National Position Statement Against Forest Bioenergy

The combustion of native forest biomass for energy production at the industrial scale poses serious threat to the climate, and to Australia’s unique forests and forest dependent species. It also hinders the capacity of nature to remove carbon from the atmosphere and the deployment of genuinely clean, renewable energy technologies.

Burning native forest biomass is promoted by its advocates as carbon neutral and simply utilising waste efficiently.  In reality this is incorrect and misleading.

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