International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations
Photo: Rubber plantation, Champasak province, Laos--courtesy Chris Lang.Click here to read the declaration See "Myth Busters" piece below press release for section on GE trees written by GJEP Executive Director Anne Petermann.Press release 21 September 2009
Thousands call for a halt to the expansion of monoculture tree plantationsIn 2004, organizations struggling against the expansion of large-scale tree plantations declared 21 September as International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations. Since then, organizations throughout the world carry out ...posted: 09/21/2009 11:00:37 Read More |
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POLICE EXPELS MST FROM AREA OF VERACEL CELULOSE- from Alert against the Green Desert Network-Bahia
BRAZIL--1.200 families of the Movement of Rural Landless Workers (MST) were expelled in the afternoon of Wednesday (22/07) from the Farm Putumuju/Barrinha in the municipality of Eunápolis, Bahia, after 105 days of occupation in an area with devolutas lands of the company Veracel Celulose, property of Aracruz Celulose and the Swedish-Finnish multinational Stora Enso.In Bahia, Veracel uses about 20 thousand of hectares of devolutas lands for the plantation of eucalyptus. According ...posted: 08/14/2009 03:52:20 Read More |
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Take Action to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees Now!
Tell ArborGen to get their GE eucalyptus trees out of the U.S. South and off the planet!ArborGen wants their genetically engineered eucalyptus franken-trees growing all over the Southern US. As Jim Hightower pointed out in his commentary today [see below] , these GE eucalyptus are "wildly invasive, explosively flammable, and insatiably thirsty for ground water."Call Barbara Wells, President and CEO of ArborGen: +1 843.851.4129 phone +1 843.832.2164 fax contact@arborgen.comBarbara Well was formerly the ... posted: 08/14/2009 04:12:57 Read More |
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Public Overwhelmingly Rejects Genetically Engineered Trees
Photo: Researchers at Oregon State University are doing numerous experiments with genetically modified poplar trees.STOP GE Trees Campaign Hinesburg, VT (U.S.)--Nearly 17,500 public comments were sent to the US Department of Agriculture opposing their recommendation for approval of an ArborGen [1] proposal to plant over a quarter of a million genetically ...posted: 07/17/2009 03:53:36 Read More |
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Forest Biotechnology Strangled At Birth?
In the June issue of Nature Biotechnology, GE tree researchers complain that international regulation is impeding their ability to conduct research into genetically engineered trees. Global Justice Ecology Project, home to the STOP GE Trees Campaign, is featured as one of the biggest obstacles to their dreams of vast expanses of GMO tree clones growing in all corners of the planet. To download the full article, you must first go to:
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Urgent Alert! Help Stop 260,000 GE Trees from being planted in U.S.!
Photo: Eucalyptus plantations in South Africa go on as far as the eye can see. Escaped eucalyptus trees are found widely outside of the plantations. Photo: Petermann/ GJEPDangerous Genetically Engineered (GE) Eucalyptus Trees on Fast-Track to Large-Scale Release in the U.S.ACTION NEEDED BY 6 JULY! Tell the USDA NO WAY to ArborGen's Eucalyptus FrankentreesIn an unprecedented move toward commercial large-scale release of GE forest trees in the United States, GE tree giant ...posted: 06/12/2009 01:52:05 Read More |
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GJEP GE Trees/plantations interview--Living on Earth
Anne Petermann speaks to UN delegates about the social and ecological impacts of GE trees during the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Curitiba, Brazil in March 2006. Photo: Langelle-GJEPAt the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in May in New York City, Anne Petermann, Executive Director of Global Justice Ecology Project and North American Focal Point for Global Forest Coalition, spoke with host Bruce Gellerman of National Public Radio's Living on Earth about the negative ...posted: 06/10/2009 11:36:35 Read More |
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Belgium protested by Indigenous Peoples in New York
Participants from the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Protest Belgium for their recent planting of a genetically engineered test plot. Photo: Langelle/GJEP-GFCA Joint Release from Global Forest Coalition, Global Justice Ecology Project and the STOP GE Trees CampaignFor Immediate Release 22 May 2009
Belgium Permanent Mission Protested by Attendees of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous IssuesProtesters Insist Genetically Engineered Poplar Trees Planted by Belgium be RemovedNew York, New York--Today ...posted: 05/22/2009 05:37:45 Read More |
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Biotech Trees in Belgium Condemned
Photo: Flemish Minister for Science and Innovation, Patricia Ceysens, plants genetically engineered poplar in Belgium.- ENGLISH / ESPAÑOL -For Immediate Release 8 May 2009Joint Release from Global Forest Coalition, Global Justice Ecology Project and the STOP GE Trees CampaignField Trial of Dangerous Genetically Engineered Trees Begins in BelgiumGE Poplars Risk Contaminating European Forests with Climate-Destructive TraitsAmsterdam, The Netherlands--Organizations internationally are condemning the planting of a highly controversial field trial of GE poplar trees on 6 ...posted: 05/11/2009 11:08:39 Read More |
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Women's Day 2009 shows solidarity against monoculture tree plantations
