Sumatra: Asia Pulp & Paper is the primary cause of tiger attacks and tiger killings
Analysis, conducted by the group Eyes on the Forest, found that since
1997, 55 people and 15 Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) have
been killed during conflict encounters in Riau Province. Another 17
tigers have been captured and removed from the wild. By overlaying the
locations of these conflicts with government maps of pulpwood
plantation concessions, Eyes on the Forest found a direct correlation
between tiger conflict and the unsustainable forest practices of Asia
Pulp & Paper (APP), its holding company Sinar Mas Group, and other
associated companies that supply pulpwood to APP’s mills.
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“With so much forest loss, the tigers have nowhere to go” said Ian
Kosasih of WWF-Indonesia, “In the last month alone, four tigers have
been killed in Riau. There are fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers
estimated to remain in the wild and every tiger killed is a
significant loss to the population of this critically endangered
subspecies.” Eyes on the Forest is a coalition of 25 environmental
organizations in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia.
They include WWF-Indonesia, Jikalahari (Forest Rescue Network Riau) and Walhi Riau (Friends of the Earth Indonesia) and several other NGOs. The coalition was launched in December 2004 to investigate forest crimes and conflict in the central Sumatran province. Sumatra is home to some of the most biodiverse forests in the world, however, half of the forest remaining in 1985 has since been lost.
APP is responsible for more natural forest clearance in Sumatra – the only habitat for the Sumatran tiger – than any other company. Since it began operations in the 1980s, APP is estimated to have pulped more than 1 million hectares (approximately 2.5 million acres) of natural forests in Riau and Jambi provinces in Sumatra.
Currently, NGOs are concerned about APP’s involvement in forest destruction in Senepis, Kerumutan, Kampar and Bukit Tigapuluh forest blocks in these provinces. Eyes on the Forest calls on APP/SMG-associated companies to stop natural forest clearance immediately.
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