This article by researchers at the Gibson Climate Justice Lab, University of Southern California, exposes the link between land-based geoengineering, carbon markets and genetically engineered trees. It highlights how Indigenous Peoples and Quilombola communities are...
In just a few weeks, all eyes will be on Panama City, where two critical meetings will decide the future of forests worldwide:
→ The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (SB8J-1) — focused on Indigenous rights and biodiversity
→ The Forest Stewardship Council’s General Assembly — where members will vote on whether to uphold or dismantle the global ban on genetically engineered (GE) trees.
The outcomes will shape forest policy and Indigenous land rights for decades to come. And with COP30 looming in November in Brazil, these meetings are our one chance to set the stage for strong global resistance to GE trees.
More than 100 organizations from over 30 countries demand that Brazil cancel its NINE genetically engineered eucalyptus and stop threatening global forest biodiversity. Organizations and Indigenous Peoples from around the world call upon the world leaders at COP16 to...
September 21 is the International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations. It is a day for organizations, networks and movements to celebrate resistance and raise their voices to demand: “STOP the Expansion of Monoculture Tree Plantations!” These...
Photo Caption: Chief Ninawa from the Brazilian Amazon speaks about the threats facing Indigenous Peoples in the region. Photo credit: PetermannThe Global Justice Ecology Project, representing the Campaign to STOP GE Trees, sent a team to the Indigenous Environmental...
Tuesday March 19, 2024 9AM Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil (GMT -5) 10AM New York (GMT - 4) 11AM Buenos Aires (GMT - 3) 11AM Sao Paulo, Brazil (GMT - 3)Zoom Link (further information below): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87230883466~ Interpretation provided in English,...
Rachel Parent is at the COP 28, in cooperation with the Global Justice Ecology Project, to help stop genetically engineered (GE) trees. What is COP 28? UN Climate Change conferences (or COPs) happen every year. COP 28 refers to the United Nations Climate Change...
In September 2023, The Alert against Green Deserts" network met in Brazil as part of the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations. Members of different states and representatives of quilobola communities, fishermen and agrarian reform...
Note: The following was originally published in the World Rainforest Movement‘s in-depth October 2023 Bulletin. We highly encourage you to check it out. Exchanges between those who fight to defend their territories are crucial in helping connect and strengthen...
October 2023: A recent effort by Brazilian lawmakers would be a disaster for Indigenous land claims and efforts to protect the Amazon rainforest, as reported on the Grist website. Following Brazil’s Supreme Court September 2023 rule that marco temporal ( a legal...