.6m hectares of land in Papua into rice and sugar cane plantations.
Thousands of troops have been sent to support President Prabowo’s signature policy. We've investigated their role: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjVj...
The Indonesian government’s food estate programme aims to convert 1.6m hectares of land in Papua into rice and sugar cane plantations.
Thousands of troops have been sent to support President Prabowo’s signature policy. We've investigated their role: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjVj...
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Indonesia’s Supreme Court has upheld a decision to block further expansion of the Tanah Merah oil palm project, protecting more than 65,000 ha of forest in Papua from clearance.👏
The ruling was influenced by testimonies from the Indigenous Awyu, for whom the forest is their lifeline. bit.ly/43C5HeQ
The ruling was influenced by testimonies from the Indigenous Awyu, for whom the forest is their lifeline. bit.ly/43C5HeQ
Indonesian court blocks palm oil expansion, but leaves Indigenous land rights in limbo
JAKARTA — The Indonesian Supreme Court has upheld a government decision to curb the expansion of a multibillion-dollar oil palm plantation project in the country’s easternmost region of Papua. In its ...
bit.ly
March 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Indonesia’s Supreme Court has upheld a decision to block further expansion of the Tanah Merah oil palm project, protecting more than 65,000 ha of forest in Papua from clearance.👏
The ruling was influenced by testimonies from the Indigenous Awyu, for whom the forest is their lifeline. bit.ly/43C5HeQ
The ruling was influenced by testimonies from the Indigenous Awyu, for whom the forest is their lifeline. bit.ly/43C5HeQ
NEW: The Indonesian government is using thousands of soldiers to force through a vast agricultural project in indigenous lands and forests in Merauke, Papua.
We investigated how this is affecting Papuans by interviewing people whose land has been targeted and analysing soldiers' TikTok posts.
We investigated how this is affecting Papuans by interviewing people whose land has been targeted and analysing soldiers' TikTok posts.
Fear and Raiders in Papua
How thousands of Indonesian soldiers are forcing through a vast agricultural project in indigenous lands and forests
thegeckoproject.org
March 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
NEW: The Indonesian government is using thousands of soldiers to force through a vast agricultural project in indigenous lands and forests in Merauke, Papua.
We investigated how this is affecting Papuans by interviewing people whose land has been targeted and analysing soldiers' TikTok posts.
We investigated how this is affecting Papuans by interviewing people whose land has been targeted and analysing soldiers' TikTok posts.
Thanks to @tbij.bsky.social for highlighting our work:
"Investigative journalists work hard to follow the money...but dark money structures [make] it difficult to break through.
"That’s why the work of The Gecko Project on its shadow companies and deforestation investigation is so impressive."
"Investigative journalists work hard to follow the money...but dark money structures [make] it difficult to break through.
"That’s why the work of The Gecko Project on its shadow companies and deforestation investigation is so impressive."
Shining a light on dark money
Shadow companies can hide all kinds of wrongdoing – until they're exposed
the-spark-tbij.beehiiv.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Thanks to @tbij.bsky.social for highlighting our work:
"Investigative journalists work hard to follow the money...but dark money structures [make] it difficult to break through.
"That’s why the work of The Gecko Project on its shadow companies and deforestation investigation is so impressive."
"Investigative journalists work hard to follow the money...but dark money structures [make] it difficult to break through.
"That’s why the work of The Gecko Project on its shadow companies and deforestation investigation is so impressive."
New film from our recent investigation:
We travelled 2,000km through Indonesia’s nickel frontiers investigating how a green, battery-powered future is being achieved through increasingly authoritarian means.
Published with @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
We travelled 2,000km through Indonesia’s nickel frontiers investigating how a green, battery-powered future is being achieved through increasingly authoritarian means.
Published with @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
The dark side of Indonesia’s green metals obsession | Dust Money
YouTube video by The Gecko Project
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December 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM
New film from our recent investigation:
We travelled 2,000km through Indonesia’s nickel frontiers investigating how a green, battery-powered future is being achieved through increasingly authoritarian means.
Published with @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
We travelled 2,000km through Indonesia’s nickel frontiers investigating how a green, battery-powered future is being achieved through increasingly authoritarian means.
Published with @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
Reposted by The Gecko Project
When @thegeckoproject.org publishes an investigative piece—I pay attention!
