WWF and Greenpeace break with Indonesia's pulp and paper giant
by Jeremy Hance from on (#25E7P)
Prominent environmental NGOs suspend partnership with April after peatland drainage canal discovered on Pedang Island, Indonesia
The construction of a 3km canal in Indonesia has led Greenpeace and WWF to suspend its partnership with one of Indonesia's biggest pulp and paper companies.
Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (Rapp), a subsidiary of Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (April), dug the canal through thick peat forest on the island of Pedang, just off the east coast of Sumatra.
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