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/ EoF Press Release

Doubts on APRIL’s sustainability commitment escalate as high conservation value forest cleared

Sumatra, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, What companies can do, APRIL, child, corporate, EoF, EoF Report, HCVF, HTI, illegal palm oil, IUCN, Jikalahari, Kampar, KPK, labor, ramin, RGE, Riau, Triomas, walhi

Eyes on the Forest coalition publishes latest investigative report as a consistency in monitoring deforestation in Sumatra, Riau in particular, as this edition highlights natural forest clearing in high conservation value forest (HCVF) by PT Triomas Forestry Development Indonesia, a supplier to Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL).

/ EoF Press Release

WWF: "Strict sanction for company involved in illegal clearing of ramin trees"

Kalimantan, Sumatra, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, APP, deforestasi, deforestation, EoF, greenomics, greenpeace, IUCN, KSP, Ministry of Forestry, pulp, pulp and paper industry, ramin, RHM, violation, WWF

WWF Indonesia urges Ministry of Forestry to follow up on a report published by Greenomics Indonesia yesterday ( Dec 10) and take proper and strict actions for companies involved in felling and supplying ramin trees.

/ EoF News

Ministry: Two APP subsidiaries involved in clearing, supplying Ramin

Kalimantan, Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, APP, clearing, deforestation, greenomics, illegal logging, Kalimantan Subur Permai, Ministry of Forestry, ramin, Rimba Hutani Mas, sinar mas group

Latest report published by Greenomics Indonesia, an NGO, disclosed Tuesday that two suppliers of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) in South Sumatra and West Kalimantan provinces had found clearing and supplying protected Ramin logs.

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APRIL concessions protested by communities, one dies at APP site

Sumatra, Tenurial rights, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, APP, APRIL, Asia Pulp & Paper, deforestation, Jikalahari, padang island, pulpwood plantation, ramin, rupat, Senepis, Serikat Tani Nasional, Suntara Gaja Pati, Supratmin, timber supplier, walhi

Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) timber suppliers are protested by communities in several pulpwood concessions in Riau Province, Sumatra, early this month, over long-standing conflicts between villagers and companies.

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