Community Opposition to APRIL on Kampar

Haji Rusman, a village elder from Teluk Meranti in Riau on the Kampar peninsula, watches a tug boat pull a barge laden with thousands of tonnes of rainforest logs destined for the PT. Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper (RAPP) pulp and paper mill. The mill is owned by Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd (APRIL), the second largest pulp producer in Indonesia and part of the RGE group. He is opposed to the presence of the company on Kampar because he fears the impact it will have on the fragile peatland ecosystem.

Unique identifier: GP04KTB

Type: Image

Shoot date: 05/05/2013

Locations: Indonesia, Kampar Regency, Riau, Southeast Asia, Sumatra

Credit line: © Kemal Jufri / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Sumatra Forests Documentation

In May 2011, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed a decree committing Indonesia to a moratorium on the issuance of new permits in primary forests and peat land. Although this moratorium, renewed in May 2013 for a further two years, leaves around 40 million hectares of forest unprotected, the moratorium is important to help achieve Indonesia’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal of 26 percent by 2020. Indonesia is one of the world's largest producers of greenhouse gases, largely owing to the rapid destruction of its forests and peat lands for palm oil and pulp and paper. This shoot includes images of land clearance and deforestation, palm oil plantations, and pulp concessions in Riau, Sumatra.

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