The world is edging closer to an ecological calamity in the Amazon.
Threats to the rainforest include logging, cattle ranching, soya
plantations and of course climate change.
More than two weeks ago, Greenpeace campaigners submitted video evidence documenting illegal ramin logs at APP's Indah Kiat mill to the Indonesian authorities - both the Ministry of Forestry and the national police. Today, the Ministry of Forestry notified us that it intends to visit the mill. Meanwhile, ongoing monitoring indicates that the company has been engaged in a rapid clean-up operation, removing ramin from its log yards.
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.
Posted by Bustar Maitar -
29 February 2012 at 7:23pm -
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“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
