MST land activists to win prestigious agroecology award. Photo by Júlia Rohden. By Ednubia Ghisi English translation by Nate Singham NOTE: According to the national leadership of the MST (Brazil's Landless Worker's Movement) a proposal to expand...
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Halloween is Here! Share Our #STOPGETREE Halloween Videos
The Campaign to STOP GE Trees know that genetically engineered trees are serious business, putting our forests, native people, endangered species and the planet as a whole in danger. That said, we also like to celebrate fun holidays like Halloween while tying in the...
Planet Loses Tree Cover Size of New Zealand in One Year
By Morgan Erickson-Davis From the Mongabay Series: Global Forest Reporting Network A new analysis of satellite data found 29.7 million hectares of tree cover was lost in 2016. The number represents a 51 percent jump over 2015. The analysts say fire is the big...
The Nature Conservancy is Wrong. Planting Trees Not Equivalent to Stopping Burning of Oil
By CHRIS LANGE Originally published at Redd-Monitor.org Here we go again. “Plant more trees to combat climate change: scientists” is a Reuters headline from earlier this week. The article is based on a press release put out by The Nature Conservancy about a paper...
Fight Against GE Trees Named One of ’30 Ways Campaigners Changed Aotearoa For The Better’
The Spin Off, a New Zealand-based site "covering pop culture, sport, politics and social life through features, criticism, interviews, videos and podcasts" recently acknowledged actions to stop genetically engineered trees in an article titled 30 ways campaigners...
#BigbadBioenergy: October 18 is the International Day of Action on Bioenergy
18th October is an International Day of Action against Bioenergy, called by the Dogwood Alliance, Markets for Change, Global Forest Coalition, Biofuelwatch and other allies around the world. Whether it’s US Southeastern forests clearcut to make wood pellet biomass for...
WATCH: Aviation Biofuels – What ICAO’s Proposals Really Means
On 6th October, Biofuelwatch published its report "Aviation biofuels: How ICAO and industry plans for 'sustainable alternative aviation fuels' could lead to planes flying on palm oil". During this webinar, report author Almuth Ernsting will present the key findings of...
Bad Apples: Genetically Engineered Golden Delicious to Hit Stores in US
Okanagan Specialty Fruits, the developer of the non-browning GE Arctic apple, claims that the apples may be sold in bagged slices in up to 400 stores this season throughout the Midwest and Southern California. According to Technology Review, Okanagan say the GE apples...
Report: Large-scale Biosequestration Causing Negative Social and Environmental Impacts
At the start of a major Climate Engineering Conference in Berlin, the Global Forest Coalition has launched a Working Paper that highlights the risks of different proposals for large-scale Carbon Dioxide Removal. The report finds that while the most prominent CDR...
WATCH: GMO American Chestnuts – For Forest Restoration or for Making Money?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hecM7xWvdM The American Chestnut once ranged widely throughout the forests of the eastern US and was an important source of food for people and wildlife, but in the first half of the 20th Century most of these trees were killed off by...