by Joshua Martin | Sep 19, 2019 | Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Responsible Virgin Fibre
The world’s tropical rainforests and the people who live in them are suffering continued tragedy from forest fires that are driven by the demand for agricultural commodities, including timber for pulp to make viscose, paper and packaging. In Indonesia, massive...
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)...
