Whos causing the destruction?
The largest causes of forest destruction in Indonesia are pulp & paper, palm oil, agriculture and logging. The two largest pulp/paper and palm oil companies are APP (Asia Pulp and Paper) and APRIL (Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited). They each own one of the world’s largest pulp/paper mills in the world. Palm oil is now the world’s third largest product on the vegetable oil market. China and India are the largest customers, followed by Indonesia, EU countries and Malaysia. It is used for food (KitKat, Pringles), cosmetic products, palm seed cake for animal feed and energy production. Any claims by APP or APRIL that they are logging or harvesting sustainably are incorrect. We have documented their ongoing destruction in this, one of the most rapidly diminishing tropical rainforests, on the planet. Paper from Indonesian forests ends up in photocopy machines and on desks all around the world. It is mostly purchased by companies in Japan, Malaysia, the US, the EU, China
