Hundreds of Greenpeace activists dressed in tiger costumes and representing threatened and homeless Sumatran tigers, gather in front of Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry to urge Minister Zulkifli Hasan to take action against Asia Pulp & Paper (APP). The action is carried out after a Greenpeace investigation found ramin, an internationally protected tree species, at Indah Kiat Perawang APP pulp mill. Greenpeace delivered its investigative report about APP to the Ministry of Forestry and the national police on the 1st March.
The peatland forest that companies like APP are destroying for disposable products like tissue paper is a crucial habitat for many species that are protected under Indonesian and international law, including the Sumatran tiger and ramin trees.