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The article discusses The Sustainability Roadmap Vision 2020 sustainability plan of paper manufacturer Asia Pulp and Paper Group (APP) and the company's environmental policy. Topics discussed include implementation of the policy by the production plant Indah Kiat Perawang, work by managing director of sustainability Aida Greenbury, and work by APP with the Indonesian government and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to support rain forest conservation in Indonesia.

Focuses on the construction of a $1.8 billion pulp and paper plant expansion job in Indonesia, owned by Raja Garuda Mas International company (MGMI). Estimated amount of pulp the facility is expected to produce; Information on companies which will provide services to the construction of the facility.

The article reports on a statement given out by two Indonesian pulp and paper companies, warning that ongoing police investigations into alleged illegal logging activities could damage business. Indah Kiat and Riau Andalan which were jointly responsible for around $5 billion worth of pulp and paper export in 2006, say that their supplies are extremely low that operations could close within two months.

The article discusses efforts by the paper supplier Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) to retain customers from the children's book and toy industries after announcing that it would no longer use paper from endangered rainforests in Indonesia in response to criticism from environmental advocates. APP attended the International Toy Fair Show in New York in February 2013 and promised to comply with High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) and sustainable procurement values.

Reports that Indonesia is considering a ban on the use of chlorine in pulp and paper production and any new investment in pulp and paper that would use chlorine in its production process.

The article focuses on thoughts of Defense White Paper (DWP) on future submarine programs and examines the plausible threats that the Australian defense forces will face. It informs that in next three years China will send one of its submarines through Lombok Strait, a sea channel between island of Bali and Lombok and Australia will not be ready to respond them. It informs that in a major conflict with China Australia's submarines will operate in the South East Asian areas of interest. INSET: THE TEN SUBMARINE COMMANDMENTS.

The article offers information related to library and books. Topics include the opinion of Court of Justice of the European Union's (CJEU) advocate general Maciej Szpunar on the case about the lending rights of electronic books, a pilot deal between Bibsam university and publisher Springer Nature to allow researchers with access on research papers based on Open Access (OA), and the library building in Bandung, Indonesia made of recycled plastic ice cream buckets.

The article reports on the white paper issued by major mining companies on March 20, 2007 in Indonesia. The paper has called on the Indonesian government to retain the Contract of Work (CoW) system under the proposed new mining law if it wanted to avoid creating a major impediment to new investment. The status of mining firms was rendered inferior as the local government could revoke their license at any time. The Document will be submitted to the House of Representatives' working committee charged with deliberating the mining bill.