Who is Using All the Rainforest?

“We got to wondering…who is using all the rainforest that is being destroyed in Indonesia?” - “Toying With Forest Destruction” video Two weeks ago Greenpeace International released a YouTube video detailing how pulped rainforest trees are ending up in the packaging of toys sold all over the world.  The video begins, “We got to wondering…who [...]

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Indonesian Forest Moratorium Falls Short

Telepak and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) have just released a report confirming that the Indonesian Forest Moratorium was breeched on the day it was announced. The photographic evidence in the report verifies that KLK, a Malaysian palm oil company, was actively clearing peatlands in the area where the moratorium pilot project was meant to [...]

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Leading Rainforest Destroyer APP Issues Attack on RAN’s Credibility

Here at RAN, attacks on our organization are often a sign that our tactics are working.  Just such an affirmation arrived last week, when logging giant Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) went to great lengths in an attempt to challenge the validity of a case study report recently released by RAN that profiles the devastating [...]

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Disney’s Ties to Rainforest Destruction Exposed…Again

Over a year ago, I went to my local San Francisco bookstore to pick up some children’s books for RAN’s Rainforest-Free Paper Campaign, and three of the books were Disney titles. After I got back to the office, I proceeded to cut the pages out of the books and send them to an independent fiber [...]

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Mickey and Minnie Protest Disney Rainforest Destruction at Company HQ

Early this morning, two activists supporting Rainforest Action Network unfurled a 35 foot banner across The Walt Disney Company’s two-story entrance arch that reads “Disney: Destroying Indonesia’s Rainforests.” Beneath them, Mickey and Minnie Mouse locked down to the main entrance gates to the company’s Burbank headquarters—blockading Disney’s executives from arriving to work through the main [...]

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Is the “Happiest Place on Earth” Driving Tigers and Orangutans into Extinction?

Young or old, when one thinks of the Walt Disney Company, the first images that come to mind are almost certainly of a favorite animated character from our childhood. From Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Bambi to The Jungle Book and The Lion King, Disney specializes in bringing animals to life and imbuing them with [...]

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APP: The Biggest Forest Destroyer You’ve Never Heard of

Did you know that Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) is destroying vast tracks of Indonesian rainforests, threatening the survival of precious species like the Sumatran tiger, and using an aggressive strategy of political manipulation to grow its sales? If you answered no, you’re not the only one. APP is highly proficient at using covert marketing [...]

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Disney’s Paper Policy a Disappointment for Indonesia’s Rainforests

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” –Mr. Walt Disney Books can be a great source of new ideas, inspiration, and discovery, especially for kids. Walt Disney knew this, which is why Disney stories often carry inspirational messages for kids, urging them to dream big and imagine magical kingdoms full [...]

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PAK 2000 Breaks its Promises and Rejoins Asia Pulp and Paper

As the latest fashion trends were just unveiled at New York’s spring Fashion Week, it seems an appropriate moment for an update on RAN’s work in the fashion world. Unfortunately, our update  is not an uplifting one. As you might recall, back in December 2009, PAK 2000, a luxury shopping bag manufacturer, announced that they [...]

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Are Loggers Best Suited to Stop Deforestation in Indonesia?

Everyone knows that a fox can’t be trusted to guard the hen house. So why would anyone think that a government agency in charge of logging could implement a strong moratorium on deforestation — especially when that agency has done such a poor job enforcing existing laws to date? I’m talking about Indonesia’s Ministry of [...]

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