Take Action to Protect our Forests from Genetically Engineered trees! On December 8, 2023, The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) announced it is discontinuing its development of this GE tree called “Darling 58” due to unexpected problems. The researchers at the...
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CBAN: Researchers Disown Their Own Genetically Engineered Tree
Dec 13, 2023
NOTE: The following is a press release from the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, a member group of The Campaigm to STOP GE Trees. It can also be read on CBAN's website. Canadian Biotechnology Action Network Press Release Researchers Disown Their Own...
Common Dreams: The Genetically Engineered Tree That Never Was
Dec 13, 2023
The transgenic Darling 58 chestnut tree as a sign of our collapsing regulatory ecosystem. NOTE: on December 12, 2023, the following article appeared on the Common Dreams website. It is written by Steve Taylor, the press secretary for Global Justice Ecology Project and...
Statement on The American Chestnut Foundation’s withdrawal of support for deregulation of the Darling 58 genetically engineered American chestnut tree
Dec 12, 2023
Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees For Immediate Release December 12th, 2023 Contact: Steve Taylor +1.314.210.1322 | steve@globaljusticeecology.org Statement on The American Chestnut Foundation’s withdrawal of support for deregulation of the Darling 58...
Democracy Now: “Green Colonialism”: Nigerian Climate Activist Nnimmo Bassey Says Africa Is Being Sold Out at COP28
Dec 8, 2023
Carbon trading at COP28 While at COP28 in Dubai, Nigerian activist and poet Nnimmo Bassey met with Democracy Now and discussed how carbon trading markets and other “false climate solutions” are negatively impacting attempts to reduce emissions and prevent catastrophic...
Rachel Parent at COP 28
Dec 5, 2023
Rachel Parent is at the COP 28, in cooperation with the Global Justice Ecology Project, to help stop genetically engineered (GE) trees. What is COP 28? UN Climate Change conferences (or COPs) happen every year. COP 28 refers to the United Nations Climate Change...
New England Botanic Garden: Restoring Giants to the Forest
Nov 29, 2023
Liz Nye's article Restoring Giants to the Forest was published on the New England Botanic Garden's website in November of 2023. The article can be read in full on the New England Botanic Garden's website. The article celebrates the planting of 20 naturally...
Press Release: Researchers temper expectations for genetically engineered American chestnut tree – reveal unexpected problems
Nov 21, 2023
For Immediate Release - 21 November 2023 Contact: Steve Taylor +1.314.210.1322 steve@globaljusticeecology.org After years of hype, researchers temper expectations for genetically engineered American chestnut tree - reveal unexpected problems Coalition of...
Brazil: Open Letter from the “Alert against Green Deserts” Network
Oct 31, 2023
In September 2023, The Alert against Green Deserts" network met in Brazil as part of the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations. Members of different states and representatives of quilobola communities, fishermen and agrarian reform...
World Rainforest Movement: Communities from Brazil and Mozambique exchange experiences in the fight against industrial tree plantations
Oct 30, 2023
Note: The following was originally published in the World Rainforest Movement‘s in-depth October 2023 Bulletin. We highly encourage you to check it out. Exchanges between those who fight to defend their territories are crucial in helping connect and strengthen...