Asia Pulp and Paper, one of the largest paper companies in the world, has promised to end its practice of destroying Indonesian forests to make products for Westerners. Is this a wave of change or greenwash?
Elephants, tigers and orang-utans once roamed freely in the lush forests on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. But bulldozers belonging to companies like the Singapore-based Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) have torn out the rainforest, leaving behind scrubbed, welted earth. These tree stands have been subjected to some of the fastest deforestation activity on the planet.
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