The pulp and paper industry, led by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) and APRIL, is perhaps the leading threat to the remaining large forests in Sumatra and some of Indonesia’s largest intact peatlands. Pulp from cleared rainforests is made into cheap copy paper, books, tissue and toilet paper and luxury shopping bags that are then sold to consumers in the United States, Europe and Asia.
RAN’s Rainforest-Free Paper Campaign is pushing corporations and the Indonesian government to declare a moratorium on converting forests and peatlands to paper plantations. Working with partners in the U.S., Indonesia and around the world, our campaign is creating the market leverage necessary to improve corporate practices and transform global supply chains.
RAN’s Rainforest-Free Paper Campaign is pushing corporations and the Indonesian government to declare a moratorium on converting forests and peatlands to paper plantations. Working with partners in the U.S., Indonesia and around the world, our campaign is creating the market leverage necessary to improve corporate practices and transform global supply chains.
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Indonesian communities and groups are taking action to stop rainforest destruction and reform the pulp and paper industry.
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This October marks the sixth anniversary of the opening of Rainforest Action Network’s Japan office, spearheaded by our Tokyo-based, activist-ambassador Toyo Kawakami.
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Demand that Asia Pulp and Paper and APRIL stop destroying Indonesia's precious rainforests, abusing forest peoples' rights and fueling climate change.
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Read about the community of Desum Gembira’s struggle to protect their land from Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). APP is rapidly clear cutting and draining huge areas of Indonesia's diverse rainforests and peatlands and violating community rights and impacting livelihoods across the archipelago.
RAN’s Rainforest-Safe Kids’ Books buying guide ranks eleven of the nation’s largest children book publishers for their commitments to protect Indonesia's rainforests and the environment. Disney is ranked Avoid for failing to keep rainforest destruction out of its books.
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.
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