Global Justice Ecology Project, which coordinates the Campaign to STOP GE Trees, submitted the letter below to the New York Times Magazine–it was published in its print edition on Sunday, May 17th. The letter was submitted in response to a piece written by Gabriel...
Claims of Successful Genetically Engineered Tree Sterility Overblown FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 08/08/2018 Claims of Successful Genetically Engineered Tree Sterility Overblown Long-term risks and threats of GE trees remain unanswered Joint Statement from: Global Justice...
For Immediate Release 7 June 2017 Concepción, Chile - Today the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) 2017 Tree Biotechnology Conference was forced to cancel its field trip to the University of Concepción's Center for Biotechnology amidst...
Traducción al español después de inglés Fernando Raga representing CORMA at the IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference, speaking in the session called "Chilean Forestry and the Adoption of New Technologies." (Fernando Raga, en representación de CORMA, en la Conferencia...
Ancient Araucaria forest in Chile. Photo Petermann 2004 Members of the Steering Committee of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees from four continents will travel to Chile from March 20-30 to meet with environmental justice groups and Mapuche communities about the ongoing...
Scott's creeping bentgrass is genetically engineered to withstand applications of Monsanto's Roundup. GE bentgrass escaped from test trials in Oregon in 2003 and are still uncontained after years of eradication efforts. The USDA is considering deregulating creeping...
A Resounding NO to GE Trees Declaración de Asunción Rechazo a todos los Árboles Genéticamente: Un NO Rotundo a los Árboles GM (PDF) Declaração de Asunción rejeita todas as árvores geneticamente modificadas: Um esmagador NÃO às árvores transgênicas (PDF) We,...
Genetically Engineered (GE) Trees will increase the damages caused by deforestation to indigenous people and their way of life. Here at the STOP GE Trees Indigenous People & Forests Blog, we will share news and reports of the struggles already faced by people who...
October 2 2026: In support of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees, Dr. Donald Davis published an article in Counterpunch on the USDA decision to approve the world’s first ever genetically engineered plant designed explicitly for release and self-spread in wild ecosystems....
Note: the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) is a partner organization in the Campaign to STOP GE Trees. Media Release from the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 2, 2026 U.S. Genetic Engineering Experiment Threatens...
Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP), who founded the Campaign to STOP GE Trees in 2003, released the following statement on August 27, 2026 regarding the announcement by the USDA of the decision to deregulate the genetically engineered (GE) Darling 54 American...
A renewed push to release genetically engineered trees into U.S. forests is gaining momentum—and it should alarm anyone who cares about the future of wild ecosystems. On April 25, SilvaBio—a company seeking to mass-produce and sell genetically engineered American...
Experts Challenge SilvaBio Claim That Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Tree Has Been “Validated” For Immediate Release: 28 April 2026 SilvaBio, the corporation seeking to mass clone and sell genetically engineered American chestnut...
Thoreau Farm, May 3rd at 2pm Eastern Register to watch on Zoom Presented by the Thoreau Alliance Before 1910, the American chestnut was one of the most common—and cherished—trees in the eastern United States. Its rot-resistant wood framed barns and fences; its...
This article by researchers at the Gibson Climate Justice Lab, University of Southern California, exposes the link between land-based geoengineering, carbon markets and genetically engineered trees. It highlights how Indigenous Peoples and Quilombola communities are...
A Good News Forest Comeback Story: The Wild American Chestnut Is Returning Watch the film for the International Day of Forests (March 21st) What if the American chestnut isn’t a lost species after all? On the land of renowned naturalist Bernd Heinrich in Maine,...
Our short film documents thousands of thriving, wild American chestnuts on the land of renowned biologist Dr. Bernd Heinrich—contradicting decades of assumptions about the species’ decline. Register to watch the film here:...
This week the Campaign to STOP GE Trees made important headway at the meetings of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Panama City. Strengthening the Moratorium on GE trees: The CBD Alliance, which is a network of civil society organizations that work to...