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Don’t let our future go up in smoke! NGOs Call on UN Climate Conference to Fix Flawed Carbon Accounting Rules

A worldwide network of environmental groups take a stand against large scale Forest Biomass burning to produce energy, a False Climate Solution. Sydney/Hobart/Tokyo/Kathmandu/Jakarta/London/Berlin/Lisbon/Atlanta and more, 21st October 2022 – Leading up to COP27, a network of more than 190 non-government organisations worldwide took action on the International Day of Action on Biomass – to highlight […]

Paraguay, the next catch of the pulp industry

Landscape in the Gran Chaco, Paraguay, May 2004. Photo by Ilosuna. Creative Commons Attribution 1.0 (Generic). After taking over vast tracts of land in all South America, the pulp & paper industry is now expanding in Paraguay. Paracel, a joint venture between a Paraguayan oil trader and foreign entities, is constructing a pulp mill and […]

Statement: Monoculture Tree Plantations Are Not Forests!

A eucalyptus plantation in South Africa. Photo Credit: Wally Menne, Timberwatch. Statement by the Africa Biomass Group, part of EPN’s Forests, Climate and Biomass Working Group, and Global Forest Coalition member organisations in Africa. September 21st is the International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, when organisations around the world raise awareness about the impacts […]

Featured Member: Greenpeace

Greenpeace is one of the most visible environmental organisations in the world. Peter Gerhardt from EPN reached out to Grant Rosoman, Senior Advisor, Forest Solutions at Greenpeace International. Why did you become an environmentalist? I was always interested in forests, growing up in New Zealand, surrounded by nature. The key trigger was witnessing deforestation and desertification and […]

Stolen land and fading forests in Chile

A new report from the Environmental Paper Network reveals another case of “Conflict Plantations,” this time in Chile. Since May 7th the military police have been sent again to garrison Araucania, Southern-central Chile, where the pulp & paper industry is embroiled in a longstanding conflict with the Mapuche indigenous people. This is not a good […]

Pulp & Finance: Indonesia pulp giants’ net-zero pledges are misleading, warn civil society

By Excluding Their Forestry Operations, The Pulp Companies Do Not Report The Biggest Source Of Their Emissions; Mill Expansions Are Set To Increase These Emissions. Ahead of a stakeholder meeting in which Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), one of Indonesia’s largest pulp & paper companies, is expected to make announcements regarding its ‘Net-Zero’ emissions pledge, […]

Climate justice campaigners hold Day of Action urging Vattenfall to move Beyond Burning

Street protests in Germany, Netherlands and UK accompanied by international social media action, denouncing Vattenfall’s investments in wood bioenergy as well as continued fossil fuel burning 27th April 2022 – Today, ahead of tomorrow’s Vattenfall AGM, banner protests against the company’s investment in and expansion of wood bioenergy are being held at the site of […]

Stop Burning Trees! April Day of Action against Biomass Baddies

A banner protest which took place on 27th of April outside Vattenfall’s Moabit Power Station in Berlin, Germany. During April several biomass industry events are taking place in Europe, including the AGMs of Drax and Vattenfall and the Argus Biomass Conference. Members of our Forest, Climate and Biomass Working group held a day of action […]

Korean Paper Company Plunders the Last Rainforests While Continuing to Claim Operations are Eco-Friendly

Year long Investigation Reveals Deforestation Throughout Pulp & Paper Supply Chain Merauke, Papua, Indonesia (15 March, 2022) — A new investigation released today by Environmental Paper Network (EPN), Mighty Earth, Pusaka, Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC), Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM) and Advocates for Public Interest Law (APIL) details the devastation of pristine forests […]