People protesting Genetically Engineered Trees in front of the 2017 IUFRO conference. Photo: Langelle AFRY signs Memorandum of Understanding on biomass project in Papua New Guinea to progress 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...]
Video: Genetically Engineering Trees to Grow More Densely–Social & Ecological Impacts
To find the subtitles, click the settings gear icon on the bottom right corner of the video and select "subtitles". Desplácese hacia abajo para Español Role para baixo para o Português Global … [Read more...]
Advisory: International Tree Biotechnology Conference ending in Disarray
Caption: Scientists, foresters, organizers and others from around the world protest GE trees at the European Union in Brussels in 2015. CORRECTION: Due to the US Fourth of July holiday, the … [Read more...]
Earth Radio: Reports from Tree Biotech Conference and Threats from CRISPR & GE Trees
Earth Watch 25 June 2019 This week's Earth Watch on the Sojourner Truth show on KPFK Pacifica Los Angeles features Campaign to STOP GE Trees Coordinator Anne Petermann reporting from the 2019 … [Read more...]
Young Plantation Forests Linked to High Wildfire Severity Risk
Young Plantation Forests Linked to High Wildfire Severity Risk Via Oregon State University Phys.org Wildfires show no respect for property lines, but a new analysis of the 2013 … [Read more...]
Tree Plantations Threaten Survival, Restoration of China’s Native Forests
China has implemented some of the world's most ambitious policies to protect and restore forests, yet these programs still miss the mark, according to a team of researchers led by Princeton … [Read more...]
Are ‘No Deforestation’ Commitments Working?
By Catriona Croft-Cusworth Originally published by Forest News In 2014, many of the world’s major companies buying, trading or producing palm oil and pulp and paper made a joint … [Read more...]
‘We Want Our Lands Back’: Women Worldwide Fight Expansion of Industrial Oil Palm Plantations
We, leaders of groups of women affected by the expansion of industrial monoculture plantations, particularly oil palm plantations, coming from all regions in Sierra Leone and different countries from … [Read more...]
Fight Against GE Eucalyptus in US Gets Major Media Coverage
Major news outlets are reporting on the news that over 250,000 signatures have been collected telling the USDA to not approve genetically engineered eucalyptus trees. RT.com interviewed Campaign to … [Read more...]
