The following open letter was sent on Thursday, February 3, 2022 to the European Commission by an international coalition of over 40 NGOs, including the EAC. The group is calling for the Commission to change rules that allow investments in biomass energy production to be labelled as sustainable.
Introduction
A key recommendation of An Independent Review of Forest Practices in Nova Scotia (The Lahey Review) was to revise Nova Scotia’s Forest Management Guide. The revised guide will describe appropriate silvicultural methods for the ecological matrix within the triad.