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(1/7)Today the EU Commission’s JRC published an important study, providing further evidence why burning forest biomass must no longer be supported as RE: It found that 19 out of the 24 current sourcing practices for bioenergy pose a risk to either climate or biodiversity, or both
(2/7) Amongst the lose-lose practices is the use of “coarse woody debris”. The only pathways that might be deemed acceptable are scenarios using “fine woody debris” (3,5,7) below a threshold and two involving afforestation on former agricultural land (18,19).
(3/7)This is what “fine woody debris” looks like. Nobody collects this stuff off the forest floor to run a power station on it.
(4/7) This is what European biomass power plants are actually burning:
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(6/7) According to the JRC around half of primary wood used for bioenergy is stemwood. The report also found that for 20% of wood used in the EU we have no idea where it comes from. Which is particularly concerning given recent reports of widespread illegal forestry in several MS
It's high time the Commission listens to their own scientific advice and starts protecting forests, not burn them for energy. https://you.wemove.eu/campaigns/the-eu-must-protect-forests-not-burn-them-for-energy
