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.

Decarbonisation or dispossession? The extent of industrial-scale biomass energy in Latin America and its impacts on the region
Date: 01/11/2025
Topics: Biomass, Climate, Deforestation, Latin America
