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.

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.

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Date: February 2025

Topics: Deforestation, Finance, Indigenous Rights, Paraguay, World Bank

Burning Up the Biosphere: A Global Threat Map of Biomass Energy Development

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.

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Date: November 2024

Topics: Biodiversity, Biomass, Climate, Deforestation, Global Threat

Suzano’s Pulp Fiction

Suzano, the world’s largest eucalyptus pulp producer, markets itself as a responsible company. This report examines the gap between Suzano’s sustainability claims and the real impacts on communities, forests, and the planet.

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Date: July 2024

Topics: Brazil, Communities, Greenwashing, Suzano

Briefing: Co-firing is not abatement

This briefing draws attention to the unacceptable acceleration of burning wood together with coal as a so-called form of abatement of fossil fuel emissions, and how Parties at the UNFCCC Conferences should not include this interpretation of ‘abatement’ in their plans.

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Date: June 2024

Topics: Biomass, Carbon Accounting, Co-firing, UNFCCC

A Climate and Biodiversity Loophole: Support for Biomass Power Undermines Global Targets – A South Korea Case

In this report, Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC) and the EPN Biomass Action Network (BAN) expose how biomass energy subsidies and carbon accounting loopholes undermine global climate and biodiversity targets.

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Date: May 2024

Topics: Biodiversity, Biomass, Carbon Accounting, South Korea

Deforestation Anonymous: Rainforest destruction and social conflict driven by PT Mayawana Persada in Indonesian Borneo

Deforestation in Indonesia is resurging, led by PT Mayawana Persada, which has cleared over 33,000 hectares since 2021, causing social conflicts and threatening wildlife. Investigations link Mayawana to the Royal Golden Eagle Group through opaque ownership structures, highlighting a broader trend of ‘shadow companies’ enabling deforestation while avoiding accountability.

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Date: March 2024

Topics: Borneo, Deforestation, Indonesia, Royal Golden Eagle, Social Conflict

Co-firing with biomass in Indonesia: Debunking Emission Reduction Claims

This brief from Trend Asia and EPN Biomass Action Network reveals that Indonesia’s plan to co-fire coal with biomass is driving deforestation and increasing carbon emissions, undermining claims of carbon neutrality. The policy fuels forest conversion for tree plantations, harming the environment and local communities.

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Date: November 2023

Topics: Biomass, Carbon Emissions, Co-firing, Indonesia

How renewable is fibre sourcing for paper packaging in Europe?

Rising demand for paper packaging is driving deforestation, pulp imports, and a shift from recycled to virgin fibers, worsening environmental impacts.

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Date: October 2023

Topics: Deforestation, EU, Fibre Sourcing, Packaging

Paper packaging industry myth busting

The EU’s proposed packaging regulations challenge the booming single-use paper packaging industry. Reuse systems offer a sustainable alternative, creating jobs and reducing waste.

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Date: October 2023

Topics: EU, Myth Busting, Packaging, Single-use