by Sergio Baffoni | Oct 17, 2018 | Responsible Virgin Fibre
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...
by Joshua Martin | Jul 24, 2018 | Responsible Virgin Fibre
A 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...
by Environmental Paper Network | Sep 1, 2017 | Media Release, Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Responsible Virgin Fibre
On August 10, Jikalahari (Riau Forest Rescue Network) are launching a report from the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) titled ‘Too Much Hot Air’. This event is also supported by Wetlands International. Read the report in English or in Bahasa Indonesian. The report...
by Environmental Paper Network | Nov 22, 2016 | Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Responsible Virgin Fibre
This EPN webniar explains that peatlands (~organic soils) worldwide store twice as much carbon as all forest biomass, although they cover only a tenth of the land. 15% of this land has been degraded, causing huge GHG emissions, peatland fires (in Russia and Indonesia)...
by Environmental Paper Network | Nov 20, 2016 | Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Responsible Virgin Fibre, Social Responsibilty
The Environmental Paper Network is helping to host a workshop in Indonesia to share knowledge about paludiculture, sustainable management of peat soils and solutions to the peatland degradation caused by the paper industry. Sergio Baffoni gives a flavour of the...
