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This white paper by Trend Asia provides an economic valuation of the potential losses resulting from the Rempang Eco City project on Rempang Island. The report argues that the project, framed as a 'green economy' transition, threatens the livelihoods of indigenous and local communities and causes significant ecological degradation. Through a mixed-methods approach, the research calculates that the total economic value of the island's ecosystems per household is far higher than government claims, and that the potential environmental losses from the project would be more than three times the average household income.