New report says pulp companies and government are not transparent with restoration plans for fire-prone peatlands, and its analysis shows the restoration obligations of pulp producers APP and APRIL. In 2016, the government of Indonesia announced a new regulation aimed to protect peatlands in response to the massive fires that burnt 2.6 million hectares of […]
Read MoreIn a victory for the protection of peatlands in Indonesia, Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) won the lawsuit filed by PT Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper (PT RAPP) at the State Administrative Court (PTUN) Jakarta, Thursday 21/12. PT RAPP, controlled by the paper giant APRIL, part of the Sukanto Tanoto conglomerate Royal Golden Eagle […]
Read MoreThe Government Regulation (PP) 57 of 2016 on the Protection and Management of Peat Ecosystems regulates peatland management, identifies peatland that need to be protected and other peat areas still suitable fo productive functions. In Riau, the majority of the industrial pulpwood plantations (also called HTI) areas are located n peatlands of high hydrological value, that […]
Read MoreWWF and Greenpeace, both of which are members of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) – a committee established by the APRIL Group to oversee the implementation of its Sustainability Policy – have declared that APRIL must abide by the decisions made by the Indonesian government in the wake of the peatland violationsperpetrated by the APRIL subsidiary, PT RAPP, in its concession on Pulau Padang, […]
Read MoreA new report has been released by Greenomics Indonesia that finds Indonesia’s second largest pulp and paper supplier, Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd. (APRIL), has cleared High Conservation Value Forests (HCVF), in breach of its own policy and legislation, as the illegal clearance of legally-established HCVF areas constitutes a serious violation of forestry law. The […]
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