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    WWF Collections of documents on Asia Pulp and Paper


    1. Key Documents by WWF and Partners. (for more info, click: http://www.eyesontheforest.or.id)

    • WWF Indonesia (18 August 2010) News: No Place to Hide for Sinar Mas APP: its devastation of the country’s natural forest is clear and present and for everybody to see.
    • Eyes on the Forest (8 July 2010) Press Release: Business as Usual in Riau, Sumatra:
      Pulp Industry Undermines Indonesian President’s Historic Commitment to Dramatic GHG Emissions Reductions. 
    • Eyes on the Forest (8 July 2010) Investigative Report: Business as Usual in Riau, Sumatra: Pulp Industry Continues Clearance of Natural Forest.
    • Eyes on the Forest Photo Gallery of Evidences (July 2010):
      APP (1)
      APP (2)
      APRIL (1)
      APRIL (2)
    • Eyes on the Forest (29 April 2010) Investigative Report December 2009. Two Asia Pulp & Paper / Sinar Mas Group associated companies continue clearcutting of deep peatland forest of Kerumutan in Riau Province, Sumatra, threatening peatland forest ecosystems, Sumatra tiger and global climate.   
    • Eyes on the Forest (10 March 2010) EoF Photos – APP group continues large scale clearance of forest. 
    • KKI Warsi, FZS Indonesia Program, PKHS, Jikalahari, Walhi Riau, Walhi Jambi and WWF Riau (19 November 2009) Joint Press Release Indonesian NGOs: Even with LEI certification, APP paper products are unsustainable. 
    • Eyes on the Forest (July 27, 2009) Press Release - Fires in APP/Sinar Mas Concessions Add to Region's Haze Woes, Threaten New UN Biosphere Reserve. 
    • Frankfurt Zoological Society, KKI Warsi, Zoological Society London, WWF & PKHS (19 May 2010) Press Release - Asia Pulp & Paper/Sinar Mas Group Set to Destroy Orangutan Reintroduction Site, Critical Tiger Forest. 
    • Frankfurt Zoological Society, KKI Warsi, Zoological Society London, WWF & PKHS (11 May 2009) Open letter to the Minister of Forestry regarding Cancellation of IUPHH-HTI at Bukit Tigapuluh Ecosystem. 
    • Eyes on the Forest (15 September 2009) Press Release - Forest Clearing by Paper Giant APP/Sinar Mas Linked to 12 Years of Sumatran Tiger, Human Fatalities.
    • Eyes on the Forest (20 October 2008) Joint Press Release - APP & Associated Companies Threaten Historic Pact to Save Sumatra's Ecosystem and Tiger. 
    • Eyes on the Forest (20 October 2008) Investigation report - APP & Associated Companies Threated Historic Pact to Save Sumatra's Ecosystem and Tigers (1,9MB).
    • Eyes on the Forest (26 March 2008) Press release - APP: Cease the Destruction of One of the World's Largest Tropical Peatland Forests, Kampar Peninsula in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia. 
    • Eyes on the Forest (26 March 2008) Investigation report - to APP: Cease the Destruction of One of the World's Largest Tropical Peatland Forests, Kampar Peninsular in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia. 
    • KKI Warsi, Frankfurt Zoological Society, Zoological Society of London, PKHS & WWF Indonesia ( 8 January 2008) Joint Press Release: APP Forest Clearing Threatens Lives of Local Communities and Endangered Species | English Version | Bahasa Version |
    • KKI Warsi, Frankfurt Zoological Society, Zoological Society of London, PKHS & WWF Indonesia (8 January 2008) Joint Report: Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) Threatens Bukit Tigapuluh Landscape - Download (pdf) | English version (2.53 MB) | Bahasa version (1.8 MB) |
    • WWF Indonesia (January 2008) Monitoring on Illegal Logging operation in Jambi, Sumatera Illegal timber delivery from Bukit Tigapuluh Forest Landscape to PT Lontar Papyrus Pulp & Paper pulp mill (Asia Pulp and Paper /APP) group
    • WWF Indonesia (2008) Deforestation, Forest Degradation, Biodiversity Loss and CO2 Emissions in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia.
    • Eyes on the Forest (30 January 2007) PR: Riau NGO coalition calls Government to stop selling largest remaining natural forest block in Sumatra’s Riau and Jambi: 130,000 ha of Sumatran tiger and elephant forests under siege.
    • WWF (20 October 2006) press release : APP Hides Destruction Behind False Advertisements. 
    • WWF (October 2006) Monitoring Brief : Asia Pulp & Paper (APP)
      • Hiding Destruction behind False Advertisements: APP continues to ignore calls for conservation beyond “legal compliance”,and even fails on the latter. |English version| |Bahasa Indonesia| | Executive Summary|
    • WWF (11 July 2006) Press Release: APP Fails to Protect High Conservation Value Forests. 
    • WWF Indonesia (28 June 2006) The Eleventh Hour for Riau's Forests? Two pulp and paper companies will decide their fate.
    • WWF Indonesia (28 June 2006) WWF Monitoring Brief June 2006: Asia Pulp & Paper (APP). 
    • WWF Indonesia (28 June 2006) WWF Monitoring Brief June 2006: Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd (APRIL). 
    • WWF International (7 December 2004) Public Statement - APP announces new purchasing policy. 
    • WWF Indonesia (28 October 2004) Press Release - WWF Indonesia's Response to APP Announcement of 28 October 2004. 
    • WWF Indonesia (12 October 2004) Press Release - APP announcement on forest conservation: PR Gag or U-Turn? WWF Information Package on APP: 13 July 2004.
    • WWF Cover Letter (13 July 2004)
      • Analysis of APP Response to WWF Indonesia's Reports on the Company's Involvement in Illegal Logging. 
      • Statement Summarizing WWF Concerns over the Origin of Fiber for the Mills of the Asia Pulp and Paper Company in Sumatra, Indonesia.
      • Government Plans to Sue Asia Pulp and Paper Over Forest Fires. 
    • WWF Indonesia (16 June 2004) Monitoring of Illegal Logging Operations in Riau, Sumatra: Deliveries of Illegally Cut Wood from Proposed Tesso Nilo National Park to APP's Indah Kiat Pulp and Paper Mill in August 2003 and April 2004. 
    • WWF Indonesia (8 June 2004) Legality of Timber Consumed by Asia Pulp and Paper's Mills in Indonesia, January - October 2003. 
    • WWF US (20 February 2004) WWF Calls on U.S. Retailers to Demand Paper Giant APP Stop Unsustainable Logging.
    • WWF (20 February 2004) Time is running out for APP. 
    • WWF Indonesia (19 August 2003) Asia Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd. and its fiber suppliers, the Sinar Mas Group forestry companies Letter of Intent, Jakarta, Indonesia.
    • WWF Germany (2003) Elephant Forests on Sale. Rain forest loss in the Sumatran Tesso Nilo region and the role of European banks and markets.

