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Where is the forest protection in Asia Pulp and Papers ‘new’ forest protection policy?
This morning in Jakarta APP invited journalists to the launch of what it’s PR people grandly referred to as the ‘biggest announcement yet’ which would ‘reveal APP’s greatest commitment to natural forest protection as part of its sustainability program’. Blogpost by Bustar Maitar, Forest Campaigner, Greenpeace SEA Greenpeace was deliberately stopped from entering the press…
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A jungle story
Susie Lovato is one of thirteen who successfully completed our Sumatran Jungle Challenge in October 2011. We chatted to Susie about her inspiration and experience of taking up the challenge. “I’ve been a Greenpeace supporter since 2006. Even though I started small, signing petitions and reading the latest Greenpeace articles, when I found out about…
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Undercover investigation exposes Asia Pulp & Paper’s illegal rainforest scandal
Press release – 1 March, 2012Xerox, National Geographic, Collins Debden Australia and many more implicatedSydney/Jakarta, 2 March 2012 : 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).…
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Logs don’t lie: foreign corporations are pillaging Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is currently experiencing what may be the most brazenly illegal land grab since its colonial days. Foreign corporations—specifically, logging companies—are allegedly falsifying signatures, paying off police, and lying to the government about their intentions to cut down every tree in the country. Originally posted on Act Now! Blogpost by Hannah Brooks, VICE…
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Launching Changing Climates: a Greenpeace photo exhibition
We couldn’t have picked a better summers evening to launch our Changing Climates photo exhibition. The backdrop was Sydney’s beautiful Botanical Gardens and by sunset the food and wine were flowing. The speakers were Julian Burnside AO QC and our very own climate campaigner John Hepburn. Never mind the race that stopped the nation, this…
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Asia Pulp and Paper’s sinking reputation forces more companies to jump ship – including Hasbro
There’s further bad news for Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) as yet more companies around the world ditch their contracts with the unscrupulous forest-trashing company. Hot on the heels of Mattel and Lego, today Hasbro announced a new paper-buying policy. Blogpost by Jamie Woolley, Greenpeace UK Hasbro’s new policy says it will avoid controversial…
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Another campaigner kicked out of Indonesia for fighting APP’s deforestation
Until last Wednesday, I was in Indonesia. I’d travelled there to work with colleagues in Jakarta and Sumatra on our continuing campaign to end the devastation of the country’s magnificent rainforests. But after an extremely intense few days, I left the country prematurely on Wednesday evening. I had been due to stay longer and had…
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Matilda May Pilacapio: a true inspiration
Here in the Greenpeace Port Morseby compound, amongst the mango trees, is one of the more seasoned and inspiring activists I’ve ever met. Matilda May Pilacapio. Matilda has been an activist and campaigner for over 30 years. She was duly elected the first female provincial member of assembly for the southern region of PNG.…
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PNG’s land grab loophole is stealing customary land
Blogpost by Sam Moko, Forest Campaigner in PNG The new PNG Prime Minister is visiting Australia today. He will be talking about various diplomatic issues but there is one topic he will probably try and avoid – an issue that is right now a huge concern for his people. Over the weekend, we received reports…
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Bad time down under for APP gets worse
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Steve Nicholson, the corporate affairs director for Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) in Australia and New Zealand. Fresh from a PR crisis in Australia – caused when his staff were found out for anonymously posting offensive comments online about a Greenpeace staff member and APP’s former largest…