October 8, 2025
Civil society organizations around the world — including EPN and our members and partners — are calling on the European Union to deliver a strong, on-time EU Deforestation Regulation. With pressure to delay or weaken the law mounting, now is the moment to turn advocacy into action and ensure the EUDR protects forests, communities, and […]
Read MoreSeptember 25, 2025
On 22 September 2025, security forces from PT Toba Pulp Lestari Tbk (TPL), a sister company of APRIL, assaulted an indigenous village in North Sumatra, Indonesia, amid an ongoing land conflict over customary territories. According to the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), hundreds of TPL workers and security personnel stormed the villages of […]
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2025
September 10, 2025 – Environmental Paper Network (EPN) International and Jikalahari, an Indonesian network of NGOs, released a paper highlighting the failure of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) to implement their green policies. The paper is being released as APP, one of the world’s largest companies, unveils a new sustainability policy in Jakarta — essentially […]
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2025
Biomass Action Network Co-Coordinator (Policy and Campaigns) Call for job applications Environmental Paper Network International is hiring a Co-Coordinator to help manage our Biomass Action Network (BAN), with a focus on Policy and Campaigns. If you are interested in applying, please read the job description and submit your application (CV and cover letter) by 23.00 […]
Read MoreSeptember 3, 2025
Written by Janaina Uemura, coordinator of BAN’s Latin America working group and Davi Martins, BAN’s International Advocacy Campaigner. At the end of August 2025, the vibrant port city of Valparaíso, Chile, became a convergence point for climate justice movements and NGOs at the 4th Climate Justice Latam and the Caribbean Meeting (Cuarto Encuentro Latinoamericano y […]
Read MoreAugust 29, 2025
On 21st October groups all around the world took part in the Biomass Action Network’s annual day of action to raise awareness of the impacts of the biomass industry. Here is the round up of the day with photos of international actions and events. This year our main message to governments is to stop giving […]
Read MoreAugust 19, 2025
A Hike Through the Mountains As a frequent user of metaphors, I often compare my work at EPN to a hike through the mountains. It’s an environmental journey with a long trail ahead: our planet is in a climate and biodiversity crisis, and as temperatures continue to reach record highs, we face extreme weather, natural […]
Read MoreJuly 31, 2025
World’s largest biomass certifier allows forest destruction and rising emissions under the guise of clean energy A new international report released today warns that forests worldwide are being cut down and burned for energy, and falsely labeled as “sustainable.” The Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP), the world’s most prominent certifier of biomass, is approving wood linked […]
Read MoreJuly 25, 2025
Behind Brazil’s global image as a land of natural abundance—and the host of this year’s international climate summit—lies a stark reality: centuries of violence, dispossession, and resistance in the countryside. The Atlas of Conflicts in the Brazilian Countryside, published by the Pastoral Land Commission (a Catholic Church-affiliated organization), documents more than 50,000 land and water […]
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