{"id":11387,"date":"2015-02-24T16:58:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T16:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/2015\/02\/24\/april-points-to-progress-on-sustainable-forest-management-rejects-greenpeace-claims\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T07:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T07:18:37","slug":"april-points-to-progress-on-sustainable-forest-management-rejects-greenpeace-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/articles\/april-points-to-progress-on-sustainable-forest-management-rejects-greenpeace-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"APRIL Points to Progress on Sustainable Forest Management \u2013 Rejects Greenpeace Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greenpeace has recently made a number of statements attacking APRIL\u2019s progress and track record on sustainable forest management. We reject these claims.<\/p>\n

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APRIL Points to Progress on Sustainable Forest
Management<\/p><\/div>\n

As part of our Sustainable Forest Management Policy (SFMP), which applies to APRIL and our suppliers, we already protect 250,000 hectares of conservation forest and are eco-restoring 40,000 hectares of previously degraded land. All of our wood comes from legal sources and by 2018 or sooner we will be fully plantation self-sufficient.<\/p>\n

APRIL\u2019s Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) and an independent report commissioned by it from KPMG acknowledge several areas where considerable progress has been made. We are open about the fact that there is more work to be done but equally we stand by our commitments and progress made.<\/p>\n

It is factually incorrect and totally misleading to state that APRIL is the \u2018single largest deforester in Indonesia.\u2019\u00a0 In fact, our concessions account for only 0.4 percent of forest areas in Indonesia. Within those concessions, we only establish plantations legally and in areas of non-high conservation value. We work hard through active conservation management, community development and fire prevention.<\/p>\n

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APRIL mosaic plantation, a combination of plantation and conservation area.<\/p><\/div>\n

Tackling deforestation must be about enhancing governance at a wide level and Indonesia\u2019s collective ability to protect conservation areas as well as addressing social and economic complexities at ground level. Falsely leveling responsibility onto APRIL for deforestation is just wrong. It is a collective issue where we, along with other stakeholders, are working to be part of the solution to ensuring legal and sustainable wood supply.<\/p>\n

In fact, APRIL is working towards a conservation model that conserves one hectare of conservation forest for every hectare of plantation. We also implement preservation strategies to actively protect 250,000 hectares of conservation land from encroachment, while investing in eco-system restoration projects restoring forests on 40,000 hectares of previously degraded land. We have completed plantation establishment and are on target to reach sustainability goals that will see APRIL reach full plantation self-sufficiency by 2018 or sooner. We plant more than 150 million trees per year.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace has offered its perspectives on a KPMG report recently commissioned by APRIL\u2019s SAC that reviewed APRIL\u2019s progress against its sustainability commitments.\u00a0 They also commented on our SFMP and the recommendations of the SAC that advises on and scrutinises the SFMP\u2019s implementation.<\/p>\n

In response, APRIL stands by its progress towards its sustainability commitments. Greenpeace\u2019s characterisation of the KPMG report and the SAC\u2019s recommendations omits a number of important findings that commended APRIL in making considerable progress towards its sustainability commitments, including:<\/p>\n