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Large areas of rainforest on the wildlife-rich island of Sumatra in Indonesia are being destroyed by paper-pulp company APRIL.
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Since 1995, APRIL has logged over 220,000 hectares of Indonesian rainforest (about the one and a half times the size of Greater London). It's home to species such as:
If their habitat continues to be destroyed, it is likely these species will become extinct.
One of APRIL's clear-cut logging sites is Tesso Nilo, regarded as the most biodiverse lowland forest on the planet.
Following pressure from Friends of the Earth, APRIL stopped clearing forest in Tesso Nilo. However, they still intend to clear another 150,000 hectares of rainforest in Sumatra.
APRIL has also been in conflict with local communities. 40,000 hectares of APRIL's logging area have been claimed by local people. A local villager was even stabbed to death during a protest over land.
Paper Tiger, Hidden
Dragons 2: April Fools
(PDF†) format) Feb 2002
Briefing summarising the forest destruction and damaging social impacts
of APRIL
Paper Tiger, Hidden
Dragons 2: April Fools
(PDF†) format - 290K) Feb 2002
Detailed report revealing the destruction and social conflict caused
by APRIL - and the paper merchants and financial institutions who have
supported it.
Indonesian
rainforests pulped to extinction
Special report by The Guardian on how illegal logging is threatening
wildlife and the environment.
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Images © Hank Hammat, Friends of the Earth Finland, Craig Kasnoff, WWF/Susan Mikota/Dan Lebbin
The sumatran tiger image appears courtesy of ImagineAnimals.
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