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APRIL concessions workplan declared invalid

According to the web site Foresthints.news, the Environment and Forestry minister Siti Nurbaya decided to declare invalid the forest permits of PT. RAPP, the biggest subsidiary and plantation company of APRIL. The reason is that the company failed to review its 10-year work plan, and its 2017 annual work plan to comply with the new peat regulations, […]

Local NGOs and EPN send letter of concern over planned pulp mill and biorefinery in Estonia

A letter of concern has been sent to Estonian company Est-For, signed by a number of Estonian NGOs and by the Environmental Paper Network. The letter expresses concerns and seeks information about the planned Est-For biorefinery development, as there appear to be insufficient safeguards in place to prevent negative impacts on the environment. The risks we […]

Peat communities demand the revocation of APRIL plantation permits

The Government Regulation (PP) 57 of 2016 on the Protection and Management of Peat Ecosystems regulates peatland management, identifies peatland that need to be protected and other peat areas still suitable fo productive functions. In Riau, the majority of the industrial pulpwood plantations (also called HTI) areas are located n peatlands of high hydrological value, that […]

Advisory Board members ask APRIL to put Indonesian government decisions into action

WWF and Greenpeace, both of which are members of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) – a committee established by the APRIL Group to oversee the implementation of its Sustainability Policy – have declared that APRIL must abide by the decisions made by the Indonesian government in the wake of the peatland violationsperpetrated by the APRIL subsidiary, PT RAPP, in its concession on Pulau Padang, […]

Jikalahari and Wetlands International host Jakarta launch of EPN report “Too Much Hot Air” detailing the failure of the Indonesian paper industry to reform its peatland management

On August 10, Jikalahari (Riau Forest Rescue Network) are launching a report from the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) titled ‘Too Much Hot Air’. This event is also supported by Wetlands International. Read the report in English or in Bahasa Indonesian. The report focuses on the current failure of the pulp and paper industry in Indonesia to reform its peatland […]

The minister: APP is not seriously implementing peat regulations

The Indonesia’s Environment and Forestry Minister wrote to Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) to expressed disappointment in the lack of seriousness displayed by the company in its implementation of new peat regulations. The government sent already several official letters (Jul 26 and 28). This time the Minister decided to write to the owners, Franky […]

In the Red: Bank policies fail to ensure they will avoid irresponsible investment in the paper industry

A new assessment by the EPN of bank policies has been completed and published here: https://environmentalpaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/In-the-Red.pdf The assessment studied how ready the financial sector is to manage the environmental and social risks of financial involvement with the pulp and paper industry. From 2016 to 2017, EPN carried out a benchmark assessment of the pulp and […]

Indonesia on fire, paper and palm oil industry blamed

The National Agency for Disaster Management of Indonesia (BNPB) says that the number of fires in Indonesia have increased in June, especially in Riau province, Sumatra. Other areas that experienced an increasing number of fires were Jambi and West Kalimantan. The peatland fires in Riau which started last week have affected not only Riau but […]