Representatives from 15 Riau communities gathered at Sultan Syarief Haroen Setia Negara Airport Kerinci, Riau, on Thursday 26 July to formally receive infrastructure grants totaling up to 100 million rupiah (approximately USD 7,000) each, awarded

The return of rare and endangered birdlife, the growth of sustainable forest-related alternative community livelihoods, and the continued absence of fire are just three of the highlights included in the 2017 Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER)

The number of fires recorded on APRIL’s and its supply partners’ concession areas in Riau between July and September 2017 dropped by 92 per cent over the same period last year, according to APRIL’s strategic

APRIL Group has published its Sustainability Report for 2015-2016, titled Improving Lives, covering an important period in the company’s sustainability progress.

APRIL has recently engaged the expertise of FIREGROUND, an  Australian fire training and incident management company, to design, develop and deliver specialist incident management systems support for the APRIL fire teams in Riau province, Indonesia.

“We must listen to our children.” For Pak Musri, the head of Teluk Binjai village, this is the simple, compelling explanation of the importance of APRIL’s Fire Free Village Schools Programme and the role it