APP - Suspension of natural forest clearanceFriday 15 Feb 2013 Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has announced an end to the clearing of natural forest across its entire supply chain in Indonesia, with immediate effect.From February 1st, all of APP’s suppliers have suspended natural forest clearance whilst independent assessments take place to identify areas of high conservation value that will be protected through a long-term management programme. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments undertaken by The Forest Trust (TFT) will identify all forested areas, enabling APP to ensure that future plantation development does not take place in forests. APP announced the new Forest Conservation policy on 5 February during the latest quarterly update of its ‘Vision 2020’ Sustainability Roadmap, which was published in June 2012. Initially the APP Sustainability Roadmap set out a plan for APP to implement High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) principles and end natural forest clearance across its entire supply chain, by 2015. Today’s announcement means that objective has been accelerated by almost two years. APP has said that the HCVF and HCS policies will be applied immediately to any further expansion or development of its business. The Group has encouraged third parties, to participate in a monitoring programme to ensure that these commitments are being implemented. |
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