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....
More than 100 organizations from over 30 countries demand that Brazil cancel its NINE genetically engineered eucalyptus and stop threatening global forest biodiversity. Organizations and Indigenous Peoples from around the world call upon the world leaders at COP16 to...
The US Forest Service has long been regarded by those involved in the protection of US forests as a serious threat to those forests. Now the agency proposes adding genetically engineered trees to the history of clearcut logging, spraying of toxic herbicides, road...
September 21 is the International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations. It is a day for organizations, networks and movements to celebrate resistance and raise their voices to demand: “STOP the Expansion of Monoculture Tree Plantations!” These...
A July 3rd article in the New York Times by Margaret Roach provided an example of efforts to restore the American Chestnut tree without the use of genetic engineering. Note: Lois and Denis, who are volunteers with the American Chestnut Cooperators Foundation (ACCF)...
On the eve of the International Day of Struggle against Tree Monocultures, The World Rainforest Movement invites you to participate in this free webinar on September 20th, 2024. It will be on Friday 20th September at 9am EDT (3pm Central Europe). In this webinar,...
An article appeared in The Washington Post on August 1, 2024 that examined gene-edited trees. Anne Petermann, Co-founder and International Coordinator of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees, was quoted in the article: “The potential for genetic contamination of wild forests...
Photo Caption: Chief Ninawa from the Brazilian Amazon speaks about the threats facing Indigenous Peoples in the region. Photo credit: PetermannThe Global Justice Ecology Project, representing the Campaign to STOP GE Trees, sent a team to the Indigenous Environmental...
For Immediate Release July 8, 2024 Contact: Steve Taylor (314) 210 1322 New York – July 8th, Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP) has requested that the United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of Inspector General investigate what has been...