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25 May 2009 / EoF News

Sign petition to stop Bukit Tigapuluh forest clearing

PEKANBARU (EoF News)—Australian Orangutan Project published an online petition recently targeted to Asia Pulp & Paper (APP)/ Sinar Mas Group in an attempt to urge the...

18 May 2009 / EoF Press Release

Massive logging operation to destroy great apes forest home

A massive logging operation planned by one of the world’s largest paper companies will destroy the forest home of 100 great apes that are part of the only successful...

05 May 2009 / EoF News

Coconut trees killed off by beetle, villagers blamed APP company

PEKANBARU (EoF News)-- Villagers in Kerumutan forest block, Riau province, accused acacia plantation development conducted by an Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) associated...

30 Apr 2009 / EoF News

NGOs, community protest new logging approval issued by Minister

PEKANBARU (EoF News)—New approval to natural forest clearing issued by the Minister of Forestry recently sparked criticism and protest by environmental as well as local...

13 Apr 2009 / EoF News

Sumatran orang-utan haven

The West Australian /thewest.com.au, 11 April 2009 -- A protected Sumatran forest which is home to a Perth-raised orang-utan released into the wild in a worldwide first...

06 Apr 2009 / EoF News

Villagers blame APP for human-tiger conflict

PEKANBARU (EoF News)-- Villagers in human-tiger conflict area complained that timber companies drive threat of human-tiger conflict to residents following several...

18 Mar 2009 / EoF Press Release

Forest clearing by paper giant APP/Sinar Mas linked to 12 years of Sumatran Tiger, human fatalities

Most violent incidents between people and tigers in Sumatra’s Riau Province in the past 12 years have occurred near forested areas being cleared by paper giant Asia...

18 Mar 2009 / EoF Press Release

Konflik antara manusia dan harimau di Riau terkait dengan 12 tahun operasi penebangan hutan oleh APP/Sinar Mas

Kebanyakan insiden konflik antara manusia dan harimau di Provinsi Riau dalam kurun 12 tahun terakhir telah terjadi di dekat kawasan hutan yang ditebangi oleh...

17 Mar 2009 / EoF Press Release

Greenpeace warns against inadequate disclosure for listed forestry companies

Hong Kong，18th February, 2009-- A new report by Greenpeace China exposes the loopholes in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s rules on environmental disclosure for listed...

03 Mar 2009 / EoF News

Minister urges police to nab wildlife poachers, traders

PEKANBARU (EoF News)— Minister of Forestry denounced the killings of four Sumatran tigers in Kerumutan forest landscape of Riau province and urged the police to probe...