Wetlands International

NGOs Release Statement on 5 Year Anniversary of Asia Pulp and Paper Forest Conservation Policy

Jakarta, 5 February 2018 – On the eve of the fifth anniversary of Asia Pulp and Paper’s (APP) Forest Conservation Policy (FCP), ten international and Indonesian NGOs have released a statement highlighting five issues that indicate the company is not yet on a sustainable track and progress on its commitments have unfortunately not been sufficient. […]

Evaluating the Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance Performance of Sinar Mas Group (SMG) and Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) Companies

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Jikalahari and Wetlands International host Jakarta launch of EPN report “Too Much Hot Air” detailing the failure of the Indonesian paper industry to reform its peatland management

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 focuses on the current failure of the pulp and paper industry in Indonesia to reform its peatland […]

Paludiculture Workshop: Local community solutions to sustaining peatlands in Indonesia

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Press-release: Wetlands International calls for National Peatland Strategy in Indonesia to curb haze disaster

Indonesia can only curb the annual fires and haze disasters if it develops a National Peatland Conservation and Restoration Strategy, according to Wetlands International, which presented its recommendations to press today. In its position statement, Wetlands International emphasizes that Indonesia must address the root cause of the problems and therefore the only long-term answer is […]

Asia Pulp and Paper Releases Peatland Management Plan

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18.8″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Today Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) announced it is committing to retire approximately 7,000 hectares of commercial plantation areas to protect threatened carbon-rich peatlands. At a live event in Jakarta earlier today, APP, along with independent research institute Deltares, presented its […]

Peatlands of South East Asia are heading towards a socio-economic disaster

Agricultural production in vast regions of South East Asia will be lost in the coming decades as a result of flooding of extensive lowland landscapes due to unsustainable development and management of peat soils. About 82% of the Rajang Delta in Sarawak (East Malaysia) will be irreversibly flooded within 100 years and substantial areas are […]