Invasive Pines Fueled 2017 Fires in Knysna, South Africa A recent study published in Fire Ecology documented the climatic, weather and fuel factors that contributed to one of the region's worst fires on record The replacement of natural fynbos vegetation with pine...
Research determines reasons for massive fires in south-central Chile The Campaign to STOP GE Trees and Global Justice Ecology Project has worked to expose the dangers of monoculture tree plantations in Chile. See our Chile Blog here. PHYS.ORG: A Montana State...
International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations is Sept. 21 https://youtu.be/SWulBYNTTFA?list=PLFiV4ZqarMQil1esbPFTQlO1PlyoaTLON September 21, the International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, is a day for organizations, networks and...
Papaya Genetically Engineered to Resist Viral Infection Fails Against New Virus Lineage Breakdown of virus resistance in GM papaya raises big questions about the sustainability of GM virus resistance more generally, even when initially successful Dr Doug...
European Court of Justice Closes CRISPR Loophole, Rules That Organisms Produced by New Gene Technologies are GMOs Landmark Decision Should Inform New US Biotechnology Regulations Statement by Global Justice Ecology Project Executive Director New York- On July...
BREAKING: European Court Places Gene Editing Technique Under GMO Law This ruling could result in the declaration of gene edited trees or seeds imported into Europe as GMOs. - Campaign to STOP GE Trees The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today published...
NEPA UNDER ATTACK! TELL TRUMP ‘HANDS OFF NAT’L ENV LAW’ BEFORE AUG. 20 Note: Thanks to a major effort by eco and other groups in the US (including GJEP), the period for commenting on the government’s attempt to gut one of the country’s strongest remaining...
TOP CLIMATE SCIENTIST JOINS COALITION IN CALLING FOR AN END TO CLEARCUTS AND TIMBER PLANTATIONS One of the world’s leading climate scientists joined a coalition of 18 conservation, scientific, and community organizations calling on Oregon’s new Carbon Policy Office...
Chile: Mega Forest Fires, Corporate Crime and Impunity Tree plantation companies have enormous power and impunity in Chile. The fires of 2017 demonstrated the collusion between these companies and public officials to prevent investigations and criminalize the...
GMO Chestnuts in Chestnut Ridge Park? This Op-Ed, written by GJEP Executive Director Anne Petermann was published in The Public, a local weekly paper in Buffalo, NY in response to articles in the Buffalo News extolling the virtues of using GE American chestnuts as...