{"id":2503,"date":"2010-07-08T19:55:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T19:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=2503"},"modified":"2010-07-08T19:55:06","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T19:55:06","slug":"greenpeace-and-asia-pulp-paper-duke-it-out-over-greenpeace-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/greenpeace-and-asia-pulp-paper-duke-it-out-over-greenpeace-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace and Asia Pulp & Paper Duke It Out Over Greenpeace Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> This week, Greenpeace released a new report “How Sinar Mas Is Pulping the Planet<\/a>.” The conclusions were highly critical of Asia Pulp & Paper, one of the largest vertically integrated pulp and paper companies in the world.<\/p>\n

According to Greenpeace, APP is gobbling up tropical forest for fiber production, lying about its intentions to scale back production in extremely sensitive areas such as peatlands, and putting endangered species like the Sumatran Tiger at risk.<\/p>\n

Pulping the Planet<\/em> reveals \u2013 from analysis of Indonesian government and confidential Sinar Mas maps and data, as well as on-the-ground investigations \u2013 that APP continues to acquire and destroy rainforest and peatland to feed its two pulp mills in Sumatra.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Them’s fightin’ words.<\/p>\n

APP, normally reticent to respond to critics in public, is fighting back. Today it released a press release<\/a> calling Greenpeace’s accusations “false,” “misleading,” and “salacious.” <\/p>\n

In a statement from its PR firm:<\/p>\n

While Greenpeace has not accused APP of doing anything illegal, the organization’s claims in the report are false and misleading, continuing Greenpeace\u2019s tradition of inaccurate and alarmist reporting. By publishing this report, with its salacious claims and deceptive allegations regarding the policies of the Indonesian government and the development of its industries, Greenpeace has undermined efforts toward sustainable development in Indonesia \u2013 a vitally important undertaking.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve skimmed the Greenpeace report. I’ve read APP’s response, which includes data that undermines and contradicts some of the Greenpeace report. I must say it’s confusing.<\/p>\n