1. Greenpeace/APP
Undercover investigation exposes Asia Pulp & Paper's illegal rainforest scandal -
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A year long Greenpeace investigation into the world's third largest pulp and paper
producer, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), has found that the company is systematically
violating Indonesia's laws protecting ramin, an internationally protected tree species ( 1)
Throughout 2011, many visits were made to APP's Indah Kiat Perawang mill, Indonesia's
largest pulp mill, where numerous ramin logs were identified, mixed in with other
rainforest species waiting to be pulped. Samples were taken from 46 of these logs and
were confirmed to be ramin by internationally recognised Institute of Wood Technology
and Wood Biology, vTI, University of Hamburg, Germany .
"Greenpeace has caught Asia Pulp and Paper red-handed - this investigation shows its
main pulp mill is regularly riddled with illegal ramin. This makes a mockery of their public
claim to have a 'zero tolerance' for illegal timber," said Bustar Maitar, Head of the Forests
Campaign for Greenpeace Indonesia.
For the full press release please visit:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/press/releases/Undercover-investigation-
exposes-Asia-Pulp--Papers-illegal-rainforest-scandal-/
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