52 Environmental Paper Network member organizations consider the investment not environmentally sustainable. In letters sent to the Environment and Industry authorities of the Xunta de Galicia and the Spanish Government, they warn of the serious negative impacts Altri’s new pulp mill would generate. November 28th, 2024 – Fifty-two environmental NGOs, part of the Environmental […]
Read MoreAhmad bin Hanapi, a resident of Buong Baru Village in the eastern corner of Borneo, was tending his garden when the police arrived and arrested him, questioning his ownership of the land. Mr Ahmad produced an old document proving that this land belonged to his family. The document was taken by the police and eventually […]
Read MoreIndigenous 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 Toba Pulp Lestari (TPL), a company producing pulp and paper. The villagers were sleeping when they were taken and forced into the […]
Read MoreSuzano has announced the operational start-up of its new huge eucalyptus pulp mill in Ribas do Rio Pardo in the federal state of Mato Grosso do Sul. The pulp mill, with a production capacity of 2.55 million tons per year, is presented by Suzano as the world’s largest pulp line, and it is the second […]
Read MoreA new report by Environmental Paper Network International debunks the story that paper is ‘green’ and ‘renewable’. Evidence piles up on the ecological and human impacts of the pulp expansion frenzy. 16 July 2024 – Today, the Environmental Paper Network International has launched a daunting report on Suzano, the world’s largest producer of eucalyptus pulp and […]
Read MoreLand disputes in peri-urban areas involving the powerful pulp and paper cartel are on the rise in Chile. In addition to longstanding issues of land ownership, these disputes are now being exacerbated by a widespread housing crisis. Celulosa Arauco y Constitución, the country’s biggest pulp and paper company, has recently taken a confrontational stance against […]
Read MoreOn Friday, the 22nd of March, Sorbatua Siallagan, the head of the Dolok Parmonangan indigenous community in North Sumatra, was approached by ten men in plain clothes, forced into a black car and taken away, while in the village to buy some fertilizer for his community. The men turned out to be police agents, who […]
Read MoreThe final EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation was agreed in trilogue despite being stripped of its most pressing provisions. (March 5 2024, Brussels) – Yesterday the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union released the final text of the long-awaited compromise on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Negotiations between the European […]
Read MoreGlenn Beltz/flicker (CC BY 2.0) At least 46 people have died, and more than 1,100 homes have been destroyed in the worst forest fires to hit Chile in a decade. In the first week of February, the fires have been commonly attributed to climate change. This is correct, but only part of the truth. What […]
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