(Videos in English and Spanish) Lizzie Diaz of the World Rainforest Movement and Lucio Cuenca from OLCA (the Observatorio Latinoamericano de Conflictos Ambientales) discuss the impacts of industrial tree plantations and the UN FAO definition of "forests" that includes...
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Delegation Delivers Letter to FAO Calling for Change to Misleading ‘Forest’ Definition
Mar 22, 2017
March 21 was the International Day of Forests, declared by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Around the world organizations denounced the FAO for their policies promoting tree plantations and wood based bioenergy. Here in Chile, Global Justice Ecology...
National Meeting Investigates Links Between GE Trees, Plantations and Chile’s Worst Ever Fire Season
Mar 22, 2017
(Video interviews below) Santiago, Chile–Members of the Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees from around the world are gathered in Chile for two weeks to investigate the impacts of industrial tree plantations and the potential future impacts of genetically...
Global Gathering Takes Aim at Genetically Engineered Trees
Mar 22, 2017
Investigates Links Between GE Trees, Plantations and Chile's Worst Ever Fire Season Media Advisory 22 March 2017 Santiago, Chile–Members of the Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees from around the world are gathered in Chile for two weeks to investigate the...
New Animated Video: Why GM Poplar Field Trial is a False Solution
Mar 21, 2017
The video (in English subtitles below) is available in Dutch, French and Spanish at the bottom of the page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBDKXMqDAQo On the UN International Day of Forests, the Belgian action group Field Liberation Movement (FLM) published a new...
Chile’s Indigenous Mapuche Protest Deadly Police Brutality
Mar 20, 2017
Originally published by Telesur.TV: Chile’s Mapuche, who make up roughly 10 percent of its population, are more likely to be killed by police than non-Mapuche people. Dozens of Chile’s Indigenous Mapuche protested police terror in Temuco on Friday, calling on law...
The Vitoria Statement in Support of the Struggles of Local Peoples Against Large-Scale Tree Plantations
Mar 15, 2017
The following statement was issued on 24 November 2005 in Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil at an international meeting on building support for local communities against large-scale tree plantations and GMO trees. This meeting was co-sponsored by World Rainforest...
Why Is The Genetically Modified Apple So Controversial?
Mar 14, 2017
https://www.facebook.com/stopgetrees/videos/737433059749492/ The Canadian Biotechnology Network (CBAN) maintains a section on the developments surrounding genetically engineered apples that are making their debut in markets around the US this year. The GM apple...
Successful Forest Protection in DRC Hinges on Community Participation
Mar 13, 2017
By John C. Cannon Originally published at MongaBay.com Forest covers at least 112 million hectares of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Studies from 2013 show that subsistence agriculture and the need for firewood threaten DRC’s forests, and new investments in...
New Zealand: Minister’s Plan Threatens Economic Sabotage
Mar 10, 2017
Provided by our partners at GE Free NZ: The government’s Resource Legislation Amendment Bill (RLA) threatens changes to environmental legislation. The manipulations by Nick Smith pave the way for destruction of New Zealand’s economic advantage and further loss of...