Blog: Forests

APP customers start to take action as evidence delivered to Indonesian police

Posted by Zulfahmi - 2 March 2012 at 7:12pm - Comments
Illegal ramin logs identified at APP's Indah Kiat Perawang pulp mill
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Illegal ramin logs identified at APP's Indah Kiat Perawang pulp mill

It’s been a momentous 24 hours since we released the results of our investigation into Asia Pulp and Paper’s illegal timber scandal.

While at Greenpeace we're perhaps best known for our direct actions, it’s our investigation work that provides the foundation to expose these environmental crimes.

Caught red-handed: protected tree species found at APP pulp mill

Posted by Bustar Maitar - 29 February 2012 at 7:23pm - Comments

“Zero tolerance for illegal wood.”

These are the five words that say a lot but apparently mean little to Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), a company that has made a mantra out of repeating something which is simply not true. And today, we’ve released proof that what APP says is wrong.

Battle continues over changes to Brazilian forest laws

Posted by Tatiana Carvalho - 28 February 2012 at 3:27pm - Comments
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Brazil's agriculture industry is keen to change the forest laws so more Amazon deforestation will be permitted

At the end of 2011, before Brazilian government officials closed up shop for the holidays, President Dilma demanded final approval on the new forest code. This new proposal condemns the Brazilian forests and is a deal between government and agribusiness that was made in back rooms and secret meetings.

Yet more proof that Asia Pulp and Paper's green claims don’t stack up

Posted by jamie - 16 February 2012 at 3:04pm - Comments
Deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia by Sinar Mas supplier PT Arara Abadi
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Deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia by Sinar Mas supplier PT Arara Abadi

Another blow has been delivered to the credibility of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), thanks to some excellent work by WWF. In a survey of the certification bodies that APP regularly references to prop up its flimsy claims of sustainability, none of them would support APP's assertions about its environmental performance.

Amazon campaign director receives UN Forest Hero award

Posted by Jess Miller - 9 February 2012 at 5:47pm - Comments
Paulo Adario
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Paulo's amazing work in the Amazon has been recognised by the UN

Paulo Adario, who heads up our Amazon campaign, may not be your archetypal hero (we’ve never seen him don a pair of tights) but we’re proud to announce that he has just been awarded the honour of Forest Hero by the UN.

APP pulps trees from its own tiger sanctuary. How dumb is that?

Posted by ianduff - 16 December 2011 at 4:04pm - Comments
Forest and peatland clearance inside APP's Senepis tiger sanctuary
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This was APP's Senepis Tiger Sanctuary, until one of APP's suppliers cut down the trees

Asia Pulp and Paper – the company doing so much to jeopardise the future of Indonesia's rainforests – has done some pretty stupid things in the past. But pulping the trees in its own tiger sanctuary is astonishingly dumb.

And yet that's exactly what APP has done.

Amazon devastation delayed as vote on Brazil's new forest law postponed

Posted by Laura Kenyon - 15 December 2011 at 3:59pm - Comments
Samba drummer outside the Brazilian embassy in London
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Samba drummer outside the Brazilian embassy in London

The next stage of voting on Brazil’s new Forest Code – which could have devastating impacts on the Amazon - has been once again postponed before going to President Dilma Rousseff.

Adios, McKinsey: Papua New Guinea gives consultants the heave-ho

Posted by jamie - 14 December 2011 at 2:58pm - Comments
Child in Papua New Guinea protesting about land grabbing
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Local people, not global consultants, should have a say in how their forests are protected

It seems the bad influence of McKinsey has diminished somewhat recently. The consultancy firm has been kicked out of Papua New Guinea (PNG), where it had been advising the government on how best to protect its rainforests and reduce emissions from deforestation. It seems the new (if controversial) administration has decided to cease doing business with McKinsey.

Save the Amazon, veto the new Forest Code

Posted by Laura Kenyon - 7 December 2011 at 2:49pm - Comments

We are edging closer to an "ecological calamity" in the Amazon rainforest and a vote in the Brazilian senate has pushed us closer to the brink.

Yesterday, it voted to approve destructive changes to the laws governing forest protection – called the Forest Code - that would open up the Amazon rainforest to rampant destruction. But it is not too late.

Bad advice at climate talks could increase deforestation and emissions

Posted by Sebastian Bock - 2 December 2011 at 11:08am - Comments

The big question that currently hangs over climate talks in Durban is whether or not the politicians will agree to sign a legally binding treaty by 2015 with mandatory emissions cuts. But the devil will be in the details, and management consultants pushing bad advice could have a big impact on our climate and rainforests.

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