Posted by jamie — 14 July 2011 at 4:59pm
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Oh, this is marvellous. A new
commercial for Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has surfaced which, like their
previous efforts, is a lesson in how to make a bad company seem downright
satanic. Hats off then to Allyn Media for a beautifully shot, if completely
fabricated, video.
Posted by jamie — 7 June 2011 at 5:22pm
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Heard the news? Ken has dumped
Barbie! It's true, and not because the plastic princess has been spotted in the
company of certain premier league footballers. No, it's much more serious than
that. Get this: Barbie is destroying Indonesia's forests for those
pretty pink boxes she likes to wrap herself in.
Posted by jamie — 23 November 2010 at 11:36am
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Plantations, like this eucalyptus one in Sumatra, are gradually replacing Indonesia's rainforests (c) Beltra/Greenpeace
Laura Kenyon from our Making Waves blog explains how money intended to protect forests could actually encourage deforestation.
Norway and Indonesia are about to make history. A US$1bn forest protection deal between these two countries could help set Indonesia on a low-carbon development pathway and become a positive model for the rest of the world. It could clearly demonstrate that lowering carbon emissions to address climate change does not mean sacrificing economic growth and prosperity. What's more, this prosperous low-carbon development does not need to come at the expense of Indonesia's natural forests and peatlands.
But this deal is at risk. Today we released a report - Protection Money - which outlines how the deal is in danger of being undermined, unless action is taken to protect it from notorious industrial forest destroyers in the palm oil, paper and pulp sectors. There is a potential that international money intended for the protection of Indonesia's forests and peatlands could end up being used to support their destruction.
Posted by jamie — 22 October 2010 at 10:39am
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Take a look at this audio slideshow produced by photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert and our very own Bex Sumner, both currently in Indonesia. It features our international exective director Kumi Naidoo and US forest campaigner Rolf Skar who've been witnessing the devastation in Sumatra for themselves, where plantations are replacing the rainforests at a rate of knots.
Orang-utans and tigers are being pushed towards extinction by pulp and paper giant APP, according to a new report released today by Greenpeace.
The report documents the areas on the Indonesian island of Sumatra where APP, part of the notorious Sinar Mas group, are destroying the rainforest.
Among the areas is the Bukit Tigapuluh Forest Landscape, which is one of the last remaining rainforest homes of the critically endangered Sumatran tiger and home to the only successful re-introduction program for the Sumatran orangutan.
