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:
USDA Reportedly “Pauses Work” GE American Chestnut
NOTE: The following Press Release is from the Global Justice Ecology Project. The Global Justice Ecology Project coordinates, administrates, and fundraises for the Campaign to STOP GE Trees. Press Release: USDA Reportedly “Pauses Work” GE American...
Genetically Engineered Chestnut Loses Backers
NOTE: The following Press Release from the Global Justice Ecology Project was posted by the Society of Environmental Journalists. The Global Justice Ecology Project coordinates, administrates, and fundraises for the Campaign to STOP GE Trees. Genetically...
Take Action: Send an email to STOP a genetically engineered American chestnut tree
Take Action to Protect our Forests from Genetically Engineered trees! On December 8, 2023, The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) announced it is discontinuing its development of this GE tree called “Darling 58” due to unexpected problems. The researchers at the...
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.