The final ledger is written on living ground.
An ambitious forest-protection project in South America looks persuasive on paper. Field evidence tells a different story, drawing the investigators into the most far-reaching case of the series.
Forest protection claims, ground truth, transnational finance. A conservation claim is only as reliable as the ground evidence supporting it. The final case follows the gap between distant reporting and what can lawfully be checked on the ground, with consequences that extend beyond any single project.
The series-wide architecture closes in as local evidence meets global strategy.
The last case turns conservation itself into contested evidence.
Get to know the recurring investigators, or explore the other cases in reading order.
