Greetings! Recently I had the opportunity to visit Guyana, a country proud that their lands are 87% forested, including a section of the Amazon. My visit was funded by a cultural and educational grant from Partners of the Americas, an NGO that facilitates exchanges throughout South America, Latin America, and North America. During my exchange to […]
Read MoreEPN’s Biomass Action Network has sent a letter to the UN outlining the negative impacts of technologies linked to large-scale biomass energy, including: Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), biomass co-firing, biomass-based e-fuels, industrial charcoal for “green” steel and biochar for carbon dioxide removal (CDR). It was signed by 51 organisations from around the […]
Read MoreEscalating Violence in Rural Conflicts in Brazil In 2025, there have been fewer conflicts, if you count them. However, violence is rising, including land disputes. In short, this is the conclusion of the report released last week by Brazil’s Pastoral Land Commission. The report paints a troubling picture of rural life in 2025. While […]
Read MoreIn today’s global economy, sustainability sells. Corporations proudly promote “deforestation-free” commitments, and consumers increasingly expect ethical sourcing behind their everyday products. What happens when those claims don’t match reality? A recent investigation by The Gecko Project exposes a troubling pattern: major corporations may be maintaining clean reputations on paper while quietly benefiting from environmental destruction […]
Read MoreThis briefing documents the subsidies flowing to the pulp and paper sector, their social and ecological impacts in Finland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, and offers a credible alternative vision for where that funding should go. It finds that although the pulp and paper industry is dominated by a few giant conglomerates, it has an outsized and […]
Read MoreE-fuels are being promoted as a climate solution for aviation, shipping, and road transport. There are a variety of e-fuels, but beware! Some of them use woody biomass in their production and are another manifestation of the failed industrial biomass energy model – dressed up as innovation. A new brief from BAN exposes the flaws […]
Read MoreProtesters rally outside Finlandia Hall during Stora Enso AGM Helsinki, Finland — Activists gathered outside Finlandia Hall in central Helsinki to raise awareness about alleged environmental and human rights violations linked to the Nordic forestry giant Stora Enso, as the company’s annual general meeting and shareholders’ assembly took place inside. Demonstrators distributed leaflets to attendees […]
Read MoreSingle-Use Packaging has dominated our modern lives. The cost to our forests is immense: 3 billion are cut down every year for paper packaging alone. Single-use packaging has been on the rise for the last decades, as consumption increases and a disposability mentality spreads not only in the Global North, but increasingly in the Global […]
Read MoreCredits: Jon Andersson The omnibus reaps yet another victim: forests and their protections against the endless consumption of pulp and paper. 2025 December 5th – Yesterday, the Council of the EU, the European Parliament and the European Commission decided to pass a blank check to the pulp and paper sector. In yesterday’s trilogue meetings […]
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