#wood can be a #sustainable building material and #energy source, but only if managed correctly and #EU policy currently does not reflect that well. European old growth forests are rapidly disappearing and when replaced, are turn into tree farm monocultures https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2021/apr/16/forests-felling-swedens-ancient-trees-biodiversity-sami-environment
The real sustainable practices, which were used for centuries, are still known but barely practiced https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/09/how-to-make-biomass-energy-sustainable-again.html