     

    2. Documents by other organizations

    • Greenpeace (5 August 2010) APP Stop destroying Tiger Forest - Greenpeace.
    • Greenpeace (29 July 2010) Image Gallery - Fresh evidence of Sinar Mas destroying rainforest and peatlands.
    • Greenpeace (29 July 2010) How Sinar Mas is expanding its empires of destruction.
    • European NGOs (July 2010) Joint Open Letter - The purchase of paper and packaging products from Asia Pulp and Paper (APP).
    • Greenpeace (6 July 2010) Press Release - Global brands driving rainforest destruction
    • Greenpeace (6 July 2010) How Sinar Mas is Pulping the Planet
    • Rainforest Action Network (23 May 2010) Turning The Page on Rainforest Destruction.
    • Indonesian NGOs (10 March 2010) Press Release - Indonesian groups reject APP’s green claims at RISI Paper Conference NGOs take public stance on paper giant’s misleading marketing push and call for severing ties with company.
    • FERN (March 2010) EU Ecolabel allows forest destruction: The case of Pindo Deli.
    • The Paper Planet (16 February 2010) Eagle Ridge Paper: US and Canadian Conservationists Send a Message to the Marketplace.
    • Wetlands International (14 December 2009) “Only funding can end emissions from degraded peatswamps. The case of Merang in South Sumatra Province (Indonesia).” 
    • Rainforest Action Network (2 December 2009) Packaging Supplier to Fashion's Finest Reject Rainforest Destruction.
    • Rainforest Action Network (3 November 2009) Gucci Group Commits to Protecting Indonesia's Rainforests.
    • The Wilderness Society, Rainforest Action Network & Australian Orangutan Project (29 September 2009) Destruction of Orangutan Sanctuary Highlights Risks of REDD.
    • Reporters Without Borders (19 September 2009) The dangers for journalists who expose environmental issues.
    • World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (24 June 2009) Open letter to the Minister of Forestry and Asia Pulp & Paper regarding Bukit Tigapuluh.
    • IUCN Primate Specialist Group (16 June 2009) Open letter to the Minister of Forestry and Asia Pulp & Paper regarding Bukit Tigapuluh.
    • IUCN Species Survival Commission (3 July 2009) Open letter to Asia Pulp & Paper.
    • GRASP Australasia (10 June 2009) Open letter to Asia Pulp & Paper regarding Bukit Tigapuluh Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia.
    • Australian Orangutan Project, Australia Zoo, Auckland Zoo, Dreamworld, Zoos SA, Humane Society International (10 June 2009) Joint Open Letter to Asia Pulp & Paper.
    • Australian Orangutan Project (10 June 2009) Press Release – Orangutans Hang in the Balance. Australians fight against deforestation in Sumatra to save endangered Orangutan population. 
    • Global Petition (19 May 2009) Stop Logging Indonesian Rainforest and Endangered Orangutan Habitat.
    • Australian Orangutan Project, Australia Zoo, Auckland Zoo, Dreamworld, Zoos SA, Humane Society International (7 May 2009) Joint Open Letter: Further Rainforest Clearing by Asia Pulp and Paper Threatens Sumatra’s Endangered Species and Contributes to Climate Change.
    • Australian Orangutan Project (15 April 2009) PR: Orangutan lives hand in the balance as paper giant threatens to demolish forest area.
    • Perth Zoo (8 April 2009) Open letter to Asia Pulp & Paper.
    • Environmental Paper Network (24 March 2009) Report: Carbon Neutral Paper. Fact or Fiction? A report on the greenhouse gas emissions of paper products.
    • Australian Orangutan Project (7 March 2009) Open letter to Asia Pulp & Paper.
    • Greenpeace China (18 February 2009) PR: Greenpeace warns against inadequate disclosure for listed forestry companies.
    • Greenpeace China (February 2009) Report: In the Green or In the Red? Environmental Converns and Risks for Forestry Listings in Hong Kong.
    • Robin Wood (23 January 2009) PR: Luxury shopping destroys tropical forests. Clothing company Escada uses tropical forest shopping bags.
    • Amnesty International (23 December 2008) Indonesia: Investigate forcible destruction of homes by the police in Riau  　
    • World Rainforest Movement (December 2008) Plantations, poverty and power: Europe’s role in the expansion of the pulp industry in the South.
    • Environmental Paper Network (10 April 2008) Pulp and Paper in Indonesia: Assessing Risks and Opportunities | A Roundtable for Investors and Buyers. Event Summary, List of Participants, Official Roundtable Proceedings and Summary and Presentations.
    • Forest Stewardship Council International (16 November 2007) FSC disassociation from Asia Pulp and Paper (APP)
