EPN Reports & Publications

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.

The False Promise of e-Fuels made using Woody Biomass

A new brief from BAN exposes the flaws in the tempting narrative that simple ‘drop-in’ e-fuel solutions can quickly replace oil-based transport fuels for shipping, aviation, and road transport. Far from always representing a clean, responsible alternative, some e-fuel solutions risk becoming a major new driver of forest destruction and carbon emissions, wreaking havoc during their production and/or combustion.

Briefing

Date: March 2026

Topics: Biomass, Biomass Energy, Carbon Accounting, Carbon Emissions, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Equity

Pulping Unfair Incentives: Separating EU Policies from Paper Industry Interests

This briefing documents the subsidies flowing to the pulp and paper sector, their social and ecological impacts in Finland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, and offers a credible alternative vision for where that funding should go.

View Report

Date: April 2026

Topics: Biomass, Consumption, EU, Finance, Pulp and Paper

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.

View Report Spanish Portuguese

Date: November 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.

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Date: November 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.

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Date: October 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.

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Date: September 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.

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Date: July 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.

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Date: July 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.

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Date: June 2025

Topics: Finance, Pulp and Paper, Responsible Investment