This is Part 1 of a story documenting EPN International Program Coordinator, Sergio Baffoni, during his month-long journey across Brazil, where he met with communities defending their customary rights and seeking support to make their struggles visible. The road is dusty. Deep ruts run in both directions, worn by trucks that thunder past all day […]
Read MoreOn Tuesday, December 9, the West Kalimantan police tried to forcibly arrest Mr. Tarsisius Fendy Sesupi, the Traditional Head of Lelayang Hamlet, Kualan Hilir Village, Simpang Hulu District, Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. For years, the community has resisted the encroachment on its customary land and the deforestation—largely illegal—carried out by the logging company PT […]
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 […]
Read MoreThe EPN Paper Calculator™ powers smarter, science-based decisions about paper use and reduction. It turns data into action that protects forests, reduces climate impacts, and supports healthy communities. Version 4.1 is now live, bringing updated data, improved modeling, and new features that make tracking and reducing the impacts of paper easier. Since its launch in […]
Read MoreOn Thursday, 27 November 2025, the European Commission published the EU Strategic Framework for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomy. As its name suggests, this strategy aimed to combine the objectives of increasing competitiveness of the European Union’s economy with the sustainable use of natural resources. So much for theory. In practice, the EU’s new […]
Read MoreA month ago, a new #ForestScandal broke out in Sweden: Nestlé, Essity and DS Smith were exposed as buying pulp from operations destroying Sweden’s last unprotected natural forests and interfering with indigenous communities of the Sámi people, the only remaining European indigenous people. The culprit? The Swedish forest company Swedish Cellulosa AB (SCA), Europe’s largest private […]
Read MoreJessika Roswall during a confirmation hearing © European Union, 2024 – Source: European Parliament Today, a joint letter signed by 115 signatories was sent to Commissioner Roswall and Séjourné of the European Commission, making the case on why reopening the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) again would be disastrous for the forests, the environment, […]
Read MoreAfter more than a decade working with the Environmental Paper Network, Peg Putt has decided to retire at the end of the year. A valued colleague and inspiring campaigner, Peg will be missed at EPN, however she assures us that she’ll remain engaged and active by continuing on in an advisory role on EPN International’s […]
Read MoreDownload press release here BELÉM, BRAZIL – [20th November 2025] – Red flags are flying for forests as negotiations head into the final days at COP 30, with latest texts revealing unacceptable weakening of earlier versions, apparently in the interests of securing a cover decision no matter the cost to the biosphere and climate, […]
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