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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...
Release: Web Conference to Discuss the Closing of the USDA’s Public Comment Period
Media Advisory For Immediate Release: 13 October 2020 WHAT: Web Press Conference to discuss the closing of the United States Department of Agriculture’s public comment period on the deregulation of a genetically engineered American Chestnut tree to be released in the...
Organic Grower Discusses Threats of GE American Chestnut
There are increasing concerns by organic growers as to how the genetically engineered (GE or genetically modified) American chestnut tree may endanger their certified organic status as chestnut growers. Brian Caldwell owner of Hemlock Grove Farm talks about his...
Dogwood Alliance Joins in Opposition to GE American Chestnut
Numerous environmental organizations representing millions of members have signed on in opposition to the proposal to spread genetically engineered chestnut trees into the wild. One organization is Dogwood Alliance, which works to protect southern forests across 14...
For Immediate Release: Environmental Groups Representing Millions Oppose Request to Allow Planting of Genetically Engineered Trees in Forests as USDA Opens Public Comment Period
For Immediate Release 10 September 2020 New York–On 18 August the long-awaited public comment period regarding possible deregulation of the genetically engineered (GE) American chestnut tree opened. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is giving the public until...
BJ McManama of Indigenous Environmental Network Discusses Opposition to GE Trees
(Seneca/Welsh) Brenda Jo has been involved with Indigenous and environmental issues for over 25 years. Beginning in the early 1990s working with WV State agencies on NAGPRA, opposition to mountaintop/strip coal mining & public education. For the past 14+ years she...
Anne Petermann On The Dangers Of GE Trees & Industrial Plantations
Anne Petermann is the Executive Director of Global Justice Ecology Project and the International Coordinator of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees. Petermann warns that approval of the plan to release genetically engineered (GE) American Chestnut trees will open the door...
The Enviro Show Interviews Anne Petermann & Rachel Smolker
Greetings Earthlings. Perhaps you're familiar with the plight of the American Chestnut tree? It's a long sad tale and it may get even sadder soon. Dr. Rachel Smolker and Anne Petermann of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees join us to see the forest for the trees during...
A Rude Awakening On KPFA Interviews Dr. Rachel Smolker
Dr. Rachel Smolker discusses the request for USDA approval of genetically engineered (GE) American chestnut trees into wild forests with Sabrina Jacobs, host of A Rude Awakening on KPFA.
GMWatch: New Scientific Paper Gives Overview of Risks Associated With Genetic Engineering
New genetic engineering techniques pose numerous risks GMWatch 12 August 2020 A new scientific paper published in the journal Environmental Sciences Europe gives an overview of the risks associated with gene-editing procedures (new genetic engineering) for plants and...
Release: Researchers’ Plan to Release Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Trees in Forests Will Set Dangerous Precedents If Approved
USDA to seek public comment on proposal to release genetically engineered trees in forests. For Immediate Release August 18, 2020 New York– Researchers are working with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to finalize a petition...
AGRA Watch Report Exposes CAS & the Gates Foundation
People protesting Genetically Engineered Trees in front of the IUFRO conference. Photo: Langelle The Cornell Alliance for Science (CAS), funded by the Gates Foundation, promotes agribusiness and crop biotechnology, including genetically engineered (GE or genetically...
Dr. Rachel Smolker on the dangers of the GE American Chestnut tree
Dr. Rachel Smolker, Co-director of Biofuelwatch and a member of the international and national Campaign to STOP GE Trees, has a PhD in biology. In this interview, Smolker discusses the dangers of approving genetically engineered (GE or genetically modified) American...
Former TACF chapter president says no to GE Chestnuts and yes to real forests
Lois Breault-Melican, former president of the Rhode Island American Chestnut Foundation explains why she and her husband, Denis, resigned in protest over current plans to seed natural forests with genetically engineered (GE) American Chestnuts. Lois explains how TACF...
EcoRI News Interviews Members of Stop GE Trees Campaign
The following article includes excerpts from Grace Kelly's interviews with Lois & Denis Melican, former members of MA/RI Chapter board of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF), and Anne Petermann, Executive Director of Global Justice Ecology Project. Infighting...
Researchers Working To Replace Nature One GMO At A Time
Medium 27 July 2020 Theresa Church The University of New England (UNE) is partnering with SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry (ESF) to develop the first ever genetically engineered (GE) forest tree for release into the wild. UNE has a request pending...
Bangor Daily New Publishes Op Ed on GE American Chestnut
Genetically engineered trees do not belong in our forests Bangor Daily News 19 July 2020 Theresa Church The COVID-19 pandemic has given us a rare interlude to evaluate the notion of business as usual. It has exposed mounting flaws and inequalities as a result of the...
Genetically Modified Chestnuts Imperil Forests
On Saturday 7 July 2020, The Scranton Times Tribune ran an op ed by Anne Petermann, International Coordinator for the Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees titled Genetically Modified Chestnuts Imperil Forests. The following is Peterman’s submission to the...
In Reconsidering ‘Normalcy’ Genetically Engineered Trees Do Not Belong
Mom's Across America 10 July 2020 Theresa Church The global pandemic of Covid-19 has challenged the notion of business as usual and exposed a systemic crisis rooted in capitalism and the neoliberal economic model. The pandemic has proliferated in unpredictable...