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Monitoring group questions APP, APRIL timber certificates

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, APP, APRIL, Arara Abadi, Asia Pulp & Paper, certification, corruption, JPIK, KPK, monitoring, PHPL, pulp companies, Rusli Zainal, SVLK, timber legality, TLAS

An independent monitoring on legal wood certification in Riau province urged the government and certification agencies to be responsible for passing Timber Legality of Assurance System (TLAS) certificates to forest management units as some of timber companies targeted by anti-corruption commission for further probe on graft scandals.

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WWF: APP certifiers distance themselves from sustainability claims

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, APP, Asia Pulp & Paper, certification, clearing, critically endangered, deforestation, Eyes on the Forest, peatland, pulp mill, Sumatran elephant, timber legality, timber supplier, tropical forest, WWF Indonesia

Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) claims of independent sustainability certification for its operations aren’t supported by the certification schemes and assessors it has nominated, a WWF survey has found.

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