    • FSC Canada (November 2007) Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) - FSC Trademark Notice.
    • Rainforest Alliance SmartWood Program (October 2007) Public Statement: Termination of Contracts with APP in China.
    • CIFOR (2007) Report: Debt settlement of Indonesian forestry companies: assessing the role of banking and financial policies for promoting sustainable forest management in Indonesia.
    • Rainforest Alliance/SmartWood Program (January 2007) Public Statement: Termination of Contract to Verify High Conservation Value Forests (HCVF) for APP in Sumatra, Indonesia.
    • WWF, Walhi Riau, Greenpeace Southeast Asia, Jikalahari (7 August 2006) PR: NGOs’ joint statement on forest fires: “Stop converting peatlands”.
    • SmartWood (28 April 2006) Forest Management High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) Public Summary Verification Report of: Bukit Batu Forest Management Unit Sinar Mas Forestry/ Asia Pulp & Paper, Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia.
    • CIFOR (2006) Report:Financing pulp mills: An appraisal of risk assessment and safeguard procedures. CIFOR
    • CIFOR (2006) Report: Asia Pulp & Paper Indonesia: The business rationale that led to forest degradation and financial collapse. CIFOR.
    • Noor, R. & Syumanda, R. (2006) Social conflict and environmental disaster: A report on Asia Pulp and Paper's operations in Sumatra, Indonesia. CAPPA, World Rainforest Movement and Walhi.
    • World Rainforest Movement (December 2005) Report: The death of the forest: A report on Wuzhishan’s and Green Rich’s tree plantation activities in Cambodia.
    • Greenpeace China (12 August 2005) PR: APP vows not to break Chinese laws.
    • Greenpeace China (28 May 2005) PR: Uni students in China take action against forest destroying multinational. Day of action against Asia Pulp & Paper (APP).
    • Greenpeace China (25 May 2005) PR: Illegal logging continues in China and Asia Pulp and Paper is held responsible.
    • Greenpeace China (22 February 2005) PR: Victory or public environmental action as APP withdraws lawsuit.
    • Greenpeace China (17 January 2005) PR: Greenpeace refutes APP. Environmental groups echoing to protect Yunnan forest heritage.
    • Global Witness (31 December 2004) PR: Preparing to Pulp the Pulp Merchants? Cambodian Government announces legal action against predatory paper giant.
    • Global Witness (22 December 2004) PR: Open letter to the Minister of Environment: Ministry of Environment and Asia Pulp and Paper/Green Elite Company.
    • Greenpeace China (16 December 2004) PR: Greenpeace exposes new evidence of APP’s illegal logging in Yunnan.
    • Greenpeace China (3 December 2004) PR: Letter of support from Greenpeace to Zhejiang Hotels Association.
    • Greenpeace China/Global Witness/Forest Ethics/RobinWood/Walhi/FoE Finland (30 November 2004) Position paper: Does APP have any right to sue the Zhejiang Province Hotel Industry Association in China for boycotting APP’s products?
    • Greenpeace China (16 November 2004) PR: Greenpeace exposes APP’s illegal logging operations in Yunnan.
    • Robin Wood (25 August 2004) PR: Robin Wood convinces Metro: Commercial Group intends to renounce paper from the destruction of rainforest.
    • Human Rights Watch (2003) Without Remedy: Human Rights Abuse and Indonesia's Pulp and Paper Industry。　
    • Greenpeace (April 2002) Report: Chains of destruction leading from the world’s remaining ancient forests to the Japanese market.
    • CIFOR (October 2001) Report: Banking on sustainability: structural adjustment and forestry reform in post-Suharto Indonesia.
    • Friends o the Earth (26 June 2001) PR: Rainforest paper floods UK market.
    • Friends of the Earth (May 2001) Report: Paper Tiger, Hidden Dragons: The responsibility of international financial institutions for Indonesian forest destruction, social conflict and the financial crisis of Asia Pulp & Paper.
    • CIFOR (30 November 2000) News: Indonesian pulp giants gamble with other people’s money and forests.
    • CIFOR (30 November 2000) Report: Profits on Paper: The Political Economy of Fiber, Finance, and Debt in Indonesia's Pulp and Paper Industries.
    • Brown, D.W. (1999) Addicted to Rent: Corporate and Spatial Distribution of Forest Resources in Indonesia; Implications for Forest Sustainability and Government Policy. Report No. PFM/EC/99/06. Indonesia-UK Tropical Forest Management Programme.
    • World Rainforest Movement (1996) Pulping the South. Industrial Tree Plantations in the World Paper Economy.

