Welcome to the Environmental Paper Network’s Reports & Publications page.
Find all reports, briefings, factsheets, and other publications authored, or co-authored, by the Environmental Paper Network or the Biomass Action Network. For additional resources on biomass, including from partner organisations, please see our Biomass Info Library.
If you have any suggestions for resources we should have in this library or any comments about it, please contact us.
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: November 2025
Topics: China, Forest Justice, Indonesia, Women's Leadership
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: October 2025
Topics: Biomass, Climate, Deforestation, Subsidies
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: September 2025
Topics: Asia Pulp & Paper, Deforestation, Human Rights, Indonesia
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: July 2025
Topics: Biodiversity, Estonia, Finance, Pulp Mill
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: July 2025
Topics: Biomass, Certification, Deforestation, Greenwashing
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: June 2025
Topics: Finance, Pulp and Paper, Responsible Investment
This report examines how the EU’s pulp and paper industry is driving forest biomass burning for energy across Europe.
Date: March 2025
Topics: Biomass, EU, Forest Energy, Pulp and Paper
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: February 2025
Topics: Deforestation, Finance, Indigenous Rights, Paraguay, World Bank
A new report from EPN’s Biomass Action Network warns that plans to triple woody biomass energy by 2030 will drive deforestation, biodiversity loss, and land grabs while worsening climate change. The report calls for ending subsidies and policy support for large-scale biomass, exposing its flawed carbon accounting and devastating environmental impact.
Date: November 2024
Topics: Biodiversity, Biomass, Climate, Deforestation, Global Threat
