Shocking! Asia Pulp & Paper/Sinar Mas Deforestation Leads Greenpeace To Break Ties W. Firm
Gosh, if you can't trust an Indonesian logging conglomerate, who can you trust?
JAKARTA — Recent findings of deforestation by two companies with ties to the Sinar Mas Group and its pulp and paper arm, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), have led Greenpeace to end its engagement with the Indonesian conglomerate.
According to a new mapping analysis by Greenpeace, 80 square kilometers (30 square miles) of forests and peatlands, an area half the size of Washington DC, has been cleared since 2013 in two concessions that are linked to the paper giant. Greenpeace said this finding had put APP’s commitment to end deforestation in jeopardy.
“The group failed to provide a credible response or to take meaningful action,” the NGO said in a statement. “As a result, Greenpeace has ended all further engagement with APP/Sinar Mas.”
APP denied the allegations and said it regrets Greenpeace’s decision, saying that it might actually harm the company’s progress in implementing its zero-deforestation policy. “APP is disappointed by the statement released by Greenpeace today,” APP said in a statement.
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https://news.mongabay.com/2018/05/greenpeace-disowns-paper-giant-over-deforestation-allegations/
