Tom Walker

NEW: Our latest investigation finds evidence suggesting that Royal Golden Eagle, one of the world’s largest pulp & paper producers, is behind a string of secretive companies that have cleared large areas of Indonesian rainforest. Published w/ @business thegeckoproject.org/articles/insid…

NEW: 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 @Rainforest_RIN: thegeckoproject.org/articles/presi…

Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign Signal as insecure, with assistance from Elon Musk. The goal seems to be to get activists to switch away from encrypted Signal to mostly-unencrypted Telegram. I want to talk about this a bit. 1/

This week, the @pulitzercenter , IPI, and @earthjournalism join forces to discuss recommendations to keep environmental journalists safe when investigating. At the Unesco´s World Freedom of the Press Day, please join us pulitzercenter.org/blog/pulitzer-…

Eight companies stopped sourcing palm oil from First Resources after ICIJ partner @geckoproj found the billionaire family behind it controlled a network of “shadow” companies that cleared more forest for palm oil than any other firm in Southeast Asia. buff.ly/4atpaif

Investigative reporting opportunity promo: @LHreports has a new fellowship program, 6 months, paid, 3 different positions lighthousereports.com/lighthouse-rep…

We uncovered evidence suggesting "sustainable" palm oil producer First Resources has secretly controlled companies destroying Indonesian rainforest. Now, companies in the US and Europe are dropping First Resources in response. With @ICIJorg @FTM_eu thegeckoproject.org/articles/brand…

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Please follow the new Nusantara Atlas account. It tracks real-time & historical deforestation and land use changes in Equatorial Asia, offering alerts and insights for forest conservation. An essential tool for verifying deforestation legality nd sourcing commodities consciously

Tax havens like the BVI, Cayman Islands and Samoa are playing a significant role in the destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests. Here's how: #BeneficialOwnership #transparency

3. Polarization: Neutrality doesn't really work on digital. Many providers and data processes support both humanitarian and military targeting 4. Opacity: Everyone just publishes PRs. And blog posts. It's sad. 5. Dependency: Fewer big actors means less choice/resilience 14/

🌏 Are you an aspiring environmental journalist from a tropical country that is home to a biodiversity hotspot? Then don't miss the Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship by @MongabayOrg. Apply for the next cohort by Feb 10. buff.ly/3yOiSsd

.@TBIJ is looking for a reporter with experience of company accounts to work on an ongoing investigation on a freelance basis. Please DM or email me (address in bio) if interested (or you know someone who might be). Thanks!

This week we published our latest investigation, Chasing Shadows. Here's a thread on how others have built on/followed up on its findings: twitter.com/geckoproj/stat…

NEW: Investigation from us @geckoproj finds First Resources, one of the world’s largest palm oil producers, appears to have secretly controlled a network of companies that have been clearing rainforests in Indonesia for more than a decade. 🧵

@RSPOtweets @aurigaorid @WhatsNYourPapr @Greenpeace @RAN @ICIJorg @GreenpeaceID @ForestPeoplesP Read the full investigation - published as part of Deforestation Inc, a collaboration coordinated by @ICIJorg involving reporters from 28 countries - here: thegeckoproject.org/articles/chasi…

@RSPOtweets @aurigaorid @WhatsNYourPapr @Greenpeace @RAN @ICIJorg @GreenpeaceID Angus MacInnes of @ForestPeoplesP: “We need to hold these huge palm oil groups to account. They can't have one arm that sign up to human rights & sustainability standards, zero deforestation [...] "But then have this other arm involved in egregious human rights violations.”