Indonesian president Joko Widodo called stern measures against companies involved in forest and land fires burning by rescinding their licenses, media report said. Sumatra and Kalimantan provinces are hit by forest fires and thick haze that paralyzed air transportation, closed schools and escalating upper respiratory infection suffered by residents due to hazardous levels of air […]
Read MoreOn the Civil Society Alternative Programme (CSAP) of the 14th FAO World Forestry Congress (WFC), held 7-11th Septemberin Durban, South Africa, the European Environmental Paper Network(EEPN) introduced its new report Mapping Pulp Mill Expansion – Risks and Recommendations to the civil society and representatives of the FAO and WFC. Global paper consumption and production has […]
Read MoreAPRIL published an audit report by its consultant Hatfield which confirmed an Eyes on the Forest report that APRIL’s wood supplier, PT. Adindo Hutani Lestari (AHL) in North Kalimantan, had breached APRIL’s forest and peatland clearance moratorium starting 15 May 2015. The moratorium was part of the company’s Sustainable Forest Management Policy 2.0 published on […]
Read MoreWWF Forests for Life Programme seed-funds projects reducing wasteful paper consumption Forests will come under pressure like never before in the coming decades to meet the demands of a growing population.[1] Reducing wasteful consumption will be key to ensure that the Earth’s resources are not depleted. It is, therefore, an integral aspect of the WWF […]
Read Morekey word is peatlands. Peat is an accumulation of decayed vegetation accumulated in the swamp forests of Sumatra and Borneo. In the last ten years the land-rush for oil palm and pulp wood plantations targeted the peat-forests, that has been logged, drained and converted into plantations. But the nature is taking it revenge: once drained, […]
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 organizations, with different tones, welcome the […]
Read MoreLittle Red Riding Hood and Postman Pat are destroying the rainforest. Independent forensic fiber tests commissioned by the Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) reveal significant quantities of mixed tropical hardwood in nearly half of the 24 books tested. RFN now calls on the publishers to clean up their supply chains.
Read MorePT Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper (RAPP), major concession of Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL), was found by Indonesian NGOs coalition Eyes on the Forest 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 MoreIndonesia’s wood products audit and certification system remains inadequate in assuring legality, a new briefing released by rhe Raininforest Action Network finds. The briefing provides detailed recommendations about how the system can be improved to address these shortcomings. Buyers wishing to avoid products that violate community legal rights, as well as authorities charged with enforcing […]
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