Video - Biodiversity

 Sumatran Forest destruction Clipreel  

Greenpeace, June 2011  
Indonesia's peatlands and rainforests are being destroyed for pulp and paper products. Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), the pulp and paper arm of the Sinar Mas group, still relies on rainforest clearance in Sumatra to feed its mills. These forests are home to the endangered Sumatran tiger (only 400 estimated left in the wild), Sumatran elephants, Sumatran orangutans and a host of other wildlife and plants. The clearance of these forests and peatlands also releases vast amounts of CO2. Greenpeace International investigations have found that some of the pulp and paper from APP is being used by well known international brand.

 

Protecting Bukit Tigapuluh   
WWF, May 2011  
The fight to protect the Tigers, the People and the Forests of Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra.

Biodiversity Spot   
Greenpeace, November 2011  
Spot of the is campaign to prevent the reckless destruction of Indonesia's remaining rainforest, to protect endangered wildlife like the Sumatran tiger and orangutan, support forest communities, and to stop climate changing causing carbon emissions from deforestation. One of the leading drivers of this forest destruction is a company called Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), part of the Sinar Mas group of companies.

 

Camera catches bulldozer destroying Sumatra tiger forest   
WWF, May 2010   

 

Camera captures tiger cubs in forest under imminent threat of clearing   
WWF, May 2011   
WWF camera traps recorded an astounding 12 tigers in just two months in the central Sumatran landscape of Bukit Tigapuluh, including two mothers with cubs. A video camera trap in the same area has also captured footage of three young tiger siblings playfully chasing a leaf.

 

Sumatran Tiger killed by a Sinar Mas concession   
Greenpeace, July 2011  
 A Sumatran tiger becomes trapped in an animal snare on an APP concession in Sumatra, Indonesia. A Greenpeace staff member from Indonesia accompanied the rescue team to the scene as an observer. Tragically the tiger died during the rescue attempt.