    3. Documents on High Conservation Values and High Conservation Value Forest

    • Documents collected at Eyes on the Forest website.
    • WWF's position on High Conservation Value Forest.
    • Laumonier, Y., Uryu, Y., Stwe, M., Budiman, A., Setiabudi, B. & O. Hadian. (2010) Eco-floristic sectors and deforestation threats in Sumatra: indentifying new conservation area network priorities for ecosystem-based land use planning. Biodiversity Conservation (2010) 19: 1153-1174.
    • Sanderson, E., J. Forrest, C. Loucks, J. Ginsberg, E. Dinerstein, J. Seidensticker, P. Leimgruber, M. Songer, A. Heydlauff, T. O’Brien, G. Bryja, S. Klenzendorf, and E. Wikramanayake. (2006) Setting Priorities for the Conservation and Recovery of Wild Tigers: 2005-2015. WCS, WWF, Smithsonian, and NFWF-STF.　　
    • Wahyunto, S. Ritung dan H. Subagjo (2003). Peta Luas Sebaran Lahan Gambut dan Kandungan Karbon di Pulau Sumatera / Maps of Area of Peatland Distribution and Carbon Content in Sumatera, 1990 – 2002. Wetlands International - Indonesia Programme & Wildlife Habitat Canada (WHC).

     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    Wonder Eyes Project

    1. Documents by WWF and Partner

    • Press Release WWF-Indonesia on Wonder Eyes Project in Sumatra
    • Information about Wonder Eyes Project
    • Information on Wonder Eyes Project in Sumatera
    • News on Wonder Eyes Project in Bukit Barisan Selantan, Lampung Indonesia

    1. Multimedia and Social Networking

    • Video of Wonder Eyes Project in Sumatera
    • Be a Facebook fan of Wonder Eyes Project
    • Pictures taken by children in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park
    • Pictures taken by children in Tesso Nilo National Park