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Transgenic Trees are a Threat to Forests
WATCH: Pulp and Paper Industry a Culprit in Spread of Chilean Wildfires https://youtu.be/4HqNcUMdnwA Originally published in Spanish by Puntofinal.cl. Translated into English through Google Translate. Resistance to the forest business grows in several points of...
Monoculture Eucalyptus Plantations Caused Deadly Wildfires
The wildfire in Portugal that killed 61 people earlier this month were caused by eucalyptus tree plantations according to critics like Catarina Martins the leader of the Left Bloc, a progressive political party in Portugal. “After what happened, things have to...
Fire in Portugal Raises Debate on ‘Gasoline Tree’ Eucalyptus Plantations
BBC Brazil published an article today, titled "Incêndio em Portugal gera debate sobre o eucalipto, um dos motores econômicos do Brasil," that translates to "Fire in Portugal Raises Debate on Eucalyptus, One of the Economic Engines of Brazil" in English. According to...
Portugal’s Wildfires: A Result of the Timber Industry
Note/Nota: Em português depois do inglês / En español, después de inglés y portugués Wildfires in Portugal have been called “the worst such disaster in recent history.” Dozens of people burnt to death in their cars while trying to escape the inferno. But this...
Chile’s Forests are on Fire: Who is Responsible?
Originally published by Global Forest Coalition: It is the summer of 2017. In Chile more than 600,000 hectares [1] of scrubland, plantation forests, agricultural land, native forests and homes have been devastated in what is thought to be the worst episode of forest...
Declaração da Campanha para Deter as Árvores Transgênicas (Em Português)
After IUFRO: Campaign Denounces Violence of Timber Industry in English/Declaración de la Campaña Internacional Alto a los Arboles Transgénicos en Espanol A Campanha internacional para Deter as Árvores Transgênicas [1] rejeita a declaração pública feita em 8 de...