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Greenpeace halts rainforest destruction in Kampar again by pulp and paper giant APRIL
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Category: Biomass
2010-07-26 00:06:27
Greenpeace activists blocked a barge carrying thousands of cubic metres of timber from the rainforests of the Kampar Peninsula in Sumatra today. The activists unfurled a banner reading ‘APRIL stop trashing our future' and urged pulp and paper company APRIL and the Indonesian government to stop forest destruction. Around 25 activists stopped the loading of a barge carrying logs from Kampar's carbon rich peatland forests destined for APRIL' s pulp mill in Pangkalan Kerinci. This is the second time Greenpeace activists have taken action to stop APRIL destroying the natural forest of Kampar. After a Greenpeace action in October 2009, the Minister for Forests ordered the temporary suspension of APRIL operations. The order was delivered in front of the Teluk Meranti community, and the Minister also promised to resolve this matter within two weeks by forming an independent team to conduct a review of the permit. "However in March this year, the Ministry of Forestry issued Rencana Kerja Tahunan (RKT - Cutting Permits) to convert 22 thousand hectares in Kampar Peninsula without conducting the promised legal and legislative review of APRIL's existing permits. The Minister also broke his promise to resolve conflicts between the company and the community," said Zulfahmi,Greenpeace Southeast Asia Forest Campaigner.
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Section: News
Category: Biomass
2010-07-26 00:06:27
Greenpeace activists blocked a barge carrying thousands of cubic metres of timber from the rainforests of the Kampar Peninsula in Sumatra today. The activists unfurled a banner reading ‘APRIL stop trashing our future' and urged pulp and paper company APRIL and the Indonesian government to stop forest destruction. Around 25 activists stopped the loading of a barge carrying logs from Kampar's carbon rich peatland forests destined for APRIL' s pulp mill in Pangkalan Kerinci. This is the second time Greenpeace activists have taken action to stop APRIL destroying the natural forest of Kampar. After a Greenpeace action in October 2009, the Minister for Forests ordered the temporary suspension of APRIL operations. The order was delivered in front of the Teluk Meranti community, and the Minister also promised to resolve this matter within two weeks by forming an independent team to conduct a review of the permit. "However in March this year, the Ministry of Forestry issued Rencana Kerja Tahunan (RKT - Cutting Permits) to convert 22 thousand hectares in Kampar Peninsula without conducting the promised legal and legislative review of APRIL's existing permits. The Minister also broke his promise to resolve conflicts between the company and the community," said Zulfahmi,Greenpeace Southeast Asia Forest Campaigner.
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New report links Sinar Mas Group, major brands to rainforest destruction
Section: News
Category: Emissions
2010-07-12 15:13:23
A new Greenpeace report shows how global brands are fueling climate change and pushing Sumatran tigers and orangutans towards the brink of extinction by using paper made from Indonesian rainforest destruction. The report, How Sinar Mas is Pulping the Planet, traces the connection from Asia Pulp and Paper (APP)(2), the paper subsidiary of the notorious Sinar Mas group, to major international brands. Rolf Skar, Greenpeace senior forest campaigner, said "Our new investigation shows Sinar Mas is selling paper products from rainforest and peatland destruction to major brands all over the world." The Greenpeace documents how Sinar Mas is wreaking havoc in two important rainforest areas on the Indonesian island of Sumatra: the Bukit Tigapuluh Forest Landscape and the Kerumantan peat forest. Bukit Tigapuluh is one of the last refuges for critically endangered Sumatran tigers and orangutans. Kerumutan's carbon rich peatlands are a key defense against climate change; some Kerumutan peat is deeper than three meters and illegal to clear under Indonesian law. Despite this, APP uses the logs from these rainforest areas to feed its Sumatran based pulp mills, which export pulp and paper products worldwide.
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Category: Emissions
2010-07-12 15:13:23
A new Greenpeace report shows how global brands are fueling climate change and pushing Sumatran tigers and orangutans towards the brink of extinction by using paper made from Indonesian rainforest destruction. The report, How Sinar Mas is Pulping the Planet, traces the connection from Asia Pulp and Paper (APP)(2), the paper subsidiary of the notorious Sinar Mas group, to major international brands. Rolf Skar, Greenpeace senior forest campaigner, said "Our new investigation shows Sinar Mas is selling paper products from rainforest and peatland destruction to major brands all over the world." The Greenpeace documents how Sinar Mas is wreaking havoc in two important rainforest areas on the Indonesian island of Sumatra: the Bukit Tigapuluh Forest Landscape and the Kerumantan peat forest. Bukit Tigapuluh is one of the last refuges for critically endangered Sumatran tigers and orangutans. Kerumutan's carbon rich peatlands are a key defense against climate change; some Kerumutan peat is deeper than three meters and illegal to clear under Indonesian law. Despite this, APP uses the logs from these rainforest areas to feed its Sumatran based pulp mills, which export pulp and paper products worldwide.
