Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), Indonesia’s largest pulp and paper company, is still linked to forest destruction, according to new mapping analysis completed by Greenpeace International. Almost 8,000 hectares of forest and peatland has been cleared since 2013 in two concessions which are linked to APP and its parent company the Sinar Mas Group. Greenpeace International […]
Read MoreAccording to the website Foresthints.news, Asia Pulp and Paper subsidiary PT BMH has expanded its acacia plantations in South Sumatra on an area equivalent to around 500 soccer fields, including areas targeted by the Peat Restoration Agency for peat recovery, following the fires of 2015. Foresthints conducted spatial calculations, based on time-series data sourced from […]
Read MoreA new pulp mill is planned in Tartu, Estonia, the second largest city in the country. The mill will produce 700,000 tonnes of pulp and it will consume around a quarter of the total country’s timber production. This increase threatens to be the fatal stroke for Estonian forests, which are already being exhausted by the increasing rate […]
Read MoreReport shows risks of a dangerously expanding global paper industry 26 April 2018 – A new report from the Environmental Paper Network reveals the social and environmental developments in an industry that is expanding to produce new products – such as tissue disposables, food service and e-commerce packaging – and into new markets, as global […]
Read MoreAn Indonesian coalition of NGOs has released a joint statement to call for improved transparency and sustainability criteria in the new Indonesian government policy to protect peatlands. The NGO coalition (Gemapala Fakfa, Belantara Papua, Auriga, Eyes on The Forest, WWF Indonesia, Wetlands International, ELSAM, Yayasan Pusaka, HaKi and Kemitraan) expressed its support for the Indonesian […]
Read MoreBeing heard globally Jikalahari is one of EPN’s key Indonesian member organisations and its co-ordinator, Woro Supartinah, is on the steering group of EPN International. Jikalahari is well known for managing the ‘Eyes on the Forest’ web portal, which has consistently highlighted the threats from the Indonesian paper industry. Behind that visible project is a […]
Read MoreMany financial institutions are divesting from the coal industry, and avoiding association with fossil fuels, yet investment in the Indonesian pulp industry is also the root cause of massive greenhouse gas emissions. It’s time for banks to put in place safeguards to stop any further irresponsible involvement in the pulp industry. In February 2018, Indonesia’s […]
Read MoreIndonesian province of Riau has declared a state of emergency, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said, after President Joko Widodo urged regional authorities to avoid a repeat of fires that smothered Southeast Asia in smog in 2015. The government of Indonesia seeks to control the slash-and-burn land clearances for palm and pulp plantations which send clouds […]
Read MoreJakarta, 5 February 2018 – On the eve of the fifth anniversary of Asia Pulp and Paper’s (APP) Forest Conservation Policy (FCP), ten international and Indonesian NGOs have released a statement highlighting five issues that indicate the company is not yet on a sustainable track and progress on its commitments have unfortunately not been sufficient. […]
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