Anne Petermann of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees and Global Justice Ecology Project was a recent guest on the 8 O'Clock Buzz show, which airs on WORT 89.9 FM out of Madison, Wisconsin. "Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, talks...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HusBCLws0Q While the Campaign to STOP GE Trees primary mission is to stop the development and implementation of genetically engineered trees, we are constantly monitoring worldwide deforestation issues, including the abuse of the...
We, leaders of groups of women affected by the expansion of industrial monoculture plantations, particularly oil palm plantations, coming from all regions in Sierra Leone and different countries from West and Central Africa; We, national and international...
By WALLY MENNE Originally published by Global Forest Coalition Is the timber, pulp, packaging, paper and wood pellet industry genuinely attempting to reform itself, as is often claimed, or is it just continuing to green-wash its image, and misrepresenting the...
While the idiocy and racism surrounding the president and white supremacists in Charlottesville, NC dominates the news cycle, PBS Newshour has included the USDA's push to approve genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in this week's '5 Important Stories You Might...
Statement from Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project and Indigenous Environmental Network New York (US)–New Zealand-owned tree biotechnology company ArborGen faces near unanimous opposition to commercial deregulation of their genetically engineered...
In this interview from EuroNews with forest and tree plantation wildfire expert Alexander Held of EFI, the European Forest Institute, some really sensible advice is offered concerning what needs to be done to help reduce the incidence and impacts of devastating...
Councils retain right to regulate GE trees The Soil & Health Association is thrilled that newly released standards for forestry no longer include a controversial clause that would have allowed the planting of genetically engineered (GE) trees across New...
Environmental Guidance in Forestry Standards Is Welcomed NEW ZEALAND - The National Environmental Standards - Plantation Forestry released this week gives both plantation businesses and communities clear guidelines on how to protect the environment, according to GE...
While the public anxiously awaits the USDA's final decision regarding the approval of the commercial release of ArborGen's highly controversial GE eucalyptus trees, even the high profile GE tree professor Steve Strauss has his doubts. In an article released by the...