Featured photo: FSC certified. Courtesy Timberwatch website Note: Wally Menne was a great ally in the fight to stop genetically engineered trees from the early days. I attended the Durban Group for … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Global Gathering Takes Aim at Genetically Engineered Trees
Investigates Links Between GE Trees, Plantations and Chile's Worst Ever Fire Season Media Advisory 22 March 2017 Santiago, Chile–Members of the Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees … [Read more...]
Deforestation and Industrial Pulpwood Plantations in Indonesia, Devastating Social and Environmental Impacts
By Forest Peoples Programme Global Research A potential wood supplier for one of the world’s largest pulp and paper mills does not have the consent of local communities A joint … [Read more...]
When Forest ‘Restoration’ Means More Tree Plantation Monocultures
From the World Rainforest Movement Bulletin: Years before governments adopted the Paris Agreement, international initiatives promising millions of hectares of reforestation and forest restoration … [Read more...]
Study: ‘Frontiers of plantation expansion’ losing more trees to deforestation than harvesting
GE tree company ArborGen's motto is "more wood less land". They insist that their faster growing GE and other trees will take the pressure off of forests by increasing the harvest per acre of … [Read more...]