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The rapid expansion market of paper products linked to deforestation in Indonesia into the European is supporting the further expansion of pulp plantations into Indonesia’s last tropical forests and peatlands. EEPN is promoting a European-wide campaign to stop the expansion of such products into the European market and to protect Indonesia’s rainforests and forest communities rights. Read more... |
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Sinar Mas Group
Controlled by the Widjaja family[1], Sinar Mas Group has interests in:
- forestry, through subsidiary Sinar Mas Forestry
- pulp and paper, through subsidiary Asia Pulp and Paper (APP)
- agribusiness, where Indonesian palm oil interests are handled by subsidiaries Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) and PT SMART
- property (various subsidiaries) and insurance
- finance, through PT Sinar Mas Multiarthaii
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- energy/coal mining, through the newly established entity Sinar Mas Mining & Energy[3]
The Widjaja family maintains control of the Sinar Mas group though a complex network of offshore holding and trust companies.[4] According to Joe Studwell, author of Asian Godfathers, the Widjajas are masters of the ‘godfather arts’; they pyramid companies and practice opaque interplay between private and public businesses.[5]
[1] J. Studwell, Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and South East Asia, Profile Books Ltd, London, 2007
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