Great news for our forests from the Netherlands!

Yesterday the following motion was adopted in the Dutch Parliament:

➜ DISCOURAGE the import of woody biomass from abroad
➜ NO more new subsidies for woody biomass from abroad

Good step in the right direction!

#BigBadBiomass

Scientists need to shout the truth about climate change. But generally... they're still claiming their job is the science, not politics. How's that working for everybody? jonathonporritt.com/mainstream-cli…

forestdefenders.eu/croatia-update…

Join the letter to push back on legalistic bullying of forest activists in Croatia!

“The reindeer have survived here since the ice age, but only sixty years of today's clear-cutting, the so-called sustainable Swedish forestry model, have put them on the verge of starvation.”
Julia Rensberg & Nila Jannok i TIME
#standwithsápmi
time.com/6899748/defore…

The EU's Climate Advisory Cte weighs in: Growing use of bioenergy endangers Europe's carbon sinks. Thank you, Google Translate. #BurningUpTheCarbonSink
hs.fi/politiikka/art…

Please sign this petition.
action.wemove.eu/sign/2023-10-e…

It's time to stop pretending BECCS will deliver 'negative emissions' euronews.com/green/2023/12/…

UK sued for counting wood burning with carbon capture as ‘negative emissions’ ift.tt/O8lVD29

Finally!
UK Government facing legal challenge over burning trees for energy in net-zero plan independent.co.uk/climate-change…

🗣️ YOUR VOICE for #Europe 's forests! 🌳 🌲

action.wemove.eu/sign/2023-10-e…

End the destruction of Romanian and European #forests , Virginijus Sinkevičius! 🛑, demands the #petition which was launched today.

SIGN and SHARE the petition letting the EU know you do not stand for this destruction!

The 🇪🇺 is making progress on #ClimateAction but it is insulating its roof with the windows open!

Our latest report, based on stakeholder workshops, shows how existing 🇪🇺 policies are actively hindering us from reaching our climate goals 👇

wwf.eu/?12038866/PR-H…

Today is international day of action against #biomass / industrial wood burning. That's why also our German and Finnish fellow forest protectors are back on the streets (in all weather and snow! ☃️☔️):
- Trees do not belong in power plants but in forests -
Protests in many cities…

🌳Heute ist der internationale Aktionstag gegen Holzverbrennung. Wälder gehören nicht in Kraftwerke, Herr #Habeck ! Intakte Wälder sichern unser Überleben! In 6 Städten finden deshalb Proteste statt.✊
#BigBadBiomass #StopFakeRenewables #Energiewende
robinwood.de/pressemitteilu…

Wake up! Wake up! wapo.st/455uN3H

This polluting green sham has been mocking taxpayers for years - but Drax depriving taxpayers of £639 million last year by gaming the subsidy system takes the  biscuit dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…

Could save our lives.

”Besides impoverishing biodiversity, clear-cutting also leads to a loss of carbon stored in both trees & soil.”
The large increase in emissions caused by this forest degradation creates a carbon debt that the harmful tree monocultures cannot repay in time

trouw.nl/duurzaamheid-e…

6000 scientists argue 4 the EU #restorenature law & sustainable use regulation
The letter debunks the 6 most common, unjustified claims of the opponents of the 2 policies
Eg. the policies don't threaten food security!
zenodo.org/record/8128624
Forest Defenders Fern Gianluca Piovesan 🌲🌳🏄‍♂️

No nature = No future!

We and next generations will be robbed of our futures if we don’t start restoring nature now!

Tell your Members of the Parliament to make a conscious and science-based choice on 12 July. We need the law to #RestoreNature . Our lives depend on it.…

Pilgrimsvandrare sörjer förlorad skog - Bohusläns skogsnätverk anordnade en pilgrimsvandring mellan Svenska kyrkan's kalhyggen i Tanums kommun. Pilgrimsvandringen blev ett manifest i sorgens tecken;

skyddaskogen.se/pilgrimsvandra…

#skyddaskogen #hållbarhetskris #swegreen #svpol