Rachel Smolker is a member of the Steering Committee of the international Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees. She was formerly a campaigner for GJEP when we had our office in Hinesburg, VT--home to Geprags Park. 11/17/2016 06:10 pm ET Rachel...
San Francisco/Jakarta — As the 14th annual Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil meetings get underway in Bangkok, a new report released today by Rainforest Action Network (RAN) exposes ongoing destruction to one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. The RAN...
ITTO governing body meets in Yokohama amidst grave crisis – Bruno Manser Fund demands full transparency and legal action against former Executive Director Emanuel ZeMeka and his staff over $18 million investment losses YOKOHAMA, Japan - Representatives of the...
Via Rainforest-Rescue.org: Madagascar’s nature is unique – half of all chameleon species and all of the world’s lemurs live there. A large number of the island’s plant species are also endemic – i.e., they occur nowhere else on the planet. However, 80 percent of...
Via World Resources Institute: Nearly half of Earth’s forests have been cleared or degraded – but we have the power to change this! WRI’s Global Restoration Initiative works with governments and international partners to inspire, enable and mobilize action to restore...
The Daily Times in Pakistan reports that the plantation of an alien plant species, the conocarpus, has become widespread throughout the city of Karachi. Former Mayor of Karachi Mustafa Kamal led City District Government Karachi (CDGK), planted around 2.2 million...
Originally published at MongaBay.com: A closer look at a deforestation “hotspot” in central Peru finds oil palm expansion to be the primary driver of forest loss. That’s according to a recent report by Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP), which analyzed...
Deforestation rates have been climbing in the Dominic Republic of Congo (DRC), threatening wildlife and releasing huge quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere, according to a new report published by Land Use Policy. The report also shows that research conducted in the...
AlterNet recently published a piece by Adam Macon of the Dogwood Alliance on the increasing damage caused to southern forests in the US as the result of wood pellet exports to Europe. From the AlterNet piece: Hurricane Matthew and the aftermath of devastating flooding...
Via Rainforest Rescue: Brazil’s indigenous Paiter Surui people are desperate for help: armed illegal loggers, gold and diamond miners are invading their ancestral land, felling trees, poisoning rivers and threatening the forest dwellers at gunpoint. Tell the Brazilian...