(the images in this piece on the nickel rush in Sulawesi are as eloquent as the report 💔)
(the images in this piece on the nickel rush in Sulawesi are as eloquent as the report 💔)
Devastating longread from @thegeckoproject.org & @newlinesmag.bsky.social on the landscapes & communities of Sulawesi entrained in rapacious forest-stripping, village-gobbling, sea-smothering nickel extraction, pollution from coal-fired smelters, dangerous industry conditions & social conflict
Dust Money
Indonesia is in the middle of a massive rush for nickel, a metal that is vital to the green economy. Years into the boom, the costs of its obsession with the mineral are mounting.
thegeckoproject.org
December 9, 2024 at 8:21 PM
When @thegeckoproject.org publishes an investigative piece—I pay attention!
(the images in this piece on the nickel rush in Sulawesi are as eloquent as the report 💔)
(the images in this piece on the nickel rush in Sulawesi are as eloquent as the report 💔)
Reposted by The Gecko Project
Devastating longread from @thegeckoproject.org & @newlinesmag.bsky.social on the landscapes & communities of Sulawesi entrained in rapacious forest-stripping, village-gobbling, sea-smothering nickel extraction, pollution from coal-fired smelters, dangerous industry conditions & social conflict
Dust Money
Indonesia is in the middle of a massive rush for nickel, a metal that is vital to the green economy. Years into the boom, the costs of its obsession with the mineral are mounting.
thegeckoproject.org
December 6, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Devastating longread from @thegeckoproject.org & @newlinesmag.bsky.social on the landscapes & communities of Sulawesi entrained in rapacious forest-stripping, village-gobbling, sea-smothering nickel extraction, pollution from coal-fired smelters, dangerous industry conditions & social conflict
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Indonesia is the beating heart of nickel production for the world’s green transition. But a groundbreaking multimedia investigation by @newlinesmag.bsky.social & @thegeckoproject.org reveals the catastrophic environmental and human toll of the lucrative industry. 🔎
newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...
Dust Money
Indonesia is in the middle of a rush for nickel, a metal that is vital to the green economy. The country’s government wants to dominate the market, making nickel a national project. Years into the boo...
newlinesmag.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Indonesia is the beating heart of nickel production for the world’s green transition. But a groundbreaking multimedia investigation by @newlinesmag.bsky.social & @thegeckoproject.org reveals the catastrophic environmental and human toll of the lucrative industry. 🔎
newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/du...
NEW: Our 2,000km roadtrip through hidden parts of the nickel supply chain found that Indonesia's government has rewritten environmental laws, militarised the industry and criminalised opposition to mining.
Published with @newlinesmag.bsky.social
Published with @newlinesmag.bsky.social
Dust Money
Indonesia is in the middle of a massive rush for nickel, a metal that is vital to the green economy. Years into the boom, the costs of its obsession with the mineral are mounting.
thegeckoproject.org
December 4, 2024 at 12:37 PM
NEW: Our 2,000km roadtrip through hidden parts of the nickel supply chain found that Indonesia's government has rewritten environmental laws, militarised the industry and criminalised opposition to mining.
Published with @newlinesmag.bsky.social
Published with @newlinesmag.bsky.social
Listen to our conversation with @landclimate.bsky.social about our investigation (with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social's Rainforest Investigations Network) into the business interests of Indonesia's new president.
Margareth Aritonang from @thegeckoproject.org tells @alimacewen.bsky.social about Prabowo Subianto's links to “coal mining, timber plantations, fishing and palm oil," in our most recent episode of the Land and Climate Podcast.
Click to listen and to access the report.
www.landclimate.org/...
Click to listen and to access the report.
www.landclimate.org/...
December 2, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Listen to our conversation with @landclimate.bsky.social about our investigation (with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social's Rainforest Investigations Network) into the business interests of Indonesia's new president.
Coming soon:
Earlier this year, I joined a team from @thegeckoproject.org on a 2,000km road trip through Indonesia’s nickel country. The story, publishing next week, shows the cost of the country’s rush to break into the EV supply chain— measured in broken landscapes and people squeezed to the margins.
November 28, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Coming soon:
Indonesia’s new president brands himself as a successful businessman, with a $130m fortune and a vast landbank.
But is he really so successful? We delved into the companies linked to him to find out.
Read our investigation with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social:
thegeckoproject.org/articles/pre...
But is he really so successful? We delved into the companies linked to him to find out.
Read our investigation with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social:
thegeckoproject.org/articles/pre...
The President's new clothes
Unravelling the mystery of Prabowo Subianto’s business interests
thegeckoproject.org
November 27, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Indonesia’s new president brands himself as a successful businessman, with a $130m fortune and a vast landbank.
But is he really so successful? We delved into the companies linked to him to find out.
Read our investigation with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social:
thegeckoproject.org/articles/pre...
But is he really so successful? We delved into the companies linked to him to find out.
Read our investigation with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social:
thegeckoproject.org/articles/pre...