GJEP has worked in solidarity with the MST in Brazil to stop the use of GE trees there since 2006. We strongly oppose Brazil’s outrageous decision in 2015 to legalize genetically engineered … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement Demands Unity Among Progressive Forces
The MST has publicly denounced and taken action against GE trees. In solidarity, we are sharing their message. Brazil is experiencing a deep economic, political, social and environmental … [Read more...]
More from Int’l Women’s Day in Brazil: Women Occupy Suzano Land Against Plantations and GE Trees
Women workers report environmental impacts caused by eucalyptus monoculture and the water crisis in the region By MST Communication Group in Bahia Photos: MST Communication Translated with … [Read more...]
International Women’s Day Action in Brazil: Women from MST (Landless Worker’s Movement) Occupy Suzano Pulp Mill Against GE Trees
Women denounce loss of water, impacts from toxic agrochemical spraying and monoculture timber plantations, and future use of GE trees By MST Communication Group in Bahia Via MST.org.br Photos: … [Read more...]
Press Release – Brazil: Militant Women Occupy Pulp Mill to Protest GE Trees, Tree Plantations
For Immediate Release 5 March 2018 More than One Thousand Women Take Over Suzano Pulp & Paper Mill to Protest Genetically Engineered Trees and Eucalyptus Plantations More than one … [Read more...]
Brazil: MST Land Activists to Win Prestigious Agroecology Award
MST land activists to win prestigious agroecology award. Photo by Júlia Rohden. By Ednubia Ghisi English translation by Nate Singham NOTE: According to the national … [Read more...]
WATCH: MST Militant on Taking Back Land from Plantations in Brazil
The following trailer and the full video are in Portuguese, with Spanish spoken translation and English subtitles. El preestreno y el video completo están en Portugués, con traducción en vivo al … [Read more...]
Video: MST Fight to Take Back Land From Tree Plantations & Free Political Prisoners in Brazil
(In Portuguese with English Subtitles) The Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees recently organized an international delegation to Chile to investigate the impacts of industrial timber … [Read more...]
