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Upcoming Webinar: Tuesday March 19 – Emergency of GE Trees for Indigenous Peoples
Tuesday March 19, 2024 9AM Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil (GMT -5) 10AM New York (GMT - 4) 11AM Buenos Aires (GMT - 3) 11AM Sao Paulo, Brazil (GMT - 3)Zoom Link (further information below): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87230883466~ Interpretation provided in English,...
Breaking Green Podcast: Failure of the GE American Chestnut with Anne Petermann and Dr. Donald Davis
Note: The Breaking Green Podcast is produced by Global Justice Ecology Project. Global Justice Ecology Project coordinates, administrates and fundraises for the Campaign to STOP GE Trees. Transcripts and Chapter Markers for this episode, as well as additional episodes...
The Search for “Lingering Trees” Offers Hope for Imperiled Species
The February 25, 2024 article by Eric Aldrich titled "The Search for “Lingering Trees” Offers Hope for Imperiled Species" was published on The Nature Conservancy's website, where it can be read in full. The article discussed how, through the use of apps like TreeSnap,...
Genetically Engineered Chestnut Rift Widens
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: Genetically Engineered Chestnut Rift Widens American...
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...
The American Chestnut Foundation Bails as GE Chestnut Develops Growth Problems and Fails to Resist the Blight
On December 15, 2023, the following article by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, was published on the Independent Science News’ website. NOTE: The researchers at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science...
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...
CBAN: Researchers Disown Their Own Genetically Engineered Tree
NOTE: The following is a press release from the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, a member group of The Campaigm to STOP GE Trees. It can also be read on CBAN's website. Canadian Biotechnology Action Network Press Release Researchers Disown Their Own...
Common Dreams: The Genetically Engineered Tree That Never Was
The transgenic Darling 58 chestnut tree as a sign of our collapsing regulatory ecosystem. NOTE: on December 12, 2023, the following article appeared on the Common Dreams website. It is written by Steve Taylor, the press secretary for Global Justice Ecology Project and...
Statement on The American Chestnut Foundation’s withdrawal of support for deregulation of the Darling 58 genetically engineered American chestnut tree
Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees For Immediate Release December 12th, 2023 Contact: Steve Taylor +1.314.210.1322 | steve@globaljusticeecology.org Statement on The American Chestnut Foundation’s withdrawal of support for deregulation of the Darling 58...
Democracy Now: “Green Colonialism”: Nigerian Climate Activist Nnimmo Bassey Says Africa Is Being Sold Out at COP28
Carbon trading at COP28 While at COP28 in Dubai, Nigerian activist and poet Nnimmo Bassey met with Democracy Now and discussed how carbon trading markets and other “false climate solutions” are negatively impacting attempts to reduce emissions and prevent catastrophic...
Rachel Parent at COP 28
Rachel Parent is at the COP 28, in cooperation with the Global Justice Ecology Project, to help stop genetically engineered (GE) trees. What is COP 28? UN Climate Change conferences (or COPs) happen every year. COP 28 refers to the United Nations Climate Change...
New England Botanic Garden: Restoring Giants to the Forest
Liz Nye's article Restoring Giants to the Forest was published on the New England Botanic Garden's website in November of 2023. The article can be read in full on the New England Botanic Garden's website. The article celebrates the planting of 20 naturally...
Press Release: Researchers temper expectations for genetically engineered American chestnut tree – reveal unexpected problems
For Immediate Release - 21 November 2023 Contact: Steve Taylor +1.314.210.1322 steve@globaljusticeecology.org After years of hype, researchers temper expectations for genetically engineered American chestnut tree - reveal unexpected problems Coalition of...
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...
GRIST: A recent effort by Brazilian lawmakers would be disastrous for Indigenous land claims
October 2023: A recent effort by Brazilian lawmakers would be a disaster for Indigenous land claims and efforts to protect the Amazon rainforest, as reported on the Grist website. Following Brazil’s Supreme Court September 2023 rule that marco temporal ( a legal...
Watershed Sentinel: Brazil’s “Green Deserts”
Brazilian communities that have resisted industrial tree plantations for decades now face the threat of glyphosate-resistant GE trees by Kaitlyn Duthie-Kannikkatt October 12, 2023 Note: This article was originally published in the Watershed Sentinel, October/November...