Note: for more on the public comment period regarding the USDA's recommendation to approve release of GE trees into wild forests, or for information on submitting comments, please visit https://stopgetrees.org/stop-ge-trees/ For Immediate Release 11/17/2022 ...
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Action Alert: Comments needed to stop release of GE trees into wild forests!
USDA’s Genetically Engineered Tree Public Comment Period Launched! Deadline 26 January 2023 YOU helped us get the comment period extended! We now have the opportunity to submit comments until 26 January 2023! Update (May 2023): Thank you for submitting comments!...
131 Groups Call on FSC to Uphold GE Trees Prohibition
131 environmental and social justice groups from 34 countries, including 10 FSC members, are calling on FSC to continue prohibiting the use of genetically engineered trees and to refrain from engaging with field experiments. Click here for the full list of signatories...
GE Trees Will Never Be Sustainable
Trading in Forest Stewardship? 10 October 2022 Source: Counterpunch by Lucy Sharratt Forest Stewardship Council prepares to facilitate the global release of GE trees The release of genetically engineered (GE or genetically modified) trees is closer than it has ever...
93 Groups Call on FSC to Uphold GE Trees Prohibition
More than 90 environmental and social justice groups from 28 countries are calling on the Fores Stewardship Council to continue prohibiting the use of genetically engineered trees and to refrain from engaging with field experiments. Please see the full list of...
Experts Sound Alarm Over ‘Growing Threat’ of Genetically Engineered Trees
"Development of genetically engineered trees is advancing despite the serious risks to our forests and continued opposition around the world," said one advocate. Source: Common Dreams, September 28, 2022 A report published Wednesday exposes the "growing threat" of...
Un nuevo informe exhibe el avance de la amenaza global de los árboles genéticamente modificados
Las pruebas de campo continúan en muchos países a pesar de los riesgos para los bosques 28 de septiembre de 2022 Hoy, la Red Canadiense de Acción en Biotecnología (Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, CBAN) y la Campaña para DETENER los Árboles Genéticamente...
Advancing global threat of genetically engineered trees exposed in new report
Field tests continue in many countries despite risks to forests Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Today, the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) and The Campaign to STOP GE Trees published a major report that details the status of development of...
Novo relatório expõe ameaça global crescente de árvores geneticamente modificadas
Testes de campo continuam em muitos países, apesar dos riscos para as florestas 28 de setembro de 2022 Hoje, a Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN / Rede Canadense de Ação em Biotecnologia) e a “Campaign to STOP GE Trees” (a Campanha para PARAR as árvores...
New Briefing Paper: FSC is Opening the Door to the Global Release of GE Trees (EN, ES, FR, ID, PO, JA)
Download the Briefing in English, Español, Français, Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese o Português. Tell the FSC NO GE Trees! Sign the FSC petition in English, Español, Português. English For more than twenty years, a core policy of the Forest Stewardship Council...