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APRIL banned from using FSC trademark to market paper products

Greenpeace, WWF and the Rainforest Action Network welcome the termination of ties between the Forest Stewardship Council and APRIL, which they say acknowledge their complaint on the paper and pulp company’s alleged deforestation practices

APRIL banned from using FSC trademark to market paper products
Eco-Business.com
Friday, August 16, 2013

NGOs accuse pulp and paper giant of blocking deforestation probe

Aditya Bayunanda of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia said that by quitting the FSC, APRIL was avoiding independent scrutiny of its operations as presented in the NGOs' formal complaint to the FSC.

NGOs accuse pulp and paper giant of blocking deforestation probe
The Jakarta Post
Thursday, July 4, 2013

NGOs welcome the Forest Stewardship Council decision to cut ties with companies linked to Indonesia pulp giant APRIL.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Jakarta - A recent statement issued by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) confirms that Asia Pacific Resources International (APRIL) is officially banned from using the FSC trademark to market its pulp and paper products.(1) APRIL, part of the Royal Golden Eagle group (RGE), is owned by Mr Sukanto Tanoto, whose assets are estimated to be worth around US$12 billion.(2)

'Corporate Colonialism' Runs Wild as 'Growth' Bulldozes Forests

As environmental group Rainforest Action Network (RAN), which has campaigned extensively on stopping the ecologically damaging palm oil expansions, has noted, the company has "recently announced its plan to expand their Indonesian palm oil plantations." This is pushing the Sumatran orangutan close to extinction as well as contributing to massive carbon dioxide-emitting slash-and-burn practices.

'Corporate Colonialism' Runs Wild as 'Growth' Bulldozes Forests
Common Dreams
Sunday, May 26, 2013

Stunning reversal? Why 'big paper' just went green in Indonesia.

"I think this will stand as one of the biggest market-based campaign successes that we've seen in a long time," says Laurel Sutherlin of the Rainforest Action Network, which, along with Greenpeace and other environmental groups, sp

Stunning reversal? Why 'big paper' just went green in Indonesia.
the Christian Science Monitor
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Paper Producer to Stop Clearing of Indonesian Forests

For years, groups like Greenpeace and the Rainforest Action Network have focused on A.P.P. with campaigns that accuse the company of fueling climate change and pushing rare Sumatran tigers, orangutans and elephants toward extinction by clearing the forests where they live.

Paper Producer to Stop Clearing of Indonesian Forests
The New York Times
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

The beginning of the end of deforestation in Indonesia?

 

However Greenpeace is not APP's only adversary among environmental groups, which are sure to also closely scrutinize the deal. NGOs ranging from local groups like WAHLI and Greenomics to medium-sized international outfits like the Rainforest Action Network to multinational behemoths like the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have actively campaigned to reform APP for the greater part of a decade.

The beginning of the end of deforestation in Indonesia?
MongaBay.com
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
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