For Immediate Release 7 June 2017 Concepción, Chile - Today the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) 2017 Tree Biotechnology Conference was forced to cancel its field … [Read more...]
Plantations Save the Day! (Or not…); Plantaciones Salvan el Dia! (O nó …)
Traducción al español después de inglés Fernando Raga representing CORMA at the IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference, speaking in the session called "Chilean Forestry and the Adoption of New … [Read more...]
About our new Chile Blog: Campaign to STOP GE Trees To Document Impacts of Tree Plantations in Chile
Ancient Araucaria forest in Chile. Photo Petermann 2004 Members of the Steering Committee of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees from four continents will travel to Chile from March 20-30 to meet with … [Read more...]
Spread of GE Bentgrass Shows Potential Invasiveness of GE Trees
Scott's creeping bentgrass is genetically engineered to withstand applications of Monsanto's Roundup. GE bentgrass escaped from test trials in Oregon in 2003 and are still uncontained after years of … [Read more...]
Asunción Declaration Rejects GE Trees: The Global Movement Grows
A Resounding NO to GE Trees Declaración de Asunción Rechazo a todos los Árboles Genéticamente: Un NO Rotundo a los Árboles GM (PDF) Declaração de Asunción rejeita todas as árvores geneticamente … [Read more...]
Welcome to the STOP GE Trees Indigenous People & Forests Blog
Genetically Engineered (GE) Trees will increase the damages caused by deforestation to indigenous people and their way of life. Here at the STOP GE Trees Indigenous People & Forests Blog, we will … [Read more...]
The Need for Greater Honesty in the Timber Industry
By WALLY MENNE Originally published by Global Forest Coalition Is the timber, pulp, packaging, paper and wood pellet industry genuinely attempting to reform itself, as is often … [Read more...]
PBS: USDA Could Lift Restrictions on Genetically Engineered Trees
While the idiocy and racism surrounding the president and white supremacists in Charlottesville, NC dominates the news cycle, PBS Newshour has included the USDA's push to approve genetically … [Read more...]
Near Unanimous Public Rejection of Genetically Engineered Trees in the US
Statement from Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project and Indigenous Environmental Network New York (US)–New Zealand-owned tree biotechnology company ArborGen faces near unanimous … [Read more...]
LISTEN: Preventing Wildfires in Destructive Tree Plantations
In this interview from EuroNews with forest and tree plantation wildfire expert Alexander Held of EFI, the European Forest Institute, some really sensible advice is offered concerning what needs to be … [Read more...]
Clause Removed That Would Allow Genetically Engineered Trees in New Zealand
Councils retain right to regulate GE trees The Soil & Health Association is thrilled that newly released standards for forestry no longer include a controversial clause that would … [Read more...]
New Zealand Removes Draft Clause Permitting GE Tree Rootstock Planting
Environmental Guidance in Forestry Standards Is Welcomed NEW ZEALAND - The National Environmental Standards - Plantation Forestry released this week gives both plantation businesses and communities … [Read more...]
Washington Post: Environmentalists Urge USDA to Reject Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees
While the public anxiously awaits the USDA's final decision regarding the approval of the commercial release of ArborGen's highly controversial GE eucalyptus trees, even the high profile GE tree … [Read more...]
Why is This Forest So Important? Resisting the Logging of Białowieża
via GIPHY Note: On Friday July 28 the European Court of Justice ordered that the logging of Białowieża Forest must stop immediately. The interim decision comes after the European Commission sued … [Read more...]
Chimpanzee Population Declines by 80 Percent: Deforestation, Extraction To Blame
Research published in the American Journal of Primatology earlier this month finds that the overall Western Chimpanzee population has declined by more than 80 percent over the past quarter century, … [Read more...]
Don’t Sacrifice Penan People’s Rainforest for the Tokyo Olympics
Via Rainforest Rescue On the construction site of the Olympic stadium in Tokyo, environmentalists have discovered sheets of plywood for concrete formwork stamped “SY e-panel”, a label … [Read more...]
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