Forests

RAN's Work on Forests

Indonesia, Climate Change and Rainforests Forests and the climate are inextricably linked. Indonesia is ground zero for forest and climate destruction.

Rainforest Safe Summer Reading List Just in time for summer reading, we have released a list of 25 children’s books that are “rainforest-safe.” All books are printed on post-consumer recycled, FSC certified or recycled paper.

Cargill and General Mills: Destroying Indonesia's Rainforest for Palm Oil Cargill's palm oil is in many food products found in our convenience stores, supermarkets, and homes. At least one hundred General Mills products, including such trusted brands as Toaster Strudel, Betty Crocker, Stovetop Hamburger Helper and Bisquick contain palm oil and its derivatives.

Market Leaders Join RAN to Make Responsible Palm Oil Real Since August 2008, RAN has been in contact with hundreds of companies that use palm oil and/or palm oil derivatives in their products to express our concerns about the problems with palm oil and to encourage companies to make commitments to source or supply only socially and environmentally responsible palm oil.

The Problem with Palm Oil Approximately 85 percent of palm oil is grown in the tropical countries of Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) on industrial plantations that have severe impacts on the environment, forest peoples and the climate.

Cargill's Problems With Palm Oil Operations at Cargill plantations are actively burning and clearing rainforests, causing conflict with local communities, destroying peatlands and operating in violation of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’s (RSPO) Principles and Criteria and outside of Indonesian law.

Don’t Bag Indonesia’s Rainforests Major fashion brands have started protecting Indonesia’s rainforests.

APP and APRIL: Indonesia’s Leaders in Climate and Rainforest Destruction Indonesia’s rainforests are quickly disappearing as unscrupulous companies cut down forests to produce cheap paper and other commodities such as palm oil for global markets.

Do No More Harm! Indonesian communities and groups are taking action to stop rainforest destruction and reform the pulp and paper industry.

Learn More

• Turning the Page on Rainforest Destruction: Children's books and the future of Indonesia's rainforests
  From stopping littering to addressing climate change, stories found in children’s books often help instill the first concepts of environmental stewardship. Ironically, a growing number of these books are made from paper linked to the destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests.
• Canada's Tar Sands: The Most Destructive Project on Earth
  A flyer with background information on tar sands development in Canada.
• Agribusiness in the Rainforest
  case studies on agribusiness's impact on rainforest communities
• White paper: Agrofuels are not low carbon
  Rainforest Action Network's analysis of industrial biofuels.
• Alternatives to Logging Old Growth
  Learn about paper and building material alternatives that can help stop old growth logging.
• Guide to Endangered Trees
  Selected endangered, threatened and vulnerable tree species traded internationally.
• Open Letter to Customers of and Investors in the Indonesian Pulp and Paper Sector
  An open letter from Indonesian NGOs to Pulp and Paper producers.