Indonesia’s Minister of the Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya, has suspended the operations of PT Rimba Lazuardi (RL), one of APRIL’s long-term suppliers located in Sumatra’s Riau province, as the company was found to have committed a number of violations with respect to last year’s forest fires. According to the Indonesian web platform Foresthints.news, the […]
Read MoreAccording to the forest portal ForestHints.news, one of APRIL’s major suppliers, PT SRL, has reportedly violated the Environment and Forestry Minister’s decree freezing the license of this pulpwood plantation concession in mid-November 2015 due to its role in last year’s massive peat fires. The decree prohibited PT SRL from operating until it had met all the obligations demanded […]
Read MoreAn article published on Bisnis Indonesia daily, report APP plans to increase the production capacity of its new OKI pulp mill in South Sumatra from 2 millions tons to 2.8 millions. “We are not convinced that the raw material supply for the OKI mill will be sufficient”. commented Aditya Bayunanda, of WWF-Indonesia to foresthints.news. “Even […]
Read MoreAn article published on Bisnis Indonesia daily, report APP plans to increase the production capacity of its new OKI pulp mill in South Sumatra from 2 millions tons to 2.8 millions. “We are not convinced that the raw material supply for the OKI mill will be sufficient”. commented Aditya Bayunanda, of WWF-Indonesia to foresthints.news. ” […]
Read MoreDuring an event at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Jakarta, Asia Pulp and Paper released today its Forest Conservation Policy Report. According to the company, the report reveals accelerated progress in peatland management: More than 3,500 canals blocked as Peatland Best Practice Management Project accelerated Agroforestry programme rolled out to improve community welfare while supporting protection of […]
Read MoreA group of NGO sent today a letter to APRIL on peat management in the Kampar Peninsula.APRIL recently announced a peatland restoration project. However, at the same time, the company is continuing to drain peatlands in the same region, for pulp plantations.
Read MoreA group of NGO sent a letter to the Indonesian paper giant Asia Pacific Resources Limited (APRIL) on peat management in the Kampar Peninsula. APRIL recently announced a peatland restoration project. However, at the same time, the cmpany is continuing to drain peatlands in the same region, for pulp plantations. The letter reminders to APRIL […]
Read MoreIndonesia is punishing more than 20 companies in an unprecedented move for starting deadly forest fires that killed 19 people, a government official said Tuesday. The companies – most of them pulp wood plantations operating on concession land in Sumatra and Kalimantan – have had their business licences suspended. The firms include BMH and SWI, […]
Read MoreWe are often asked whether it is OK to buy paper from Indonesia, now that the biggest Indonesian pulp and papers have committed to a moratorium on rainforest logging. Here, Sergio Baffoni explains why it is still too early. On February 5, 2013, after decades of environmental and social conflicts in Indonesia, Asia Pulp & […]
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