DURHAM, N.C. - As more of Southeast Asia’s natural forests are cleared and converted into plantations for growing oil palm, rubber and other tree crops, a Duke University-led study finds that 42 percent of species endemic to the region’s forests face a much higher...
The New Zealand Herald's Brian Gaynor published a damning piece regarding investments in Rubicon, a primary investor in GE tree firm ArborGen. "(Rubicon's) performance has been dreadful, both in terms of profitability and sharemarket returns, yet it has had the same...
ALERT: Strategy Meeting to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees Taking Place in Myrtle Beach List of Experts Available for Interviews Provided Below North Myrtle Beach, 12 October–Indigenous peoples, scientists, lawyers and environmental experts will gather in North...
ALERT: Strategy Meeting to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees Taking Place in Myrtle Beach List of Experts Available for Interviews Provided Below North Myrtle Beach –Indigenous peoples, scientists, lawyers and environmental experts will gather in North Myrtle...
Via World Rainforest Movement: In the context of emerging global trends in respect of escalating climate change, growing economic disparity, and increasing land degradation, including the loss of biodiversity and water resources, this joint briefing focuses on various...
RT.com reports that "The national nightmare of apples turning slightly brown is coming to an end: The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) gave commercial approval last week to the Arctic Fuji, a genetically modified apple that appears no different than its natural...
Via Indigenous Environmental Network: Cannon Ball, North Dakota (27 Sept. 2016) – Women of the Standing Rock Sioux people and Indigenous women allies from across North America (Turtle Island) stand on the front-line of ongoing actions to halt construction of the...
A Resounding NO to GE Trees Declaración de Asunción Rechazo a todos los Árboles Genéticamente: Un NO Rotundo a los Árboles GM (PDF) Declaração de Asunción rejeita todas as árvores geneticamente modificadas: Um esmagador NÃO às árvores transgênicas (PDF) We,...
Via IENEarth.org: United Nations Expert, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, released a statement yesterday calling upon the United States to immediately halt the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, in recognition...
More municipalities are trading out observation of Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of October. The Daily Beast reports that "business in the entire state of Alaska, however, will be closed for Indigenous Peoples Day, after Gov. Bill Walker...