Langelle Photography Photo of the Month 24 June 2019 Photolangelle.org Previous International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Tree Biotechnology Conferences have been the target of opposition. Major protests were held against the 2013 IUFRO Tree...
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Global Campaign Highlights Worldwide Rejection of Genetically Engineered Trees In Advance of International Tree Biotech Conference in North Carolina
Traducción al Español Tradução para o Português For Immediate Release, 20 June 2019 Global Campaign Highlights Worldwide Rejection of Genetically Engineered Trees in advance of International Tree Biotech Conference in North Carolina The social and ecological dangers...
A Conferência Internacional de Biotecnologia das Árvores na Carolina do Norte será confrontada por organições opositoras de quatro continentes
Publicação imediata 20 de junho de 2019 A Conferência Internacional de Biotecnologia das Árvores na Carolina do Norte será confrontada por organizações opositoras de quatro...
Una campaña global evidencia el rechazo mundial a los árboles transgénicos mientras se celebra la Conferencia Internacional de Biotecnología de los Árboles en Carolina del Norte
Para difusión inmediata 20 de Junio de 2019 Una campaña global evidencia el rechazo mundial a los árboles transgénicos mientras se celebra la Conferencia Internacional de Biotecnología de los Árboles en Carolina del Norte Los...
Counterpunch Runs Piece Highlighting Risks of GE American Chestnut trees
The GE American Chestnut: Restoration of a Beloved Species or Trojan Horse for Tree Biotechnology? Counterpunch, 14 June 2019 by RACHEL SMOLKER – ANNE PETERMANN About a century ago the American chestnut tree was attacked by the introduced fungal pathogen...
Lucy Sharratt of CBAN on GMO Contamination Threats
13 June 2019–This week's Earth Minute interviews Lucy Sharratt, Coordinator of CBAN and member of the Steering Committee of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees who discusses documented cases of GMO crop contamination and escape, as well as the contamination threats posed by...
Earth Island Journal on Issues Surrounding Transgenic American Chestnut Trees
GE American Chestnut — Restoration of a Beloved Species or Trojan Horse for Tree Biotechnology? Biotech industry hopes that getting genetically engineered chestnut approved for conservation planting will soften public opposition to transgenic trees. Earth Island...
The Ecologist Runs Article on Risks of GE American Chestnut Trees
This article was the Editor's pick in The Ecologist. Tree biotech and the American chestnut The American chestnut is being used as a PR tool for winning over public opinion on the use of biotechnology as a 'tool of conservation'. The Ecologist By Rachel Smolker &...
Telepress Conference on the Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Tree
“Who is Behind the Effort to Legalize Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Trees and Why it Matters” This telepresser was held on May 14, 2019 by the Campaign to STOP GE Trees. It exposes who is funding the research, and discusses the findings of a new White...
NEW: Risks of GE American Chestnut in Independent Science News
The GE American Chestnut – Restoration of a Beloved Species or Trojan Horse for Tree Biotechnology? Independent Science News, 11 June 2019: by Rachel Smolker, Ph.D. (Biofuelwatch) and Anne Petermann (Global Justice Ecology Project) About a century ago the American...