Agricultural production in vast regions of South East Asia will be lost in the coming decades as a result of flooding of extensive lowland landscapes due to unsustainable development and management of peat soils. About 82% of the Rajang Delta in Sarawak (East Malaysia) will be irreversibly flooded within 100 years and substantial areas are […]
Read MoreOriginally posted by Eyes on the Forest A supplier of Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) in North Kalimantan cleared natural forest on peatland in violation of APRIL’s recently launched 2nd version of the Sustainable Forest Management Policy (SFMP). Landsat satellite images (see images below) of the PT Adindo Hutani Lestari (AHL) concession taken on […]
Read MoreInternational environmental not-for-profit, Canopy, has released a report that profiles the environmental performance of North America’s largest printers at Sustainable Brands, a conference where major print customers are gathered. “The Blueline Report 2015: North American Printers: Sustainability, Transparency, Paper Sourcing and Forest Conservation” ranks major printers on a set of twenty-nine key criteria and directs […]
Read MoreIndonesia second biggest pulp and paper company announced today an immediate moratorium on logging in natural forests. After many years of environmental and social conflicts, Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) announced the end of deforestation, together with a number of measures that will improve its previous forest policy. Environmental organisations, with different tones, welcome […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s second biggest pulp and paper company announced today an immediate moratorium on logging in natural forests. After many years of environmental and social conflicts, Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) released a version 2.0 of its forest policy that includes a halt of deforestation as of May 15, 2015, together with a number of measures that […]
Read MoreGreenpeace has sent an open letter to the chairman of APP, confirming that Greenpeace is ready to resume their involvement with APP on issues relating to the implementation of its Forest Conservation Policy. Greenpeace and other NGOs suspended engagement with APP after Indra Pelani, a 22 year-old from Lubuk Mandarsah village in Jambi, was beaten to death […]
Read MoreTennis star asks Credit Suisse to review the bank’s business relationship with Indonesian pulp and paper group RGE/APRIL (via Bruno Manser Fonds) (BASEL, SWITZERLAND / PULAU PADANG, RIAU, INDONESIA) – Tennis star Roger Federer is calling on Credit Suisse, the Swiss bank, to review their business relationship with RGE/APRIL, an Indonesian pulp and paper group that […]
Read Morefrom Eyes on the Forest PEKANBARU — PT Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper (RAPP), major concession of Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL), was found clearing natural forest in its concession of district/sector Ukui, Tesso Nilo landscape, Riau province. It is believed that APRIL’s supplier clearing green belt that located near Nilo River which is […]
Read MoreOver recent months we have been drawing the attention of banks known to finance Indonesian paper company, APRIL, to the company’s dire record of deforestation and social conflicts in Sumatra, and its failure to restrain its activity to conform even with its own weak policy. Some European banks have listened, and have committed to avoid […]
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