Campaign updates

Our campaign to protect Indonesia's rainforests changes quickly; our investigations continue to expose APP's chain of destruction, and more and more global brands are deciding to stop doing business with the notorious forest destroyer. Below, you can follow the latest news on APP and Greenpeace's campaign to protect Indonesia's rainforests and peatlands.

The latest updates

 

APP pulps trees from its own tiger sanctuary. How dumb is that?

Blog by Ian Duff, Greenpeace UK | December 19, 2011

This was APP's Senepis Tiger Sanctuary, until one of APP's suppliers cut down the trees. Image: Eyes on the Forest/WW Indonesia Asia Pulp and Paper – the company doing so much to jeopardise the future of Indonesia's rainforests –...

Alive and kicking in Indonesia

Blog by Nur Hidayati, Greenpeace Indonesia | November 15, 2011

Since our office was threatened with closure by the South Jakarta district authority last week, our staff pulled out all the stops to keep the office open. We have had great support from Indonesian civil society leaders who see this...

You can close our office, but you can’t stop us

Blog by Nur Hidayati, Greenpeace Indonesia | November 14, 2011 1 comment

We have  been warned that we may have to move out of our office in Jakarta early next week. This is the office that has been leading our campaign to stop Asia Pulp and Paper destroying the rainforests of Indonesia . But, in...

Operation Tiger: budding grassroots power in NYC

Blog by Lana Guardo | November 9, 2011

It’s what every young organizer dreams of…the evolutionary transformation of a campus club, into a national movement. From an outrageously captivating Sumatran Tiger vs. Lumberjack arm wrestling match in the middle of campus, to a...

APP is on the attack but still won’t abandon rainforest destruction

Blog by Andy Tait, Greenpeace UK | November 9, 2011 1 comment

A few days ago we revealed that Asia Pulp and Paper, the world’s most notorious rainforest destroyer, has lost more customers , with lots of big clients walking away because APP keeps on using Indonesian rainforest fibre in its...

Another Forest Win "Transforms" An Industry

Blog by Rolf Skar | November 1, 2011 2 comments

When Greenpeace released a carefully researched exposé How APP is Toying With Extinction in June, we exposed the ties between leading toy makers and rainforest destruction in Indonesia . Realizing parents don't want to buy toys...

Kicked out of Indonesia for fighting APP's deforestation

Blog by Andy Tait, Greenpeace UK | October 26, 2011 3 comments

Until last Wednesday, I was in Indonesia. I'd travelled there to work with colleagues in Jakarta and Sumatra on our continuing campaign to end the devastation of the country's magnificent rainforests. TEST But after an extremely...

Greenpeace director refused entry to Indonesia following smear campaign

Blog by Jamie, Greenpeace UK | October 13, 2011

In a bizarre turn of events usually seen in a John le Carré novel, the executive director of Greenpeace UK has been refused entry into Indonesia. Arriving at Jakarta's international airport earlier today, John Sauven was blocked from...

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