Indonesia is in the middle of a massive rush for nickel, a metal that is at the heart of the green transition. With the world’s largest nickel reserves, the Indonesian government is keen to dominate the global market. But its obsession with the mineral is harming the environment and threatening basic rights of people living in mining areas.

The Gecko Project travelled 2,000km through Indonesia’s nickel frontier investigating how the goal of a green, battery-powered future is being achieved through increasingly authoritarian means.

For more, read our full story, published in collaboration with New Lines Magazine.

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