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.
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Chile is home to the second largest coastal temperate rainforest on the planet: the Selva Valdiviana. In recent decades, these forests have been largely replaced by timber plantations grown to supply the paper industry. This report examines the expansion of Celulosa Arauco y Constitución (Arauco).
Date: May 2022
Topics: Arauco, Chile, Conflict Plantations, Indigenous Rights, Rainforest
This case study examines whether wood sourced from industrial timber plantations can be considered sustainable for biomass energy generation, using the Ngodwana project as a case study.
Date: March 2022
Topics: Biomass, South Africa, Sustainability, Timber Plantations
Until recently, the pristine forests in the remote province of Papua, Indonesia, remained relatively intact. Now, a wave of industrial plantations is carving up pockets of the region, clearing entire ecosystems as well as Indigenous Peoples’ lands to produce commodities for the global market.
Date: March 2022
Topics: Indigenous Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Plantations, Rainforest
Pulp and paper mills are increasingly installing over-sized, dedicated biomass boilers alongside more traditional cogeneration units to take advantage of strong support for producing electricity from burning wood. This report examines Arauco’s Valdivia biomass station.
Date: October 2021
Topics: Arauco, Biomass, Carbon Emissions, Chile, Indigenous Communities
This report is part of a series on Green Bonds in the pulp and paper industry. It provides a case study on the UPM green bonds and their expected lack of added value in protecting the global climate and the environment.
Date: June 2021
Topics: Finance, Green Bonds, Plantations, UPM
Several ‘Food Estate Programs’ announced by the Indonesian government could cover about 770,000 ha in Central Kalimantan, 2 million hectares in Papua, and 32,000 in North Sumatra, changing land use from ‘permanent forest’ to other uses.
Date: March 2021
Topics: Deforestation, Food Estates, Indonesia, Land Use
SolvingPackaging provides case studies, guidance, and other resources to adopt and scale sustainable packaging solutions and pursue innovations for the future, connecting companies, lawmakers, advocates, and individuals with organizations empowering change.
Date: February 2021
Topics: Innovation, Packaging, Sustainable Solutions
Seven years into APP’s 2013 commitment to responsible environmental and social standards, APP appears to have moved away from wholesale destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests within its own concession areas but is refusing to recognise customary rights of communities and failing to implement effective grievance mechanisms.
Date: November 2020
Topics: Asia Pulp & Paper, Communities, Finance, Forest Conservation, Indonesia
This report provides the Government of Indonesia and other stakeholders with a detailed analysis of profit shifting practices in the nation’s pulp industry, which appear to have resulted in the movement of substantial taxable profits to at least one offshore tax haven.
Date: November 2020
Topics: Finance, Indonesia, Profit Shifting, Pulp Industry, Tax
