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WATCH: Exclusive Interview with a Militant of the MST

WATCH: Exclusive Interview with a Militant of the MST

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

Deforestation is increasing in the Brazilian Amazon

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

Victory Against GE Trees, GE Crops in New Zealand

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...

Trump’s USDA Pick Could Open Doors For Genetically Engineered Trees

Trump’s USDA Pick Could Open Doors For Genetically Engineered Trees

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?

Does Brazil Really Need More Resource Draining Eucalyptus?

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?

Does UN REDD Finally Bite the Dust? One less incentive for GE Trees?

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

Small Gestures on a Dark Day

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...