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EPN brings together hundreds of NGOs from around the world dedicated to transforming the forest, pulp and paper, and biomass industries for a more sustainable future.

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EPN International denounces this unacceptable u-turn from the EU on the inclusion of books and newspapers in EUDR.

Read more on our full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/12/defo...

#EUDR #Books #PulpPaper #Omnibus
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Yesterday night, @press.consilium.europa.eu, @europarl.europa.eu & @ec.europa.eu decided to pass a blank check to the pulp & paper sector. In trilogues, all parties agreed to remove a single line of products from the scope of this regulation: printed books, newspapers and other printing products.
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
💶 Investment push in pulp mills/biorefineries:EU funding risks accelerating extraction instead of reducing demand.

🏭 False “innovation” narrative: Substituting fossil-based products with short-lived wood products deepens the ecological crisis.

Full statement: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/the-...
The EU Bioeconomy Strategy – growth at the expense of the biosphere | Environmental Paper Network
environmentalpaper.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🪓 The EU’s growing biomass sector drives deforestation, monocultures, and human rights violations.

🌳 Carbon sinks in decline: Logging increases while the EU’s forest sink has dropped by 1/3 in a decade.
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
📦 Shift from fossil fuels to biosphere extraction: Replacing plastic with disposable paper, or coal with biomass, only amplifies pressure on forests.

🔥 Bioenergy is not climate-neutral: Burning wood emits as much CO₂ as coal.
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Meanwhile, EU forests and carbon sinks are already collapsing.

Our key concerns in this document are:

🪵 Overexploitation of forests: EU timber harvesting has soared by 50% in 30 years. Forest carbon sinks are collapsing.
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM