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Meet SEJ member Ian Morse! Ian started his journalism career reporting on land issues in rural Indonesia. More recently, he has broadened his reporting on corporate climate action, including carbon removal and urban development. Ian will start a PhD program in geography in the fall and plans to continue his newsletter, Green Rocks, and aiding investigations.
In the last decade, Indonesia has made significant progress in halting the loss of its forests. But the election of military man Prabowo Subianto as president is raising concerns that a boom in mining nickel, used in EV batteries, could lead to a new wave of deforestation.
Senior principal researcher Alex Cobb says their method 'is a step toward reaching global climate goals while preserving biodiversity and preventing wildfires'
Across Indonesia, hundreds of rural communities are in conflict with corporations seeking control of their resources. When they push back, they face the wrath of the state. In Our Mothers' Land, from The Gecko Project and Mongabay, journalist Febriana Firdaus travels to meet women who have risen to lead social movements, facing violence, imprisonment, and judgement from conservative societies as they fight for their rights.
Among our new members, a media training outlet in Uganda – GIJN's first from the country — a UK-based newsroom investigating land use, and a Russian unit working in exile.