Traducción al español después de inglés Fernando Raga representing CORMA at the IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference, speaking in the session called "Chilean Forestry and the Adoption of New Technologies." (Fernando Raga, en representación de CORMA, en la Conferencia...
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Threat of GE Eucalyptus Topic at Tomorrow’s March Against Monsanto Event in Miami
May 19, 2017
Our own GE Tree Campaigner Ruddy Turnstone will speak about GE eucalyptus trees tomorrow, May 20, at the 5th Annual March Against Monsanto After-Party event, which will be held at Toejam Backlot, 150 NW 21st. Street in Miami, Florida. The event is loaded with...
WATCH: Exclusive Interview with a Militant of the MST
May 11, 2017
The following trailer and the full video are in Portuguese, with Spanish spoken translation and English subtitles. El preestreno y el video completo están en Portugués, con traducción en vivo al Español, y con subtítulos en Inglés. A pré-estreia e o vídeo completo...
Deforestation is increasing in the Brazilian Amazon
Apr 27, 2017
By Chris Lang ReddMonitor.org In 2011, REDD-Monitor asked “Can REDD save the Amazon?”. Six years later, after Norway has poured more than US$1 billion into REDD in Brazil, it is clear that REDD is not a solution to Amazon deforestation. Deforestation fell from 2004 to...
Victory Against GE Trees, GE Crops in New Zealand
Apr 7, 2017
Whangarei, Far North, and Auckland communities are delighted that the Maori Party have successfully blocked the Government’s attempt to pass controversial changes to the RMA that the Minister Nick Smith wanted to use to destroy valuable GE Free zones. Northland’s and...
Video: Interviews on the Impacts of the UN’s Pro-Industry Definition of Forests
Mar 23, 2017
(Videos in English and Spanish) Lizzie Diaz of the World Rainforest Movement and Lucio Cuenca from OLCA (the Observatorio Latinoamericano de Conflictos Ambientales) discuss the impacts of industrial tree plantations and the UN FAO definition of "forests" that includes...
Trump’s USDA Pick Could Open Doors For Genetically Engineered Trees
Jan 26, 2017
When you dig beneath the surface of Donald Trump's pick to run the USDA, Sonny Perdue, all you find is a trail of slime. Exposed for what he really is, a shill for the big-ag and factory farm industry, he is a testament to the depth of systemic corruption running...
Does Brazil Really Need More Resource Draining Eucalyptus?
Jan 4, 2017
GE tree company ArborGen announced today that it is expanding its agreement with International Paper Brazil (IP). IP will be granting ArborGen additional access to the library of IP’s Eucalyptus genetic material. Eucalyptus is the most widely planted hardwood...
Does UN REDD Finally Bite the Dust? One less incentive for GE Trees?
Nov 18, 2016
UN REDD is the official name for forest carbon offsets programs under the auspices of the UN Climate Convention. But before there was REDD, forest carbon offset proponents (to allow polluters to buy forests rather than reduce emissions) were already scheming ways to...
Small Gestures on a Dark Day
Nov 18, 2016
Rachel Smolker is a member of the Steering Committee of the international Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees. She was formerly a campaigner for GJEP when we had our office in Hinesburg, VT--home to Geprags Park. 11/17/2016 06:10 pm ET Rachel...