Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

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Managed tree plantations with APRIL's Kerinci pulp and paper mill on the horizon | Credit: Michael Holder
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Managed tree plantations with APRIL's Kerinci pulp and paper mill on the horizon | Credit: Michael Holder

Allegations of past deforestation have long dogged Indonesian wood pulp and paper producer APRIL, but is the firm now seeking a path to redemption?

Located on a peninsula on Sumatra's eastern coastline, bordered by rivers to its north and south, the Indonesian rainforest restoration project known as Restorasi Ekosistem Riau - or RER for short - is...

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