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Canadian Chestnut Council Submits Comments Against GE American Chestnut
The Canadian Chestnut Council expresses its opposition to the release of the GE American chestnut in North America which will irreversibly damage the surviving wild American chestnut population in Canada
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...
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...
Brazil Says NO GE trees! Sign on in solidarity!
Brazil Says NO more GE Trees Sign on in Solidarity! Deadline: June 19, 2022 Open Letter Denouncing Suzano Papel e Celulose’s glyphosate-resistant Genetically Engineered (GE) Eucalyptus More than 50 organizations, networks and movements from Brazil and around the world...
Organizations Demand FSC Stop Genetically Engineered Tree Risks to Forests
Español abajo, Portugués abajo For Immediate Release Organizations Globally Demand Forest Stewardship Council Protect Forests from Genetically Engineered Trees New York, 15 December 2021–The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), one of the world’s largest forest...
Genetically Engineered Trees: No Solution to Climate Change
Genetically Engineered Trees: No Solution to Climate Change Árvores transgênicas não são solução para as mudanças climáticas Árboles transgénicos: No son solución al cambio climático Les arbres génétiquement modifiés: ne sont pas une solution aux changements...
Brazil Open Letter Denounces Tree Plantations and GE Trees on Opening Day of IUFRO World Congress
Caption: Women of the Brazil Landless Worker's Movement (MST) march against timber company Suzano and industrial tree plantations on International Women's Day. Photo courtesy: MST Note: The following introduction was written to launch the open letter the the IUFRO...
Org. Sign On! Brazil Groups Say Plantations Are Not Forests!
September 21st is the International Day Against Tree Plantations Sign Your group onto the letter denouncing tree plantations to the IUFRO World Congress (International Union of Forest Research Organizations) by 9/19/19 World Rainforest Movement, which is on the...
Árvores para resolver os problemas do mundo?
Desde as árvores transgênicas para a bioeconomia até a proposta de um trilhão de árvores e os Negócios para a Natureza Por Anne Petermann e Orin Langelle, Global Justice Ecology Project Este relatório examina os eventos e pesquisas divulgados ao longo de duas semanas,...
¿Árboles para resolver los problemas del mundo?
Desde los árboles transgénicos para la bioeconomía hasta la propuesta de un billón de árboles y los Negocios para la Naturaleza Por Anne Petermann y Orin Langelle, Global Justice Ecology Project Este informe examina los eventos e investigaciones publicadas a lo largo...
Chestnut champions quit to protest genetic engineering
By Elaine Thompson Worcester Telegram & Gazette 28 March 2019 SPENCER – The president and a board member of the local chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation announced they are resigning to protest the organization’s support for genetically modified American...
Release: American Chestnut Foundation Board Members Resign Over GE Chestnut
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 28, 2019 Regional Board members of The American Chestnut Foundation Resign In Protest Against Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Trees (Full resignation letter can be found below) Contact: Steve Taylor...
Release: NAS Report Casts Doubt on Government Ability to Regulate Genetically Engineered Trees
Researchers Want to Release Unproven GE American Chestnut Trees in Wild Forests January 30, 2019 For Immediate Release New York–In its report, Forest Health and Biotechnology ; Possibilities and Considerations the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...
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...
Statement: Near Unanimous Public Rejection of GE Trees in US
USDA Receives Near Unanimous Public Rejection of Genetically Engineered Trees Statement from Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project and Indigenous Environmental Network 19 July 2017 New York (US)–New Zealand-owned tree biotechnology company ArborGen [1] faces...
Organizational Sign Ons Needed to STOP GE Eucalyptus – JULY 5 Deadline
In the wake of the tragic eucalyptus fires in Portugal that killed more than 60 people and devastating eucalyptus fires in Chile in January, we are asking organizations to help keep a similar disaster from happening in the US by stopping the legalization of GE...
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...
Vídeo: Entrevista destacada Ivonete Gonçalves: Comunidades de Chile y Brasil Resisten a los Impactos Devastadores del Modelo Forestal
(Entrevista en portugués con subtítulos en español) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7APGnEtR0Y Source: No a la IUFRO en Concepción Entrevista destacada: Ivonete Gonçalves En 1974 se creó el decreto de ley 701 Con ello se han plantado más de 3 millones de hectáreas de...
