via GIPHY Note: On Friday July 28 the European Court of Justice ordered that the logging of Białowieża Forest must stop immediately. The interim decision comes after the European Commission sued the government of Poland on July 13 for proceeding with the logging...
Research published in the American Journal of Primatology earlier this month finds that the overall Western Chimpanzee population has declined by more than 80 percent over the past quarter century, according to MongaBay.com. The main threats to the Western Chimpanzee...
Via Rainforest Rescue On the construction site of the Olympic stadium in Tokyo, environmentalists have discovered sheets of plywood for concrete formwork stamped “SY e-panel”, a label used by Shin Yang – a company deeply implicated in the illegal logging of...
Field investigation provides shocking satellite imagery of increased deforestation, despite the company having been exposed in a report just three months prior San Francisco, CA - A new “Leuser Watch” report released by Rainforest Action Network (RAN) exposes shocking...
Project Earth, an environmental blog from the Gizmodo Media Group, recently published an article With US's First Genetically Modified Tree Comes a Forest of Potential Problems featuring information and data from the Campaign to STOP GE Trees. Writer Lucas Isakowitz...
By CHRIS LANG Originally published at Redd-Monitor.org In an open letter, scientists have warned about the impacts that logging the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo would have on the planet’s climate. The scientists are concerned that a proposal to...
USDA Receives Near Unanimous Public Rejection of Genetically Engineered Trees Statement from Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project and Indigenous Environmental Network 19 July 2017 New York (US)–New Zealand-owned tree biotechnology company ArborGen [1] faces...
By Wally Menne Originally published by Plantation Definition Discussion Natural landscapes that formerly were habitat for many different kinds of wild plants and animals, have been systematically trashed and turned into pulpwood plantations. However, those...
Originally published by Open Democracy The dry tropical forests of the Gran Chaco are disappearing faster than any other forests on earth, threatening endemic species and one of the last indigenous peoples living in isolation from industrialised society. A number of...
Consumer Affairs recently published an article titled, Forest industry wants to blanket the south with invasive, flammable tree species, which covers ArborGen's plans to legalize and spread genetically engineered eucalyptus plantations throughout the country. While...