The opening of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) was held at the Sonesta Hotel in Concepción, Chile on Sunday evening 4 June 2017. It was advertised by IUFRO that there was going to be a Welcoming by the Organizing Committee followed by...
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Indigenous Mapuche Vital to Protection of Chile’s Environment
Jun 5, 2017
Recognizing World Environment Day, teleSURtv.net published a photo essay by Carolina Lagos of Global Forest Coalition and Colective VientoSur. The essay explores life with the Mapuche community of Chile and Argentina. The Campaign to STOP GE Trees is currently in...
Los Fuegos Devastadores de Chile en 2017 – El Legado de Pinochet Continúa
Jun 4, 2017
Nota del fotógrafo: Una delegación internacional de la Campaña Alto a los Árboles Transgénicos llegó a Santiago, Chile, el 20 de marzo, 2017, para documentar los impactos sociales y ambientales que ha tenido la industria forestal en el país, además de sus enlaces con...
USDA Releases Draft EIS on GE Eucalyptus; Pro GE Tree Meeting In June
Jun 1, 2017
By RUDDY TURNSTONE Originally published by EarthFirstJournal.org On April 20th 2017, the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Inspection Agency (APHIS) released their draft Environmental Impact statement (EIS) on ArborGen’s genetically engineered...
Chile’s 2017 Devastating Fires – The Legacy of Pinochet Continues
May 30, 2017
Photographer Orin Langelle, Strategic Communications Director for Global Justice Ecology Project, was part of an international delegation from the Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees that arrived in Sanitago, Chile on 20 March 2017 to document the social...
LISTEN: GE Free New Zealand’s Claire Bleakley on Threat of GE Trees in Chile
May 24, 2017
Claire Bleakley. Via Facebook New Zealand's Earthwise radio show, which airs on Plains FM 96.9, recently interviewed Claire Bleakley of GE-Free New Zealand on her participation with the Campaign to STOP GE Trees visiting Chile in March. Here is an excerpt of...
Paper Company Threatens Ancient Boreal Forests—And Activists and Journalists
May 22, 2017
By Colin Beavan Originally published in Yes! Magazine Suppose, as a writer and climate justice activist, I want to ask you to boycott one of the world’s largest paper companies—Resolute Forest Products—because it is unsustainably cutting trees in the formerly...
Aviation Emissions Plan a Massive Offsetting Scheme
May 22, 2017
22 May: Rapidly growing emissions from tourism related aviation, and proposals to offset these through fraudulent projects are a threat to biodiversity and communities, warns the Global Forest Coalition (GFC)[1] on International Day for Biodiversity [2], which has a...
Threat of GE Eucalyptus Topic at Tomorrow’s March Against Monsanto Event in Miami
May 19, 2017
Our own GE Tree Campaigner Ruddy Turnstone will speak about GE eucalyptus trees tomorrow, May 20, at the 5th Annual March Against Monsanto After-Party event, which will be held at Toejam Backlot, 150 NW 21st. Street in Miami, Florida. The event is loaded with...
The State of the Forest Movement in the Era of Trump: Ideas for Strengthening Our Collective Work
May 17, 2017
In preparation for the upcoming Heartwood annual Forest Council, GJEP co-directors Orin Langelle and Anne Petermann wrote this statement on the need to regenerate the forest protection movement in the US, particularly in the shadow of a Trump Presidency. The...