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A Dangerous Delusion: Debunking the myths around sustainable forests and the EU’s bioenergy policy

Author: Mark Olden

Date: 2016

Location: Array

Language: English

Type of resource: NGO Report

Topics: Sustainable energy

Case study report highlighting how "sustainable forest management" has no clear definition and is frequently not sustainable as well as pointing out that discussing SFM is a distraction from the bigger issue: If you harvest a tree from a sustainable forest and burn it for energy, it doesn’t mean the energy is either sustainable or climate-neutral. The way biomass a limited resource is used rather than how forests are managed is the key issue here.

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Organization: Fern