Frame agreement with NGO (Siemenpuu) Being the world?s biggest paper consumer, China holds big responsibility for the environmental impacts of paper and pulp industry.  Indonesian government has confirmed that the pulp and paper industry is one of the two main causes (the other being palm oil
 industry) of Indonesian rainforest damage, biodiversity decline, soil erosion and greenhouse gas emissions. Currently Indonesia's forest protection programs are growing fast and the influence of China's market behaviour cannot be ignored. The local enviro
nmental paper network needs support from Chinese environmental protection activists. In this project CEPN will make a case study on APP and APRIL?s factories in China and their suppliers? production conditions and environmental impacts, to convey informati
on to Chinese consumers, printing industry and the media. Indonesian rainforest protection is striven to be achieved through regional cooperation e.g. by exchanging information and experiences between Chinese and Indonesian environmental groups. The projec
t also aims to carry out workshops, where the information and conceptions obtained in a study tour to Indonesian logged areas will be shared with the CEPN member organizations. Furthermore, the overall aim is to engage Chinese banks in environmental dialog
ue, and to actively discuss with them the possibilities to make changes in the financing criteria of their investments to better meet the environmental requirements.CEPN receives advisory support for their project from the North American and European Envir
onmental Paper Networks that have a broader experience in the field. Green Camel Bell is (GCB) an organization established in 2004 to protect the environment and restore the ecological system in West China. It acts as a legal holder and financial coordinat
or for the China Environmental Paper Network (CEPN), which will be implementing the project. Since its founding, the GCB has played an active role in combating environmental crisis, carrying out public environmental education, promoting environmental activ
ities in schools and training environmental volunteers etc. especially in Gansu, the home province of the organization. The CEPN network, which was established in 2010 with Siemenpuu's support, focuses on environmental impacts of pulp and paper industry. I
t encourages consumers to put pressure with their choices on the paper companies for more sustainable operation. It also ambitiously aims to change the position and financial policy of Chinese ban