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Broken biofuel policies still driving rainforest destruction
Section: News
Category: Biomass
2010-06-16 03:29:56
New sustainability guidelines for biofuels in Europe do not go far enough to prevent a dramatic increase in deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. The guidelines and an associated certification scheme only address part of the picture, with indirect land-use change impacts of biofuel production still not properly addressed. The revised guidelines, being published this morning by the European Commission, are problematic because:
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Category: Biomass
2010-06-16 03:29:56
New sustainability guidelines for biofuels in Europe do not go far enough to prevent a dramatic increase in deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. The guidelines and an associated certification scheme only address part of the picture, with indirect land-use change impacts of biofuel production still not properly addressed. The revised guidelines, being published this morning by the European Commission, are problematic because:* A loophole allowing conversion of rainforest to palm oil plantations has been closed, which is a great achievement. However, the guidelines are still too weak to prevent conversion of some non-pristine forests.
* Emissions from some process plants will remain exempted from the carbon footprint assessment of biofuel until 2013.
* It is uncertain how proposed safeguards for peatland will work and be monitored, despite their critical importance.
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Greenpeace applauds Indonesia for forest protection announcement
Section: News
Category: Emissions
2010-06-01 05:36:36
Greenpeace today applauded the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) for committing to a moratorium on forest and peatland clearance. The commitment came in advance of the governments of Indonesia and Norway signing a $1 billion deal in Oslo to develop capacity to implement strategies to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). "Greenpeace welcomes President Yudhyono's announcement of a moratorium on deforestation and peatland clearance on the eve of this historic deal. We expect that, on his return to Jakarta, he will immediately impose a presidential decree to stop all conversion of peatlands and forests, which would include both existing and new concession permits," said Bustar Maitar, Greenpeace South East Asia Forest Team Leader. President Yudhoyono committed to the moratorium at a joint press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg a day before the Norwegian Forest and Climate Conference in Oslo begins. The financial commitment by Norway has increased expectations on President Obama to make a similar pledge when he visits Indonesia on June 14th of this year.
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Section: News
Category: Emissions
2010-06-01 05:36:36
Greenpeace today applauded the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) for committing to a moratorium on forest and peatland clearance. The commitment came in advance of the governments of Indonesia and Norway signing a $1 billion deal in Oslo to develop capacity to implement strategies to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). "Greenpeace welcomes President Yudhyono's announcement of a moratorium on deforestation and peatland clearance on the eve of this historic deal. We expect that, on his return to Jakarta, he will immediately impose a presidential decree to stop all conversion of peatlands and forests, which would include both existing and new concession permits," said Bustar Maitar, Greenpeace South East Asia Forest Team Leader. President Yudhoyono committed to the moratorium at a joint press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg a day before the Norwegian Forest and Climate Conference in Oslo begins. The financial commitment by Norway has increased expectations on President Obama to make a similar pledge when he visits Indonesia on June 14th of this year.
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British climate change Greg Barker encouraged by Oslo deforestation talks
Section: News
Category: Emissions
2010-05-30 23:10:27
UK Climate Change Minister Greg Barker, attending the Oslo Climate and Forest conference, heralded the establishment of the Interim REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) Partnership Agreement as a real demonstration of commitment towards agreeing an ambitious climate change deal. Speaking at the conference, Greg Barker said: "I'm encouraged by the commitment shown here in Oslo today from both developed and developing countries. "The interim REDD+ Partnership Agreement puts the world on course to delivering scaled up early action to tackle deforestation and represents a real breakthrough in making progress on keeping global temperatures below 2C. The onus is now on all of us to support real action on the ground in rainforest nations to stop vast acres of forests disappearing. This means that finance must also be scaled up in the long term and that this can only be achieved in partnership with the private sector."
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Category: Emissions
2010-05-30 23:10:27
UK Climate Change Minister Greg Barker, attending the Oslo Climate and Forest conference, heralded the establishment of the Interim REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) Partnership Agreement as a real demonstration of commitment towards agreeing an ambitious climate change deal. Speaking at the conference, Greg Barker said: "I'm encouraged by the commitment shown here in Oslo today from both developed and developing countries. "The interim REDD+ Partnership Agreement puts the world on course to delivering scaled up early action to tackle deforestation and represents a real breakthrough in making progress on keeping global temperatures below 2C. The onus is now on all of us to support real action on the ground in rainforest nations to stop vast acres of forests disappearing. This means that finance must also be scaled up in the long term and that this can only be achieved in partnership with the private sector."
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