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Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2004

    Parent company APP accused of deforestation for pulpwood plantations in Yunnan, Hainan

    Greenpeace accused Sinar Mas Group's APP (parent of Gold Hongye Paper) of cutting natural forests in Yunnan, Hainan and other places under the name of "barren hill afforestation" and replanting them with eucalyptus and other pulpwood raw material forests. A 2005 State Forestry Administration investigation found unlicensed logging in the Yunnan project, some involving APP; in 2011, reports said that a quarter of Hainan's natural forests disappeared in 10 years in connection with pulpwood plantations. The State Forestry Administration asked local authorities to pursue accountability in accordance with law, saying deforestation incidents did occur but were not planned acts; APP promised to operate in accordance with law.

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