Video: Orin Langelle speaks out against GE trees in Chile (Entrevista destacada Orin Langelle: contra los árboles Transgénicos en Chile)
English Interview with Spanish subtitles (Entrevista en inglés subtítulos en español) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHWFIfH29D8&t=26s Source: No a la IUFRO en Concepción Entrevista destacada Orin Langelle En 1974 se creó el decreto de ley 701 Con ello se han...
Video: Ruddy Turnstone: “Alert on the Impact of the Chilean Forest Model (Entrevista en destaque Ruddy Turnstone: Alto a los Árboles Transgénicos” Alerta Sobre el Impacto del Modelo Forestal Chileno)
English Interview with Spanish Subtitles (Entrevista en inglés, subtítulos en español) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZEikX1qFvs&t=1s Source: No a la IUFRO en Concepción Entrevista destacada Ruddy Turnstone En 1974 se creó el decreto de ley 701 Con ello se han...
Vídeo: A Fortalecer la Resistencia a los Impactos del Negocio Forestal – Entrevista con Alfredo Seguel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_dADRV1U6A&feature=youtu.be Alfredo Seguel Es el coordinador de Red de Defense de los Territorios Araucanía, Mapu (Chile) En 1974 se creó el decreto de ley 701 Con ello se han plantado más de 3 millones de hectáreas de pino y...
RELEASE: Genetically Engineered Trees Conference Met with Protest in Chile
Genetically Engineered Trees Conference Met with Protest in Chile FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5 June 2017 **Photos available upon request.** Concepción, Chile – People from Chile representing social movements, Indigenous organizations and...
Vídeo: MST de Brasil solidariza con la resistencia al modelo forestal en Chile
(Entrevista en portugués con subtítulos en español) Source: No a la IUFRO en Concepción En 1974 se creó el decreto de ley 701. Con ello se han plantado más de 3 millones de hectáreas de pino y eucaliptus. Provocando migración forzada, pérdida de fuentes de agua y...
LISTEN: GE Free New Zealand’s Claire Bleakley on Threat of GE Trees in Chile
Claire Bleakley. Via Facebook New Zealand's Earthwise radio show, which airs on Plains FM 96.9, recently interviewed Claire Bleakley of GE-Free New Zealand on her participation with the Campaign to STOP GE Trees visiting Chile in March. Here is an excerpt of...
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,...
Statement from the Action Against ArborGen
Why we risked arrest and spent the day in jail to STOP GE Trees By Anne Petermann, Executive Director, Global Justice Ecology Project and Coordinator, International Campaign to STOP GE Trees Yesterday morning, Ruddy Turnstone and I were arrested in the small rural...
Diga o governo brasileiro para rejeitar as árvores trasngénicos
Abril de 2015 Carta à CTNBio-Brasil, No último dia 5 de março, em Brasília, a Comissão Técnica Nacional de Biossegurança (CTNBio) tinha marcada uma reunião para discutir a possível aprovação de três novos organismos geneticamente manipulados (também chamados de...
Diga al gobierno de Brasil que rechace los árboles transgénicos
Abril de 2015 Carta a la CTNBio, Brasil, El día 5 de marzo, en Brasília, la Comisión Técnica Nacional de Bioseguridad (CTNBio) tenía agendada una reunión para discutir la posible aprobación de tres nuevos organismos genéticamente manipulados (también llamados de...
Protest letter to the Nat’l Academy of Sciences re: gross bias in GE trees webinar
National Academy of Sciences National Research Council 26 March 2015 To Whom it May Concern, We are writing today with regard to the upcoming webinar "A Science-based look at Genetically Engineered Crops" with the theme "Genetically Engineered Crops: Past Experience...
Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees in Brazil Must be Rejected
Letter to CTNBio, Brazil On 5 March in Brasilia, the Brazilian National Biosafety Commission (CTNBio) was scheduled to meet to discuss the potential approval of three new genetically engineered organisms (also called genetically modified organisms or GMOs), including...