July 24, 2024
Suzano has announced the operational start-up of its new huge eucalyptus pulp mill in Ribas do Rio Pardo in the federal state of Mato Grosso do Sul. The pulp mill, with a production capacity of 2.55 million tons per year, is presented by Suzano as the world’s largest pulp line, and it is the second […]
Read MoreJuly 16, 2024
A new report by Environmental Paper Network International debunks the story that paper is ‘green’ and ‘renewable’. Evidence piles up on the ecological and human impacts of the pulp expansion frenzy. 16 July 2024 – Today, the Environmental Paper Network International has launched a daunting report on Suzano, the world’s largest producer of eucalyptus pulp and […]
Read MoreJune 21, 2024
Land disputes in peri-urban areas involving the powerful pulp and paper cartel are on the rise in Chile. In addition to longstanding issues of land ownership, these disputes are now being exacerbated by a widespread housing crisis. Celulosa Arauco y Constitución, the country’s biggest pulp and paper company, has recently taken a confrontational stance against […]
Read MoreJune 12, 2024
This new briefing from the Biomass Action Network (BAN) draws attention to the unacceptable acceleration of burning wood together with coal as a so-called form of abatement of fossil fuel emissions. The majority of this wood comes directly from forests. As Parties from the UNFCCC wrap up in Bonn this week and formulate their Nationally […]
Read MoreJune 10, 2024
Photo: Drax wood pellet mill in Smithers, B.C., Canada Feb. 2022, photo credits to Bulkley Valley Stewardship Coalition by Ruairi Brogan, RSPB, United Kingdom, and active member of the Biomass Action Network team at the climate talks Question: Which source has the biggest share of renewable energy in OECD countries primary energy mix? Answer: […]
Read MoreJune 4, 2024
The mid year UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn takes place 3 June – 13 June 2024 and EPN Biomass Action Network is represented there by several network members. Once again we are bringing opposition to biomass burning as a climate solution to the UNFCCC. A group of campaigners from our network are attending the […]
Read MoreMay 31, 2024
The meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) that took place in May in Nairobi ended in disarray, as Parties ended up in polarized discussions
about financial resources and other means of implementation for the historic Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) that was adopted in December 2022. As a
result, no agreement was reached on many issues.
May 21, 2024
How an ‘independent third-party’ assessment casts shadows over the most highly regarded sustainable forestry certification scheme. Is Paper Excellence, Canada’s largest forestry company, controlled by the notorious giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP)? The question is relevant because the certification standard Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) formally disassociated from APP in October 2007, citing “substantial, publicly […]
Read MoreMay 15, 2024
This telling Greenpeace report unveils the deforestation of old-growth forests in Sweden for throw-away cardboard packaging of e-commerce brands Today, Greenpeace Sweden has unveiled the report ‘Killed by Cardboard: How old-growth forests in Sweden end up as boxes for global e-commerce’ that shows how the e-commerce industry is fueling the deforestation of century-old forests […]
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