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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...