GE American Chestnut

White Paper, News and Resources to Take Action

Download the major white paper Biotechnology For Forest Health? The Test Case of the Genetically Engineered American Chestnut or read the Executive Summary

Read the letter the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network and Canadian Chestnut Council sent to SUNY-ESY (February 2024)

Listen to a podcast on the Failure of the GE American Chestnut with Anne Petermann and Dr. Donald Davis (February 2024)

Learn about the network of groups collaborating to prevent the regulatory approval of GE trees in North America including Biofuelwatch, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, Global Justice Ecology Project, Indigenous Environmental Network, Rural Coalition and Shawnee Forest Defense.

Contact heather@globaljusticeecology.org for more information or to help stop the release of GE trees into the environment

Check out the latest news:

Review results from USDA latest public comment period:

In November 2022 the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published their draft Environmental Impact Statement and draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment recommending approval of the petition to allow the unrestricted and unmonitored release of the first-ever GMO plant (a GE American chestnut) into the wild with the intent to spread and contaminate wild relatives.

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In response, thousands of individuals and organizations commented to APHIS rejecting this draft approval, and over 150,000 others registered their opposition through sign on letters and petitions. See some of these organizations and read their comments on this page.
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An additional 400 organizations have endorsed the Stop GE Tree Campaign’s call for a global ban on the release of genetically engineered trees into the environment.
Click Here to See the Organizations and Read their Comments