Biodiversity offsetting at all costs? Despite its own consultation on how to halt biodiversity loss showing little support for biodiversity offsetting in the EU, the European Commission has released…
Biodiversity offsetting in practice This is the third in a series of briefing notes outlining concerns and considerations related to EU proposals to offset biodiversity loss. This briefing note…
Biodiversity offsetting smacks of middle class environmentalism Only a fool would deny that there is a housing crisis, but alleviating it doesn’t have to involve bulldozing ancient woods Only a fool…
Biodiversity offsetting, making dreams come true Can you offset the impacts of a new road carving up a valley? Once you destroy woodland for a motorway service station, can you replace what you…
Biodiversity strategy: the European Commission lays the path for a greener future in the wake of COVID-19 The launch today of the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy could be a landmark moment for European…
What’s the problem with bioenergy? The EU’s carbon sink has been in freefall for more than a decade, undermining the EU’s own climate goals, because of the excessive logging pressure, itself…
Bioenergy and social injustice in North Carolina Our Bioenergy campaigner, Linde Zuidema, has been visiting the South-East United States to witness how forests are being destroyed to produce wood…
Bioenergy briefing note 1: the limited availability of wood for energy This is the first of a series of briefings Fern is producing on bioenergy. This briefing shows how little forest biomass is…
Bioenergy in the recast of the Renewable Energy Directive The European Parliament is currently discussing the recast of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) which will determine how biomass can…
Bioenergy sustainability: parliament engages in tug-of-war over competence The Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) is presently being updated under the competence of the European…
