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27. October 2023

New Study: The potential of forests to supply the European bioeconomy.

An increasing number of industries are committing to transition to a bioeconomy, to replace everything from cotton to plastic...

by Peter

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21. July 2023

When biocapitalism unpacks the chainsaw

Environmental organizations warn against an expansion of the so-called bioeconomy at Forest Movement Europe gathering As always, it was...

by Peter

1. September 2022

Consequences of the Ukraine war for the bioeconomy

Consequences of the Ukraine war for world food supply: German government must rethink bioeconomy Download position paper as PDF...

by jonas

31. March 2022

Study on the bioeconomy in neighboring European countries

What is actually going on in the bioeconomy debate at EU level and in our neighboring European countries? And...

by Peter

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31. March 2022

Alternative Bioeconomy Summit

Far more than 100 experts from civil society, ministries, federal agencies and academia had dialed in to the Alternative...

by Peter

11. December 2021

Bioeconomy exhibition “On the wrong track” officially opened

Cover photo: Ana Rodríguez On Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 the photo exhibition “On the wrong track – Overexploitation of...

by jana

10. December 2021

The forest in the bio-capitalism

By Peter Gerhardt The forest has always been more than the sum of its trees. It is familiar with...

by Peter

10. December 2021

Forests under pressure: why the bioeconomy threatens our ecosystems

By Peter Gerhardt The fossil era is coming to an end. Mankind will increasingly have to rely on renewable...

by Peter

10. December 2021

Biomass: EU asks – denkhausbremen replies

Statement on survey by the European Commission for European biomass policy from 2020 The current European biomass policy has...

by michael.gerhardt

10. December 2021

Barking up the wrong tree: Energy giants are on a worldwide shopping tour for wood in...

Humanity has got an energy problem. Fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal are finite and burn-ing them...

by Peter

10. December 2021

In the critical 2017 agricultural report: Clear-cutting for electricity companies

By Peter Gerhardt and Michael Gerhardt Wood has been an important source of energy for humans since time immemorial....

by michael.gerhardt

10. December 2021

Unipers wood burning in Provence power station destroys forests!

Press release from Denkhaus Bremen, SOS Foret du Sud, Rettet den Regenwald and the Association of Critical Shareholders: Unipers...

by michael.gerhardt

Metamorphosis of destructive logging companies

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By Michael Gerhardt The German version of this post can be found here. This article was published as well on The Ecologist , World Rainforest Movement Bulletin , Redd...

10. December 2021

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Six reasons why eco-labels are not a good idea for the bioeconomy

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By Peter Gerhardt They exist for wood, paper, palm oil or cod: sustainability labels. All too often, these have been launched with great fanfare for a better world, only...

10. December 2021

bioeconomy, bioeconomy debate, debate, forest protection, Palm oil, paper, Uncategorized