Europe's renewable energy directive poised to harm global forests.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 30209361.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-06175-4 and PMC identifier 6135810.
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Abstract
This comment raises concerns regarding the way in which a new European directive, aimed at reaching higher renewable energy targets, treats wood harvested directly for bioenergy use as a carbon-free fuel. The result could consume quantities of wood equal to all Europe's wood harvests, greatly increase carbon in the air for decades, and set a dangerous global example.