EPN Reports & Publications
Decarbonisation or dispossession? The extent of industrial-scale biomass energy in Latin America and its impacts on the region
This briefing by the Biomass Action Network’s Latin America Working Group and the Global Forest Coalition exposes the impacts of industrial-scale biomass energy in Latin America. Released during the Brazil COP, this briefing explains how it is driving deforestation, water scarcity, social conflict, and land dispossession, threatening both communities and the climate throughout the region.
Date: January 2025
Topics: Biomass, Climate, Deforestation, Latin America
From Sumatra to Yunnan: How Cross-Border Exchanges Are Strengthening Women to Lead for Forest Justice
This article, from Global Forest Coalition’s Forest Cover magazine, traces EPN’s long-running women’s leadership exchange between China and Indonesia, where grassroots leaders have built solidarity, shared strategies, and strengthened joint action to defend forests and communities.
Date: January 2025
Topics: China, Forest Justice, Indonesia, Women's Leadership
Burning Billions for Biomass: The case for cutting subsidies, not forests
This report from the EPN’s Biomass Action Network exposes almost $250 billion in subsidies by major economies on burning trees for energy, fueling deforestation and delaying real climate solutions.
Date: January 2025
Topics: Biomass, Climate, Deforestation, Subsidies
Old Habits Die Hard Fresh Cuts: APP’s Continuing Violations Exposed
This EPN International and Jikalahari report exposes Asia Pulp and Paper’s failure to deliver on its decade-old Forest Conservation Policy, highlighting ongoing deforestation, human rights abuses, and major climate impacts.
Date: January 2025
Topics: Asia Pulp & Paper, Deforestation, Human Rights, Indonesia
Pulping the Future: The controversial impact of Estonia’s new pulp mill on forests, climate and biodiversity
EPN, Fern, BankTrack, and EKO call on banks to stop financing Viru Keemia Grupp’s pulp mill, which threatens Estonia’s forests and climate. The report reveals its harmful environmental impact.
Date: January 2025
Topics: Biodiversity, Estonia, Finance, Pulp Mill
Sustainable Biomass Program: Certifying the Unsustainable
This report reviews the policies of the Sustainable Biomass Program and finds its claims of biomass as climate-friendly are misleading. Published by SFOC, Biofuelwatch, EPN, and partners, it exposes how SBP certifies destructive forest biomass and enables continued subsidies.
Date: January 2025
Topics: Biomass, Certification, Deforestation, Greenwashing
Do Not Cross: Red Lines in Pulp and Paper
This guide helps financial institutions support responsible investment in the pulp and paper industry by providing clear social and environmental ‘do-no-harm’ criteria for a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient future.
Date: January 2025
Topics: Finance, Pulp and Paper, Responsible Investment
Beaten to a pulp: How the EU’s forests are being burned for energy by the pulp and paper industry
This report examines how the EU’s pulp and paper industry is driving forest biomass burning for energy across Europe.
Date: January 2025
Topics: Biomass, EU, Forest Energy, Pulp and Paper
Pulp Fiction: What is Sustainable about the World Bank’s “Scaling Up Financing for Sustainable Forestry” in Paraguay
This brief from EPN, Bank Information Center, AXIAL Naturaleza y Cultura, Instituto Maira, and Heñoi critically examines the World Bank’s proposed $100 million loan for industrial tree plantations in Paraguay, detailing concerns about deforestation, indigenous rights, and the lack of real economic benefits for local communities.
Date: January 2025
Topics: Deforestation, Finance, Indigenous Rights, Paraguay, World Bank
