Tom Walker
@tomwalker.fyi
Research and investigations on environment, corruption, tech. Formerly @thegeckoproject.org @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social, The Engine Room and others.
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My latest (and final) piece for @thegeckoproject.org:
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 3:04 PM
My latest (and final) piece for @thegeckoproject.org:
🚨New from me: For years, Indonesian mining giant PT Timah systematically sourced illegal tin while supplying global tech firms.
We @thegeckoproject.org found illegal tin likely entered Timah’s supply chain as recently as late 2024
Published w/ @ftm.eu @ftm.nl, Yle (Finland) and KCIJ-Newstapa👇
We @thegeckoproject.org found illegal tin likely entered Timah’s supply chain as recently as late 2024
Published w/ @ftm.eu @ftm.nl, Yle (Finland) and KCIJ-Newstapa👇
The Tin Racket
Illegal mining ransacked these Indonesian islands. Tech titans turned a blind eye.
thegeckoproject.org
May 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🚨New from me: For years, Indonesian mining giant PT Timah systematically sourced illegal tin while supplying global tech firms.
We @thegeckoproject.org found illegal tin likely entered Timah’s supply chain as recently as late 2024
Published w/ @ftm.eu @ftm.nl, Yle (Finland) and KCIJ-Newstapa👇
We @thegeckoproject.org found illegal tin likely entered Timah’s supply chain as recently as late 2024
Published w/ @ftm.eu @ftm.nl, Yle (Finland) and KCIJ-Newstapa👇
Reposted by Tom Walker
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.
It was great to be able to collaborate on this @earthjournalism.bsky.social project with reporters from across Asia, on the importance of soil health for food security, biodiversity, health, and climate.
Check out the full set of stories:
Check out the full set of stories:
EJN’s Latest Collaborative Project Ground Truths Concludes with 13 Stories
Over the last few months, journalists from 11 different media outlets across Asia got their hands dirty and teamed up to produce a series of unique stories investigating the state of soil health in th...
earthjournalism.net
January 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It was great to be able to collaborate on this @earthjournalism.bsky.social project with reporters from across Asia, on the importance of soil health for food security, biodiversity, health, and climate.
Check out the full set of stories:
Check out the full set of stories:
Reposted by Tom Walker
Laos' Attapeu province is experiencing breakneck deforestation to make way for major Chinese banana and durian farms www.mekongeye.com/2024/12/16/f...
Fruits of spoil: Laos' forests disappearing as fruit farms flourish
The country’s improved railway connectivity facilitates fruit exports to China but has also sparked a boom in foreign-owned banana and durian farms, leading to forest clearance
www.mekongeye.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Laos' Attapeu province is experiencing breakneck deforestation to make way for major Chinese banana and durian farms www.mekongeye.com/2024/12/16/f...
Reposted by Tom Walker
Hey everyone! This is a starter pack of climate and environmental journalists from all over Europe. Follow them if you want to be informed about the biggest crisis we're facing. go.bsky.app/PNfpiST #ClimateCrisis
Climate Journalists (Arena Climate Network)
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
December 12, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Hey everyone! This is a starter pack of climate and environmental journalists from all over Europe. Follow them if you want to be informed about the biggest crisis we're facing. go.bsky.app/PNfpiST #ClimateCrisis
I talked to @tbij.bsky.social this week for their excellent newsletter 'The Spark' about the response to our @thegeckoproject.org investigations into "shadow" companies driving deforestation in SE Asia.
Shining a light on dark money
Shadow companies can hide all kinds of wrongdoing – until they're exposed
the-spark-tbij.beehiiv.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:06 PM
I talked to @tbij.bsky.social this week for their excellent newsletter 'The Spark' about the response to our @thegeckoproject.org investigations into "shadow" companies driving deforestation in SE Asia.
Reposted by Tom Walker
Do you want to remove your old posts on X?
@freedom.press co-founder @micahflee.com created a new piece of software called Cyd, which helps you claw back your data from X, with plans to extend this functionality to other social media sites like Facebook and Reddit.
It's easy to use. Check it out ⬇️
@freedom.press co-founder @micahflee.com created a new piece of software called Cyd, which helps you claw back your data from X, with plans to extend this functionality to other social media sites like Facebook and Reddit.
It's easy to use. Check it out ⬇️
Cyd - Claw back your data from Big Tech
Automatically delete your data from tech platforms, except for what you want to keep
cyd.social
December 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Do you want to remove your old posts on X?
@freedom.press co-founder @micahflee.com created a new piece of software called Cyd, which helps you claw back your data from X, with plans to extend this functionality to other social media sites like Facebook and Reddit.
It's easy to use. Check it out ⬇️
@freedom.press co-founder @micahflee.com created a new piece of software called Cyd, which helps you claw back your data from X, with plans to extend this functionality to other social media sites like Facebook and Reddit.
It's easy to use. Check it out ⬇️
Reposted by Tom Walker
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 💔)