Andy Tait

Forests and climate issues with a focus on Indonesia. I have views, unsurprisingly.

[Edward Aspinall @EdwardAspinall]

Read this truly excellent analysis of the Indonesian presidential election by @sdjaffrey and @evewarburton - “Explaining the Prabowo landslide”
https://t.co/Fzi4gqnZFv

[ICIJ @ICIJorg]

ICIJ partner @geckoproj has uncovered links between a Singapore-listed palm oil giant, the billionaire family that owns it, and three companies that have reportedly cleared more forest for palm oil than any other firm in Southeast Asia. #DeforestationInc https://t.co/v87E3GfYun

[Narasi Newsroom @NarasiNewsroom]

Di era kesadaran lingkungan, fenomena "Greenwashing" menjadi umum, di mana perusahaan mengklaim sebagai 'ramah lingkungan' sementara kenyataannya berbeda.

Gimana, sih, perusahaan-perusahaan ini melakukan praktik greenwashing?

Tonton #BukaMata selengkapnya di sini https://t.co/zjAx1ia7EI

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[The Gecko Project (BlueSky: @thegeckoproject.org) @geckoproj]

For two years, the @RSPOTweets has sat on an allegation that one of its members - a “sustainable” palm oil producer - is operating shadow companies bulldozing rainforests. We investigated the case - read Chasing Shadows to find out what we discovered. https://t.co/E5ZEfNjtx3

[Climate Home News @ClimateHome]

Data from the Indonesian government suggests efforts to restore peatlands, a key part of the country’s climate strategy, do not match government claims.
✍️ An investigation made in partnership with the @geckoproj
https://t.co/VZ16CPzp0R

[Climate Home News @ClimateHome]

NEW

“Green” finance bankrolls forest destruction in Indonesia ▶ https://t.co/3if8MkSVkP

✍@geckoproj

[Project Multatuli @projectm_org]

Investigasi The Gecko Project mengungkap sebuah proyek perkebunan hutan tanaman industri (HTI) di Tanah Papua telah menghancurkan ribuan hektare hutan alam dan merusak sumber pangan tradisional masyarakat adat.

#Papua #MasyarakatAdat #Greenwashing

https://t.co/khD9Z8wJPh

[The Gecko Project (BlueSky: @thegeckoproject.org) @geckoproj]

NEW: ‘Green’ financing from the Indonesian govt is bankrolling a plantation project that has destroyed rainforest & decimated indigenous peoples’ traditional food sources.

Children in the shadow of the project suffer from malnutrition.

w/ @projectm_org https://t.co/7yDjT1GPDI

[Andy Tait @andyrtait]

@thenitinsawhney @wigmore_hall Bought tix on Thursday, shared the link with friends and now 19 of us are coming! Thank you Nitin.

[Ian Morse @ianjmorse]

Oil palm firms have used a poverty alleviation tool to take control of community land, promising to share profits from their plantations. Across Indonesia, firms have instead saddled locals with debt and refused to pay up
🧵+doc film
@geckoproj
https://t.co/vUavmKJCoZ

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Indonesia has outlawed sex outside of marriage in a sweeping overhaul of its criminal code that also sharply expands its laws against blasphemy. https://t.co/FFCGjZusn3

[The Gecko Project (BlueSky: @thegeckoproject.org) @geckoproj]

NEW: Major brands bought palm oil from an Indonesian plantation rife with modern day slavery and torture. The victims were signed up to what their families believed was a drug rehab facility, but were beaten and forced to work. Two died of their injuries. https://t.co/KrHkfZtFec

[Tonggo Simangunsong @tonggo_17]

'Langkat human trafficking case' - a thread

I have followed this case from the beginning to the final judgment this week by applying a safety methods of investigative reporting, trying to be independent and keep empathetic to victims and the principles of human rights.

[Dyna Rochmyaningsih @rochmyaningsih]

What does the banning of @emeijaard et al means for Indonesian conservation science? My take for Science https://t.co/ANVU7kLBo0

[Philip Jacobson @philjacobius]

On the debate over orangutan numbers in Indonesia, where forestry officials have recently begun claiming that populations of the endangered ape are "growing" after decades of steady decline - a claim unsupported by the available data, some scientists say. https://t.co/u9TqufS2xd

[Robin Hicks @RobinHicks_]

"Impact is not about page views. It is what journalism achieves in the real world." Interview with @rhett_butler, founder of environmental news site @mongabay, whose achievements including stopping a Uranium mine in a tiger reserve in India... https://t.co/kcGAqIbPHj

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Indonesia's police force is highly militarized, poorly trained in crowd control, and in nearly all instances, has never been held accountable for missteps, experts say. https://t.co/j2I0NeGiWk

[Reno @nekromagik]

Witnesses describe how police use of teargas led to brutal crushes that killed 125 football fans in East Java. The teargas was used without warning, said three supporters who spoke to the Guardian

Latest story for @guardian

https://t.co/IG8gTjLTlS

[Andy Tait @andyrtait]

Indonesian labourers picking berries on a farm that supplies Marks & Spencer, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and Tesco say they have been saddled with debts of up to £5,000 by unlicensed foreign brokers

https://t.co/vUv8ANMVr0