Greenpeace Activists Shut Down Pulp Mill Operator in Sumatra Island, Indonesia

Twelve days before the UN Copenhagen Climate Summit, Greenpeace activists have shut down the export facilities of a major pulp mill owned by pulp and paper company APP in the heart of Indonesia’s rainforest on November 25. Greenpeace accused the operator of the mill Sinar Mas as a leading driver of global climate change due to its widespread role in forest destruction. The organization urges world leaders to take strong leadership to avert climate chaos and to provide a global fund for forests to end tropical deforestation as part of a fair ambition and legally binding climate deal at the Copenhagen Climate Summit in December.

Thirteen activists locked down cranes at the giant paper plant’s port calling for strong leadership from world leaders to avert climate chaos and to provide funds needed to end tropical deforestation as part of a fair, ambitious and legally binding climate deal at the Copenhagen Climate Summit in December.

Deforestation is one of the roots of the climate crisis. Greenpeace is  shutting down this plant at the frontline of forest destruction to tell Heads of State that they can – and must – pull us back from the brink of catastrophic climate change. The paper mill is owned by Asia Pulp & Paper (APP). The parent company, Sinar Mas, is a leading driver of global climate change due to its widespread role in forest destruction. This plant is fed by wood from one of the world’s largest peatland forests, on the Kampar Peninsula in Sumatra, which stores up to 2 gigatonnes of carbon.

More information on Greenpeace’s website

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