The NGO Anti Forest Mafia Coalition released a report on the Indonesian Timber Legality Assurance System (SVLK) to scrutinize whether it and the actual Timber Legality (LK), Sustainable Production Forest Management (PHPL) and V-Legal certificates can guarantee the legality and sustainability of Indonesian timber products.
Read MoreAccording to a new press release by Greenomics Indonesia, more than 4,000 hectares (or more than 10,000 acres) of forested deep peatlands have been lost on a concession belonging to one of the largest suppliers of APP, located in the province of West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. The loss of the said forested deep peatlands has […]
Read MoreOn Friday, Indra Kailani (23) of Lubuk Mandarsah was killed by security guards hired by Asia Pulp & Paper sister company PT. Wirakarya Sakti (WKS) in Bukit Tigapuluh landscape, Jambi Province, Sumatra. On the day of the murder, “Tebo Farmers Group (Serikat Petani Tebo)” including the village was organizing a rice harvest festival. Indra came […]
Read MoreGreenpeace released a new set of photos documenting Indonesian rainforest destruction by the paper giant Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL). The video was shot in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. It shows APRIL’s bulldozers systematically destroying ancient rainforest. APRIL is the second largest pulp and paper company in Indonesia. APRIL claims to plant […]
Read MoreRecently, the Environmental Paper Network met with Santander Bank regarding its financing of deforestation carried out to produce pulp and paper in the tropical rainforests of Indonesia. A public campaign by Greenpeace generating almost 150,000 petition signatures was undertaken for the last few weeks as well. Today, Mongabay.com is reporting that Santander has changed course. “Our parent company, […]
Read MoreA new factsheet summarising the impacts of Indonesia’s second biggest pulp and paper company, APRIL, is now available here: APRIL-monitoring-factsheet-Feb-2015 The factsheet draws together evidence from NGOs in Indonesia who have been monitoring APRIL’s activities, and it reveals significant problems linked to the company including deforestation, release of carbon from deep peat soils, social conflict […]
Read MoreDespite ongoing rainforest clearance, APRIL and its affiliate companies in the Royal Golden Eagle group do not seem to have any problems in finding money to support their activities. Greenpeace last week launched a major campaign against Santander for its role in financing APRIL (Asia Pacific Resources International Limited), the Indonesian pulp and paper producer described by […]
Read MorePaper products from the German retail sector often contain tropical wood, as analyses by WWF have revealed. Over the past few months, the environmental protection organisation, WWF, got the composition of a total 144 different products, including writing paper, note books, photo albums and address books examined. The results showed that tropical wood was found […]
Read MoreLast year was a successful year for the EEPN, with the launch of the Global Paper Vision, strong collaboration with the Chinese and North American Environmental Paper Networks, excellent progress in our Indonesian rainforest paper campaign and much more. You can read all about it in our Annual Report for the year by following this […]
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