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We Respond: Letter Published in New York Times Challenges Support for GE Trees
Global Justice Ecology Project, which coordinates the Campaign to STOP GE Trees, submitted the letter below to the New York Times Magazine–it was published in its print edition on Sunday, May 17th. The letter was submitted in response to a piece written by Gabriel...
Claims of Successful Genetically Engineered Tree Sterility Overblown
Claims of Successful Genetically Engineered Tree Sterility Overblown FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 08/08/2018 Claims of Successful Genetically Engineered Tree Sterility Overblown Long-term risks and threats of GE trees remain unanswered Joint Statement from: Global Justice...
Tree Biotech Conference Disrupted Amidst Week of Protest
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 trip to the University of Concepción's Center for Biotechnology amidst...
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 Technologies." (Fernando Raga, en representación de CORMA, en la Conferencia...
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 environmental justice groups and Mapuche communities about the ongoing...
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 eradication efforts. The USDA is considering deregulating creeping...
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 modificadas: Um esmagador NÃO às árvores transgênicas (PDF) We,...
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 share news and reports of the struggles already faced by people who...
Canadian Chestnut Council Submits Comments Against GE American Chestnut
Click to submit your own comments regarding the USDA's draft decision to permit the un-monitored release of genetically engineered chestnut trees into wild forests "The Canadian Chestnut Council wishes to express its opposition to the release of the Darling 58 [GE...
This Holiday Season: A Gift for the Forests – The Wild American Chestnut is on its Way Back!
Note: tell the USDA genetically engineered trees are a bad idea and must not be released into the wild with the intention of spreading freely. Deadline extended to 1/26/23 Comment at: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/APHIS-2020-0030-8291 The wild American...
“Fixing” Trees With Genetic Engineering
GE trees – touted as a high-tech fix for ecosystem and climate woes – are poised to create a treadmill of profitable problems 30 November 2022 Source: Watershed Sentinel by Lucy Sharratt The promise of a simple technological fix is compelling. Whether it is world...
Op-Ed: Expert Challenges USDA Plan to Allow Release of GE Trees in Wild Forests
That new chestnut? USDA wants to allow the release of GE trees into wild By Environmental Historian Dr. Donald Davis https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3747170-that-new-chestnut-usda-plans-to-allow-the-release-of-ge-trees-into-wild-forests/ The USDA is...
Release: USDA’s Short Holiday Season Comment Period on GE American Chestnut Denounced
Note: for more on the public comment period regarding the USDA's recommendation to approve release of GE trees into wild forests, or for information on submitting comments, please visit https://stopgetrees.org/stop-ge-trees/ For Immediate Release 11/17/2022 ...
Action Alert: Comments needed to stop release of GE trees into wild forests!
USDA’s Genetically Engineered Tree Public Comment Period Launched! Deadline 26 January 2023 YOU helped us get the comment period extended! We now have the opportunity to submit comments until 26 January 2023! Thank you and if you haven't submitted your comments yet...
129 Groups Call on FSC to Uphold GE Trees Prohibition
129 environmental and social justice groups from 34 countries, including 10 FSC members, are calling on FSC to continue prohibiting the use of genetically engineered trees and to refrain from engaging with field experiments. Click here for the full list of...
GE Trees Will Never Be Sustainable
Trading in Forest Stewardship? 10 October 2022 Source: Counterpunch by Lucy Sharratt Forest Stewardship Council prepares to facilitate the global release of GE trees The release of genetically engineered (GE or genetically modified) trees is closer than it has ever...
93 Groups Call on FSC to Uphold GE Trees Prohibition
More than 90 environmental and social justice groups from 28 countries are calling on the Fores Stewardship Council to continue prohibiting the use of genetically engineered trees and to refrain from engaging with field experiments. Please see the full list of...
Experts Sound Alarm Over ‘Growing Threat’ of Genetically Engineered Trees
"Development of genetically engineered trees is advancing despite the serious risks to our forests and continued opposition around the world," said one advocate. Source: Common Dreams, September 28, 2022 A report published Wednesday exposes the "growing threat" of...
Un nuevo informe exhibe el avance de la amenaza global de los árboles genéticamente modificados
Las pruebas de campo continúan en muchos países a pesar de los riesgos para los bosques 28 de septiembre de 2022 Hoy, la Red Canadiense de Acción en Biotecnología (Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, CBAN) y la Campaña para DETENER los Árboles Genéticamente...
Advancing global threat of genetically engineered trees exposed in new report
Field tests continue in many countries despite risks to forests Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Today, the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) and The Campaign to STOP GE Trees published a major report that details the status of development of...
Novo relatório expõe ameaça global crescente de árvores geneticamente modificadas
Testes de campo continuam em muitos países, apesar dos riscos para as florestas 28 de setembro de 2022 Hoje, a Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN / Rede Canadense de Ação em Biotecnologia) e a “Campaign to STOP GE Trees” (a Campanha para PARAR as árvores...
New Briefing Paper: FSC is Opening the Door to the Global Release of GE Trees (EN, ES, FR, ID, PO, JA)
Download the Briefing in English, Español, Français, Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese o Português. Tell the FSC NO GE Trees! Sign the FSC petition in English, Español, Português. English For more than twenty years, a core policy of the Forest Stewardship Council...
Sign on to Tell the FSC NO to Genetically Engineered Trees!
For more than twenty years, a core policy of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has been a prohibition on the commercial use of genetically engineered (GE or genetically modified) trees in its certification program – but this important ban is under threat. FSC’s ban...
O FSC deve manter a proibição de árvores transgênicas
Por mais de vinte anos, uma política fundamental do Conselho de Manejo Florestal tem sido a proibição do uso comercial de árvores geneticamente modificadas em seu programa de certificação – mas esta importante proibição está ameaçada. A proibição de árvores GM pelo...
El FSC debe mantener la prohibición contra los árboles transgénicos
Durante más de veinte años, una de las políticas fundamentales del Consejo de Administración Forestal (más conocido por sus siglas en inglés, FSC) ha sido la prohibición del uso comercial de árboles genéticamente modificados en su programa de certificación, pero esta...
Guest column: Restoring Brunswick’s American chestnut trees
Guest column: Restoring Brunswick’s American chestnut trees Portland Press Herald 4 Aug 2022 By Jim St. Pierre and Dennis Wilson For generations, American chestnut trees (Castanea dentata) fed people and wildlife throughout eastern North America. Up to 4 billion...