ukrainian news - 08.12.2009
Finland — Finnish paper company to sever ties with logging firm linked to rainforest destruction in Indonesia
Environmentalists have linked APRIL to destructive logging
practices in Indonesia, including destruction of carbon-dense peatlands
— illegal under Indonesain law — and converting biodiverse rainforest
into acacia plantations to supply the pulp mills.
Bustar Maitar, Greenpeace Southeast Asia’s rainforest
campaigner, said that if reports about UPM-Kymmene cancellation of its
contract with APRIL prove accuate it will put pressure on other
companies to also abandon links with the logging company.
Finnish paper company UPM-Kymmene will stop buying paper pulp from Asia
Pacific Resources International Holding Limited (APRIL) due to concerns
over the company's poor environmental record, reports Greenpeace.
UPM-Kymmene contact's represents 4 percent of APRIL's total pulp
production, worth over US$55 million annually, according to the
environmental group.
Environmentalists have linked APRIL to destructive logging
practices in Indonesia, including destruction of carbon-dense peatlands
— illegal under Indonesain law — and converting biodiverse rainforest
into acacia plantations to supply the pulp mills.
Bustar Maitar, Greenpeace Southeast Asia’s rainforest
campaigner, said that if reports about UPM-Kymmene cancellation of its
contract with APRIL prove accuate it will put pressure on other
companies to also abandon links with the logging company.
See also:
- — How tree communities respond to distance to edges and canopy openness
- — "Wooden House Building — 2009": results
- — Romania-linked timber firm eyes investments
- — Market opens for timber pellets over coal
- — Dubai Wood Show 2010
