Enviva launches $5m sustainable forest fund

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World's largest wood pellets producer announces 10-year programme to protect forests in US states of North Carolina and Virginia

Enviva, the world's largest producer of wood pellets, has today launched a $5m (£3.3m) conservation fund to protect sensitive areas of forest in America. Over the next decade the Enviva Forest Conservation...

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