Monoculture plantation of eucalyptus seedlings-Lumaco Region, Chile. Photo: Langelle Sign on this letter! Denounce the fraudulent campaign of the Finnish multinational UPM World Rainforest Movement 6 February 2020 Social organizations from Uruguay, Finland and other...
Rodolphe Barrangou reveals the nightmare of his CRISPR world. photo: Langelle/GJEP Trees to Solve the World’s Problems? From Genetically Engineered Trees for the Bioeconomy – to the Trillion Tree Proposal and Business for Nature Traducción al Español Tradução para o...
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 development of renewable energy in the region Globenewswire December 17,...
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 have been genetically engineered to release less air pollution, yet...
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 engineered a new poplar tree that eliminates isoprene production, but offer...
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 forest health than previously thought, a new report has found, casting doubt on...
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 business as usual at the expense of the peoples, rivers, forests and...
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 submitting Australians to a nationwide genetic experiment, for failing to support a...
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, an expansion of industrial tree plantations as a “natural climate...
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 following introduction was written to launch the open letter the the IUFRO...