APRIL and other Royal Golden Eagle group pulp companies “are greatest threat to Indonesia’s rainforests” says Greenpeace
Jakarta,
28 Jan 2015: One year on from its announcement of a new forest protection
policy, Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) now presents the
greatest single threat facing Indonesia's forests.[1] Over the last year, the
company has pulped tens of thousands of hectares of rainforest.
APRIL’s
policy sees forest clearance to feed its mills continuing up to 2020 and makes
no commitment to end peatland development. By contrast, its largest competitor,
Asia Pulp & Paper, stopped clearing forests two years ago, and fellow Royal
Golden Eagle group company, palm oil giant Asian Agri, committed to full forest
and peatland protection last September.
