Biomass produces heat and electricity by burning wood reduced to pellets. These pellets are composed of roundwood and logging residues and often burned with a mixture of coal.
The Korean government sees biomass as renewables and pushes more support for this forest fuel than it does for solar or wind power. However, most of these pellets sourced within the country come from destructive clear-cutting. Science says burning trees quickly releases a massive amount of carbon in the atmosphere, which could otherwise be contained in those trees for centuries.
Mitigating climate change and biodiversity loss starts from protecting and restoring our forests back to their natural state. The future is not in flames.
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