This link was published on 4 September 2017

‘Give us back our land’: paper giants struggle to resolve conflicts with communities in Sumatra

Plantation firms like Asia Pulp & Paper and Toba Pulp Lestari have a history land tenure issues, but more recently they have pledged to eliminate the practice from their supply chains. Some conflicts, however, remain unaddressed and a new online platform launched by the Rainforest Action Network shows that communities are still feeling the effects of losing traditional forests to make way for plantations.

  • Mongabay
  • Rainforest Action Network
  • Supply chain
  • Forests
  • Asia Pulp & Paper
  • Toba Pulp Lestari
  • Plantations