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:
Brazil: Open Letter from the “Alert against Green Deserts” Network
In September 2023, The Alert against Green Deserts" network met in Brazil as part of the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations. Members of different states and representatives of quilobola communities, fishermen and agrarian reform...
World Rainforest Movement: Communities from Brazil and Mozambique exchange experiences in the fight against industrial tree plantations
Note: The following was originally published in the World Rainforest Movement‘s in-depth October 2023 Bulletin. We highly encourage you to check it out. Exchanges between those who fight to defend their territories are crucial in helping connect and strengthen...
New Study: Glyphosate and Fluoride in High-Hardness Drinking Water Are Positively Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka
Note: Glyphosate is the chemical found in the commonly used pesticide Roundup. The Campaign to STOP GE Trees is working to stop Suzano's glyphosate-tolerant GE Eucalyptus trees in Brazil. A new paper Glyphosate and Fluoride in High-Hardness Drinking Water Are...
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.