Do you live in the Southeast US? Please help us spread the word about the July 5 deadline for public comments on the potential approval of genetically engineered tree plantations on the Southeast! Share the following letter (or use it to inspire your own letter) to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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!
"Get the forestry corporations out of UdeC" & "Ciao IUFRO" Photo: Keith Brunner Traducción al Español después de Inglés The international Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered (GE) Trees [1] rejects a public declaration by the University of Concepción's (UdeC)...
Originalmente publicado por Resumen.cl Durante la tarde de ayer, desde las 18:00 horas hasta las 21:30 se realizó el foro-conversatorio “Semillas patrimonio y conflictos forestales”. La actividad fue realizada en el centro de Hualqui, a media cuadra de la plaza...
Originalmente publicado por Mapuexpress.org: En el marco de una protesta y toma pacífica en dependencias de la Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena (Conadi) en la localidad de Cañete y luego del desalojo y detención de sus ocupantes, Asamblea Acción por...