WASHINGTON, D.C. —Over 1,200 emails released under open records requests reveal that the U.S. military is now the top funder and influencer behind a controversial genetic extinction technology known as “gene drives” – having pumped $100 million into the field. The...
https://youtu.be/PEyrqthWmB8 Indonesia - The damaging practice of clearing land by burning has spread across Indonesia since at least the 1990s, employed by large and small businesses alike. The devastating impact of this practice was brought to international...
By Catriona Croft-Cusworth Originally published by Forest News In 2014, many of the world’s major companies buying, trading or producing palm oil and pulp and paper made a joint commitment to stop clearing natural forests by 2020. As the deadline draws near,...
Interview to Roberto Liebgott, coordinator of “Regional Sul do Conselho Indigenista Missionário” – CIMI (The South Regional from the Indigenous Missionary Council) in Brazil. Originally published by World Rainforest Movement. WRM: Brazil’s recognition of...
By CARL ZIMMER Originally Published on NYTimes.com In 2013, scientists discovered a new way to precisely edit genes — technology called Crispr that raised all sorts of enticing possibilities. Scientists wondered if it might be used to fix hereditary diseases,...
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE Over 100 scientists from around the world sent a letter to North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, urging him to protect North Carolina forests and address the threats of the industrial-scale wood pellet industry. The scientists, who study climate...
What are five things you think of when you imagine Florida? More than likely, beyond alligators and sun, you probably think of citrus. Whether you live in or visit Florida, there's often a place where you can get locally grown citrus in season: grapefruits,...
Zelka Grammer is a horticulturist/orchardist, keen seed saver and chairwoman of GE Free Northland. She recently had this piece on efforts to stop GE trees in New Zealand published in the New Zealand Herald. Sixteen thousand submitters from all over New Zealand...
Stopgetrees.org works to provide news and coverage on genetically engineered (GE) trees as well as related topics like tree plantations and industrial forestry. By JOE GREEN Via Healio.com Deforestation creates a habitat preferred by mosquitoes that...
By Zelka Linda Grammer GE Free NZ NEW ZEALAND - The Ministry for Primary Industries released the new Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry in August 2017, after putting out the draft NES-PF two years previously. The new NES-PF (1) gives foresters,...