People protesting Genetically Engineered Trees in front of the 2017 IUFRO conference. Photo: Langelle AFRY signs Memorandum of Understanding on biomass project in Papua New Guinea to progress the … [Read more...]
GE “pollution free” Poplars = expansion of destructive eucalyptus, oil palm & pine plantations
A recent article in Forbes "Genetically Modified Poplar Trees Emit Fewer Hydrocarbons And Are Just As Hardy" (excerpted below) parrots much of the hype around the recent announcement that poplar trees … [Read more...]
Scientists Claim to Engineer Pollution-Free Poplar Tree
GE Trees Protest in Myrtle Beach. Photo: GJEP (2016) Poplar plantations are known to emit a chemical called isoprene that contributes to air pollution. Researchers claim they have genetically … [Read more...]
Logging Affects Forests Ability to Regenerate in Canada
Long-term damage from logging hits ability of Canada's forests to regenerate The Guardian December 4, 2019 Leyland Cecco Canada’s logging industry has a larger and more damaging impact on … [Read more...]
Video: Mapuche & others in Chile tell COP25 – No market-based “solutions”!
Over 23-30 November, Global Justice Ecology Project and Biofuelwatch filmed this series of short statements opposing neoliberal market-based climate schemes and so-called "green energies" that enable … [Read more...]
Australia Approves Release of GM and CRISPR Organisms Without Risk Assessment
Federal Government and ‘opposition’ sign off on uncontrolled genetic experiment Wednesday, 13th November 2019 Friends of the Earth is accusing the Federal Government and Labor Party of … [Read more...]
Breaking: Chile Cancels UN Climate COP Amidst Massive Popular Uprising
Chile was to be the perfect host for the UN Climate COP which has as its focus the expansion and further legitimization of market-based policies based on the neoliberal commodification of the earth, … [Read more...]
Brazil Open Letter Denounces Tree Plantations and GE Trees on Opening Day of IUFRO World Congress
Caption: Women of the Brazil Landless Worker's Movement (MST) march against timber company Suzano and industrial tree plantations on International Women's Day. Photo courtesy: MST Note: The … [Read more...]
Org. Sign On! Brazil Groups Say Plantations Are Not Forests!
September 21st is the International Day Against Tree Plantations Sign Your group onto the letter denouncing tree plantations to the IUFRO World Congress (International Union of Forest Research … [Read more...]
Árvores para resolver os problemas do mundo?
Desde as árvores transgênicas para a bioeconomia até a proposta de um trilhão de árvores e os Negócios para a Natureza Por Anne Petermann e Orin Langelle, Global Justice Ecology Project Este … [Read more...]
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