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Enough with peat fires! Indonesia protesters denounce APP’s subsidiaries

Residents in South Sumatra, Indonesia, took three subsidiaries of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) to court over the chronic smoke haze. Their pulpwood concessions are accused of repeatedly causing haze pollution due to fires on their concessions during the dry seasons.  Twelve South Sumatra residents visited the Palembang District Court on Thursday to register a […]

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The pulp & paper industry keeps abusing human rights in Indonesia

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_margin=”-62px|||||”] Indigenous land deforested by Toba Pulp Lestari @ AMAN Tano Batak On July 22, 2024, five members of the Tano Batak indigenous community were abducted by individuals driving security cars belonging to […]

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Massive deforestation in Borneo destroying orangutan habitat

Destruction calls into question “zero-deforestation” commitment of the world’s largest viscose producer Jakarta, March 18, 2024 – Today, a coalition of leading environmental organizations have released the report Deforestation Anonymous that sheds light on the alarming resurgence of deforestation in Indonesia, driven by PT Mayawana Persada in Indonesian Borneo. The evidence presented in the report […]

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Reaction to FAO Roadmap: Large-scale “modern” biomass energy

  “The huge expansion in so-called ‘modern’ biomass, doubling the current levels by 2030 and trebling them by 2050, is dangerous and unacceptable. It would exacerbate the climate crisis whilst also harming communities and biodiversity, and we already have numerous examples of its adverse impacts.” “Planning to ally energy production from biomass burning with carbon […]

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The Dayak and the company. A story of ordinary deforestation

Traditional Portal at Mayawana Persada timber plantation. © LinkAR Borneo In the international media silence, bulldozers are removing one of the last habitats of Orangutan in Borneo, Indonesia. Indigenous people are fighting back. They formed a wide indigenous alliance, the Marwah Red Army, (Pasukan Merah Penjaga Marwah – because of their traditional red clothes) a […]

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