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Robin Averbeck - who has written 22 posts on Rainforest Action Network Blog.
This week the Jakarta Globe reported that a teenager named Ahmad Rafi was killed by a Sumatran tiger. He was mauled while he and his parents were tapping rubber trees in their plantation in Rimbo Melintang, a village in Riau province on the island of Sumatra. When I first read this, I felt sick. I [...]
Continue reading...By Robin Averbeck, July 23 2010
Illegal logging is an extensive, systematic problem in Indonesia. A 2007 United Nations Environment Program report estimated that 73 to 88 percent of timber logged in Indonesia is illegally sourced. More recent estimates place the figure at a lower, yet nonetheless startling 40 to 55 percent. While illegal logging may happen in Indonesia, it is [...]
Continue reading...By Robin Averbeck, June 4 2010
Last week, RAN’s Rainforest Free Paper team attended BookExpo America, the biggest publishing event in the U.S. An unusual part of the team really stood out from the 20,000+ crowd…a Sumatran tiger named Terra. Terra traveled all the way to BookExpo to tell the story of her home in Indonesia. Sadly, only 400-500 Sumatran tigers [...]
Continue reading...By Robin Averbeck, May 24 2010
Have you ever opened up a children’s book and asked yourself how much rainforest was destroyed to make it? No? Me either. That is until recently, when our team, the Rainforest Free Paper campaign, decided to commission independent fiber testing of 30 top children’s books. To my surprise, the results showed that 60 percent of [...]
Continue reading...By Robin Averbeck, May 21 2010
There is a beautiful place in the world called Tebing Tinggi. It is located on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. I had the honor of visiting Tebing Tinggi this February and meeting many of the people who live there. While I was there, the head of the village took the others with whom I [...]
Continue reading...By Robin Averbeck, April 16 2010
Last month, I took a trip to Indonesia, in part, to learn the story of peat. While peat is not a part of the average American’s vocabulary, it is a word that is getting more and more attention within crowds who care about climate change. So you are probably asking, what the heck is peat [...]
Continue reading...By Robin Averbeck, March 10 2010
Aida Greenbury, Director of Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement at Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), took the stage today at the 12th Annual RISI pulp and paper conference to promote APP’s products and “corporate responsibility.” At the same time, leading Indonesian NGO’s called on buyers and investors of APP to reject the company’s misinformation and stop [...]
Continue reading...By Robin Averbeck, December 3 2009
I am happy to announce that forests continue to be this year’s fashion trend. Just this week, PAK 2000, packaging supplier to fashion’s finest companies, including Versace, Coach, Calvin Klein, and Marc Jacobs, has rejected rainforest destruction! PAK 2000 announced that they will cut all financial ties with their majority shareholder Asia Pulp and Paper [...]
Continue reading...By Robin Averbeck, December 1 2009
Yesterday the New York Times featured the plight of Indonesian rainforests and the relevance of stemming deforestation in order to address global climate change on the front page. While the article correctly identifies the global importance of rainforests and peatlands for the climate, it leaves the reader inadequately informed on the potential for perverse outcomes [...]
Continue reading...By Robin Averbeck, November 3 2009
I never expected Indonesian rainforest protection to become “fashionable,” per se. Yet, with Gucci Group’s announcement that it will eliminate all paper made from Indonesian rainforests and plantations and by controversial suppliers like Asia Pulp and Paper, it has become just that. Today Gucci Group, the prestigious conglomerate of fashion and luxury brands, including such [...]
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By Robin Averbeck, August 13 2010
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