The Environmental Paper Network and its members are extremely concerned by the torture and murder of Rosane Santiago Silveira, a mother and environmental and human rights activist who was killed in Brazil on January 29, 2019, and send our deepest condolences to her family. This weekend, more than 50 non-governmental organizations sent a letter seeking […]
Read MoreAt a time when forest protection to fight climate change is a clear and critical opportunity, we are seeing plans and investments for quite the opposite. After over two years of stagnation, the virgin pulp industry is booming. The list that follows below, highlights the many specific examples of the virgin fibre pulp capacity expansion […]
Read More[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ fb_built=”1″ bb_built=”1″ _i=”0″ _address=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” _i=”0″ _address=”0.0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” _i=”0″ _address=”0.0.0″ custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ _i=”0″ _address=”0.0.0.0″] In the northeast of Brazil, where the Amazon transitions to the Catinga biome through a small strip of Cerrado, lies almost 60% of the land that Brazilian paper producer Suzano uses to source […]
Read MoreThe acquisition of Fibria by Suzano has created the world’s largest pulp company with a production capacity of 8.6 million tonnes a year. This can be both a threat and an opportunity from a social and environmental perspective. Big companies can have big impacts. But they also have a leading role, and any improvements on […]
Read MoreA new discussion document – Expansion of the Brazilian Pulp Industry – aims to trigger a debate about the world’s hot spot for planned increases in pulp and paper industry production. Brazil’s production of pulp for paper is growing faster than any other country’s. This discussion document summarises key data and insights into the environmental […]
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