Asia Pacific Rayon (APR), a new company developed to produce viscose for the textile industry, is the sister company of the Indonesian pulp & paper giant APRIL (Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd) and part of the conglomerate Royal Golden Eagle (RGE). APR built recently a new line to process Viscose Staple Fiber (VSF) – […]
Read MoreA new report from a coalition of non-profit organizations shows that global paper giants Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited (APRIL) are violating their zero-deforestation policy. In addition, a few days ago the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) announced that it has decided to suspend the process to design a roadmap […]
Read MoreA new report from the Anti Forest Mafia Coalition/Koalisi Anti Mafia Hutan is calling on the Indonesian government not to destroy natural forests in its efforts to protect peatlands after an analysis of its land swap policy showed risks for further deforestation. The land swap policy is intended to compensate timber plantation concessions (Hutan Tanaman […]
Read MoreReposted from Auriga In 2015, following Indonesia’s disastrous forest and peatland fires, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) – Indonesia’s largest pulp and paper producer – denied owning or controlling two forest plantation companies in Sumatra that had experienced some of the worst burning. While acknowledging that PT Bumi Mekar Hijau and PT Sebangun Bumi Andalas […]
Read MoreAsia Pulp and Paper (APP), Indonesia’s largest pulp and paper company, is still linked to forest destruction, according to new mapping analysis completed by Greenpeace International. Almost 8,000 hectares of forest and peatland has been cleared since 2013 in two concessions which are linked to APP and its parent company the Sinar Mas Group. Greenpeace International […]
Read MoreAccording to the website Foresthints.news, Asia Pulp and Paper subsidiary PT BMH has expanded its acacia plantations in South Sumatra on an area equivalent to around 500 soccer fields, including areas targeted by the Peat Restoration Agency for peat recovery, following the fires of 2015. Foresthints conducted spatial calculations, based on time-series data sourced from […]
Read MoreAn Indonesian coalition of NGOs has released a joint statement to call for improved transparency and sustainability criteria in the new Indonesian government policy to protect peatlands. The NGO coalition (Gemapala Fakfa, Belantara Papua, Auriga, Eyes on The Forest, WWF Indonesia, Wetlands International, ELSAM, Yayasan Pusaka, HaKi and Kemitraan) expressed its support for the Indonesian […]
Read MoreBeing heard globally Jikalahari is one of EPN’s key Indonesian member organisations and its co-ordinator, Woro Supartinah, is on the steering group of EPN International. Jikalahari is well known for managing the ‘Eyes on the Forest’ web portal, which has consistently highlighted the threats from the Indonesian paper industry. Behind that visible project is a […]
Read MoreMany financial institutions are divesting from the coal industry, and avoiding association with fossil fuels, yet investment in the Indonesian pulp industry is also the root cause of massive greenhouse gas emissions. It’s time for banks to put in place safeguards to stop any further irresponsible involvement in the pulp industry. In February 2018, Indonesia’s […]
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