Originally published by EcoWatch By BJ McManama Indigenous Environmental Network ArborGen Corporation, a multinational conglomerate and leading supplier of seedlings for commercial forestry applications, has submitted an approval request to the U.S. Department...
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Fire in Portugal Raises Debate on ‘Gasoline Tree’ Eucalyptus Plantations
Jun 26, 2017
BBC Brazil published an article today, titled "Incêndio em Portugal gera debate sobre o eucalipto, um dos motores econômicos do Brasil," that translates to "Fire in Portugal Raises Debate on Eucalyptus, One of the Economic Engines of Brazil" in English. According to...
Los incendios en Portugal: Un Resultado de la Industria Forestal
Jun 22, 2017
22 de junio de 2017: Para la liberación inmediata de la campaña Alto a los Árboles Transgénicos Los incendios forestales en Portugal han sido calificados como “el peor desastre de este tipo en la historia reciente”. Decenas de personas murieron carbonizadas en...
Incêndios florestais em Portugal: Resultado da Indústria da Madeira
Jun 22, 2017
22 de junho de 2017: Para liberação imediata da campanha para deter árvores transgênicas Os incêndios florestais em Portugal vêm sendo chamados de “o pior desastres desse tipo na história recente”. Dezenas de pessoas morreram em seus carros enquanto tentavam...
Portugal’s Wildfires: A Result of the Timber Industry
Jun 22, 2017
June 22, 2017: For Immediate Release From The Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees Wildfires in Portugal have been called “the worst such disaster in recent history.” Dozens of people burnt to death in their cars while trying to escape the inferno. But this...
Portugal’s Wildfires: A Result of the Timber Industry
Jun 22, 2017
Note/Nota: Em português depois do inglês / En español, después de inglés y portugués Wildfires in Portugal have been called “the worst such disaster in recent history.” Dozens of people burnt to death in their cars while trying to escape the inferno. But this...
Chile’s Forests are on Fire: Who is Responsible?
Jun 22, 2017
Originally published by Global Forest Coalition: It is the summer of 2017. In Chile more than 600,000 hectares [1] of scrubland, plantation forests, agricultural land, native forests and homes have been devastated in what is thought to be the worst episode of forest...
Declaração da Campanha para Deter as Árvores Transgênicas (Em Português)
Jun 21, 2017
After IUFRO: Campaign Denounces Violence of Timber Industry in English/Declaración de la Campaña Internacional Alto a los Arboles Transgénicos en Espanol A Campanha internacional para Deter as Árvores Transgênicas [1] rejeita a declaração pública feita em 8 de...
Organizational Sign Ons Needed to STOP GE Eucalyptus – JULY 5 Deadline
Jun 20, 2017
In the wake of the tragic eucalyptus fires in Portugal that killed more than 60 people and devastating eucalyptus fires in Chile in January, we are asking organizations to help keep a similar disaster from happening in the US by stopping the legalization of GE...
UPDATE: Take Action! Help End the Threat of Genetically Engineered Trees
Jun 14, 2017
We've updated our Take Action! page here at StopGETrees.org pointing you to new opportunities to take the fight to genetically engineered trees. Visit the Take Action! page now!