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Civil society denounces Indonesia’s government siding with companies threatening Indigenous Peoples, endangered species and the environment

Jakarta, 4 June 2020 – The National Coalition to Preserve Natural Resources (GN-PSDA) has called on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry to stop ignoring the environmental and criminal destruction caused by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), one of the world’s largest paper producers. (1) The Ministry chose APP as a sponsor of “Indonesia […]

New community rights violations by APP in Indonesia met by strong response from 90 environmental and human rights organisations

Following the latest case of the violation of communities’ rights in Indonesia by Asia Pulp and Paper, ninety environmental and human rights groups have published an open letter to investors and buyers

The cost of violence in Indonesia – new data indicate USD 1.2 to 10 billion risk from social conflicts involving pulp and paper suppliers

When they went to work in their gardens, the residents of Lubuk Mandarsah village in the Indonesian province of Jambi found drones flying over their crops and spraying poison. This is the way the pulp plantation company PT Wirakarya Sakti, a subsidiary of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) resolved its conflict with the local community: […]

Conflict Plantations: Two new investigative research reports from Indonesia

New research conducted by a coalition of Indonesian organisations and the Environmental Paper Network has found that the two major Indonesian paper companies, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) are involved in hundreds of conflicts with communities across the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Conflict Plantations: Chapter 1, shows […]

Complaint Challenges Certification of Djarum Group Company by Forest Stewardship Council

On December 4, 2019, Yayasan Auriga Nusantara submitted a complaint to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) about PT Bukit Muria Jaya, a paper and packaging processor based in Karawang, West Java, owned by Djarum Group. The complaint indicates that the majority shareholder of PT Bukit Muria Jaya, Mr. Robert Budi Hartono, is a shareholder of two pulpwood plantation […]

Testimonies of impacts from pulp and plantations, at the People’s Summit

Yesterday, at an event organized by EPN and its partners at the People’s Summit, in Santiago de Chile, people from different regions and countries denounced the impacts caused by plantations for the pulp and paper industry, and discussed their similarities. In Chile, the plantation industry made its great boom during the dictatorship of Pinochet, when […]

Newly Published Investigative Research Reveals Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) Involved in Hundreds of Conflicts with Local Communities in Indonesia

New research conducted by a coalition of Indonesian organisations and the Environmental Paper Network has found that the second-largest Indonesian paper company Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) is involved in hundreds of conflicts with communities across the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Conflict Plantations: Chapter 2 delivers research results showing that in just five provinces […]

Newly Published Investigative Research Reveals Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) Involved in Hundreds of Conflicts with Local Communities in Indonesia

San Francisco, CA – New research conducted by a coalition of Indonesian organisations and the Environmental Paper Network has found that the second-largest Indonesian paper company Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) is involved in hundreds of conflicts with communities across the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Conflict Plantations: Chapter 2 delivers research results showing that in […]

Pulp Industry Locks in Fire Risk on Indonesia’s Peatlands

Jakarta, Indonesia – Today, a coalition of civil society organizations published Perpetual Haze, a report analysing the role of Indonesia’s pulp industry in recurring fire and haze episodes affecting the Southeast Asian region. Through the end of October 2019, Indonesia’s fires have released an estimated 660 mega-tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to the EU’s […]