Cases / Tree planting · Brazil · 2010–2024
APRIL pulp suppliers linked to forest loss and Cerrado eucalyptus growth
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Suppliers new to pulp company APRIL lost about 80,000 hectares of forest between 2015 and 2024, and eucalyptus plantations in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul grew from 378,195 to 1.12 million hectares between 2010 and 2019. At stake for nature is remaining forest and savanna cover in the Cerrado.
What?
APRIL's new pulp suppliers lost forest, and eucalyptus plantations expanded in Brazil's Cerrado, according to Mongabay. Mongabay
Where?
Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil's Cerrado; the sources also place forest loss in Indonesia. Mongabay
When?
Eucalyptus growth 2010 to 2019; supplier forest loss 2015 to 2024. Mongabay
Who?
Gained
- Suzano — The sources reviewed say the International Finance Corporation gave USD 250 million to a Suzano pulp mill; the terms are not stated Mongabay
Lost
- Forest in Indonesia and the Brazilian Cerrado — About 80,000 hectares lost by APRIL's new suppliers, 2015 to 2024 Mongabay
Harmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Pulp supply through new suppliers, and plantation expansion for eucalyptus. Mongabay
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
APRIL's new suppliers lost about 80,000 hectares of forest between 2015 and 2024, more than 54,000 hectares of it after 2020, according to Mongabay in 2026.
The FSC remedy process for those suppliers is on hold, according to the same 2026 report.
Eucalyptus area in Mato Grosso do Sul rose from 378,195 hectares in 2010 to 1.12 million hectares in 2019, according to Mongabay in 2024.
The World Economic Forum listed APRIL Group among the initial corporate pledgers to its 1t.org tree-planting platform in a September 2021 press release.
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Lawsuits and rulings
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Insurers
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What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: eucalyptus uses 30 to 60 litres of water per tree per day (advocacy network claim).
- None on record Which APRIL suppliers were responsible for the forest loss, and whether it was lawful, is not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record No current global study of the net effect of FSC certification on forest loss was found.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- APRIL's supplier choices put FSC remedy process to the testMongabay · 2026-06
- More than 2.5 billion trees to be conserved, restored, grown by 2030World Economic Forum · 2021-09-23
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