FSC Consultation on GMO Definition Deadline Sunday, September 28, 2025The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) prohibits FSC member companies from using GE trees for commercial purposes, in certified or non-certified areas. FSC’s prohibition exists because the risks and...
In just a few weeks, all eyes will be on Panama City, where two critical meetings will decide the future of forests worldwide:
→ The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (SB8J-1) — focused on Indigenous rights and biodiversity
→ The Forest Stewardship Council’s General Assembly — where members will vote on whether to uphold or dismantle the global ban on genetically engineered (GE) trees.
The outcomes will shape forest policy and Indigenous land rights for decades to come. And with COP30 looming in November in Brazil, these meetings are our one chance to set the stage for strong global resistance to GE trees.
https://youtu.be/C4mLHiJzirY More than 170,000 individuals and over 440 organizations worldwide have voiced strong opposition to the release of the #GMO American chestnut tree, known as Darling 54 (D54), into wild forests. The USDA is currently considering a petition...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2025 Contact: Steve Taylor, Communications Director, Global Justice Ecology Project | +1.314210.1322 | steve@globaljusticeecology.org 170,000+ Demand USDA Reject Proposal for Release of Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Into Wild...
https://youtu.be/ZSddbjouXtI GJEP was quoted in an important article in The Guardian yesterday addressing efforts to restore the American Chestnut and the dangers posed by the GE American chestnut. Here is the quote they used from our recent press release:...
NOTE: A PDF of this Press Release can be found here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Steve TaylorEmail: steve@globaljusticeecology.orgPhone: +1 314 210 1322 USDA Poised to Approve Release of Genetically Engineered Trees Based on Botched Research Defective GMO Chestnut...
A few months ago, Living Carbon, a US start-up, announced that it had developed and planted genetically modified poplar trees in 2023. These trees are said to absorb more quickly carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases whose current accumulation in the atmosphere...
By Anne Petermann, International Coordinator, Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees March 26, 2025 Introduction Genetically engineered (GE) trees are an untested and unpredictable technology that threatens not only the biodiversity of our forests but also the...
As originally posted by OMG! Décodons. Text translated from the original language (French.) New episode of OMG! Let’s decode biotech: the tree that hides the biotechs of the independent media Inf’OGM, Citizen information watchdog on GMOs, biotechs and seeds. Trees...
GJEP Executive Director Anne Petermann has a new article in Earth Island Journal called “The Darling 58 Debacle”. It details the disaster of the defective D54/58 genetically engineered American chestnut tree submitted to the USDA for unregulated release into forests....