FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2022 BRUSSELS/SYDNEY – With a world leading move, Australia has excluded native forests from eligibility as a renewable energy source under the national Renewable Energy Target, increasing pressure on Europe to exclude forest biomass from the Renewable Energy Directive. Peg Putt, Coordinator for Forests, Climate and Biomass at the Environmental […]
Read MoreThe European Parliament’s decision to retain subsidies for burning forest biomass for energy tarnishes the EU’s reputation of leadership on renewable energy as it ignores recommendations of the Parliament’s own environment committee and entrench reliance on this highly emissive and environmentally destructive substitute for fossil fuels. This decision may be entrenched in forthcoming trialogue deliberations […]
Read MoreSeveral Indigenous communities, who had reclaimed their ancestral lands taken away by companies, have recently been targeted by armed fazendeiros (agrarian latifundists) mobs in different regions of Brazil. The official recognition of these areas as Indigenous land can be an arduous process. It’s often hampered by legal actions carried out by the fazendeiros, and the […]
Read MoreEPN International, together with its member organisation Fern, is seeking a Policy Advisor to work on the Single-Use Directive and related packaging policy work at the EU level. The position will ideally be based in Brussels, hosted by Fern at its office. Remote working is possible, as long as there is the commitment to frequent […]
Read MoreVladimir Putin’s military invasion of Ukraine has brought a terrible toll of deaths and injuries across borders. These are horrible days for the people of Ukraine, for the civilians in Russia and Belarus, for all those caught in this conflict and for Europe, which faces its biggest crisis in many years. We have all seen […]
Read MoreLast July, Andrea Paul received a letter containing a drawing of an Indigenous person and a Black person hanging from a tree. The caption said, “This is what I think of Natives and Blacks. You think you rule the world.” Miss Paul is the traditional Chief of the First Nation of Pictou Landing, who just […]
Read MoreDeclaration reacts to high-profile biomass industry greenwashing drive Glasgow, 10 November 2021 – Environmental organizations are pledging their opposition to burning forest biomass for renewable energy in a declaration issued today at the Glasgow climate conference (COP26). The statement (below) was issued as the biomass and wood pellet industries host a series of events at […]
Read More2nd November, 2021, London/Brussels – World Leaders are to be commended for their declaration of intention to save and restore forests and other natural ecosystems, but must make important, urgent changes to current policies promoting forest biomass energy if the commitment is to be meaningful and not follow the failures of previous forest declarations, according […]
Read MoreOriginally published on the website of Fern, an EPN member organisation on the Steering Committee of EPN-International I would have never imagined that a pandemic would reveal the difficulties of reconciling my love of pets with my love for forests. As the happy roommate of three large size dogs and a cat with the appetite […]
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