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/ EoF Press Release

APRIL’s trick to steal natural forest in A HCV Forest until 2019 through Sustainable Forest Management Policy

Tenurial rights, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, What companies can do, APRIL, commitment, corporate, corruption, deforestation, EoF, forest fires, HCV, HCVF, Hutan Riau, illegal logging, Jikalahari, pulau padang, RAPP, RGE, Riau, SFMP, social conflict, teluk meranti, walhi, WALHI Riau

Jikalahari and Walhi (Friends of the Earth) Riau suspect the launch of Sustainable Forest Management Policy by APRIL today (Tuesday, 28 January 2014) in Jakarta, as a trick to destroy the remaining natural forest embedded with their illegal and problematic permits in Riau province.

/ EoF News

Jikalahari denounces district head for preference on village forest

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, APRIL, corporate crimes, corrupt, forest crime, forestry corruptors, Gemilang Citra Nusantara, greenwash, Jikalahari, Kampar Peninsula, Muhammad Harris, pulau muda, RAPP, teluk meranti

Non governmental organizations and civil society group network to rescue natural forest in Riau, Jikalahari, denounced Pelalawan District Head for ignoring community’s proposal to manage communal forest in Kampar Peninsula and critized his favoritism to pulp giant’s “greenwashing” project.

/ EoF Press Release

Jikalahari, Greenpeace send open letter to APRIL

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, Palm oil, APRIL, deforestation, greenpeace, HCV, Jikalahari, Kampar Peninsula, NGOs, peat swamp, peatland, pulp and paper industry, Sumatran tiger, teluk meranti

International consultants Tropenbos will facilitate a public consultation for a High Conservation Value (HCV) assessment for the APRIL pulp and paper operations in the Kampar Peninsula, Riau, Sumatra. This follows a similar consultation in Riau in February that was not attended by Riau based NGOs. For the same - and following - reasons, Greenpeace will not participate in this public consultation.

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