"The women used fuel, paint and termites to 'combat' the cellulose." foto: Divulgação / Aracruz CeluloseFrom Via Campesina's action in Brazil, to Chavez's choice to use tree plantation land for food crops, Women's Day 2009 on 8 March demonstrated a united front in halting the expansion of monoculture tree plantations worldwide. For more information, read the following articles:Women of the Via Campesina occupy export harbor of Aracruz Celulose In the early morning of this ...posted: 04/22/2009 03:00:59 Read More |
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Waiting for Verdict in Belgium on the GE Tree Front - The following is industry propaganda:
Belgium's Council of State suspends refusal of VIB's GM poplar field trial Monday, January 5, 2009*GHENT, Belgium - The Council of State has consigned the federal ministers Magnette and Onkelinx' decision to refuse a permit for a field trial with genetically modified poplars to the wastepaper basket. These poplars are intended for the sustainable production of biofuels. The Council of State rules that the refusal causes severe damage to VIB as an institute, ... posted: 01/07/2009 14:35:39 Read More |
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ArborGen focuses on South America for eucalyptus genetic studies
During a forestry convention in South Carolina (home of ArborGen), activists in hazmat suits leave conference sight after checking for genetic contamination from GE Trees. Photo: Langelle/GJEPSAO PAULO, Dec. 23, 2008 (RISI) - ArborGen aims to market its first genetically modified eucalyptus by 2012 as soon as Brazilian legislation approves the cultivation and commercialization of these products. Established in Campinas, São Paulo state, southeast Brazil, in 2004, the global company is working with pulp and ... posted: 01/05/2009 11:41:43 Read More |
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Plantations Are Not Forests
For Immediate Release - 11 December 2008Español debajo Groups unite to challenge the definition of forests under UNFCCC/REDDPoznan, Poland (UN Climate Conference)--Global Forest Coalition, The Wilderness Society, World Rainforest Movement, Global Justice Ecology Project, Via Campesina, the International Youth Delegation and the STOP GE Trees Campaign united today to challenge the UN/REDD definition of forests.Currently the UN considers industrial tree plantations as forests. This is, simply put, an egregious error. Plantations are not forests. Forests ...posted: 12/19/2008 01:36:30 Read More |
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Overwhelming Opposition to GE Papaya
For Immediate Release - November 20, 2008 - U.S. Groups, Businesses and Organic Farmers Overwhelmingly Oppose Engineered Papaya Organizations came together with scientists, businesses, organic farmers, bee keepers and others [1] to oppose a U.S. Department of Agriculture proposal to allow the commercialization of genetically engineered (GE) papaya trees in Florida. Over 12,000 people opposed ...posted: 04/21/2009 06:51:40 Read More |
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GE Tree Research: A Country by Country Overview
WRM Briefing, November 2008 Research on genetically engineered trees is being, or has been, carried out in a number of countries, but the public is either unaware about this or has been led to believe that this is a positive scientific development for the "improvement" of trees. People in those countries were never been asked to give their free, prior and informed consent to such dangerous research. For that ...posted: 11/25/2008 02:34:19 Read More |
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Help Stop GE Papaya Trees in Florida!
This Action Alert is a cooperative effort of the STOP GE Trees Campaign and its affiilliated groups: www.nogetrees.org COMMENTS NEEDED BY NOVEMBER 3 TO STOP GE PAPAYA IN FLORIDA! Help stop the commercial planting of genetically engineered papayas in Florida and the mainland US -- the first major cultivated GE tree on the US mainland. The US Department of Agriculture is accepting public comments between now and November 3, 2008 on a petition that would allow commercial growing and marketing ... posted: 11/25/2008 02:33:31 Read More |
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Fishermen/-women close export harbor of Aracruz Cellulose
A note from Global Justice Ecology Project:Aracruz Cellulose owns vast expanses of eucalyptus plantations in Brazil that have been the target of protest by indigenous and peasant communities for many years due to the enormous quantities of both land and water required by these plantations. Aracruz is currently developing genetically engineered eucalyptus trees for future plantations in Brazil.Fishermen/-women close export harbor of Aracruz CelluloseLast Friday, 10 October 2008, more than 100 fishermen/-women of the Association ...posted: 10/14/2008 11:18:59 Read More |
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GE trees are not a solution for agrofuels and will be more destructive for the climate
Interview with Anne Peterman from the Global Justice Ecology Project, member of the Global Forest Coalition.
A seminar called "Agrofuels will not answer to climate change" took place on Friday as part of the activities of the European Social Forum that is being held in Malmö, Sweden.
Real World Radio interviewed Anne Peterman, one of the speakers of the seminar and campaigner of the Global Justice Ecology Project in ... posted: 09/23/2008 03:10:06 Read More |
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Biotech Industry Designs Nightmare Biofuels
PRESS RELEASE SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 Biotech Industry Designs Nightmare BiofuelsVancouver conference to promote genetically engineered trees for fuelVancouver, BC, Canada - Today in Vancouver, major biotechnology corporations are meeting at the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) conference to chart the use of genetically engineered (GE) crops and trees, as well as synthetic biology and nanotechnology, for fuel. The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) and the STOP GE Trees Campaign are here with Greenpeace ...posted: 04/21/2009 06:55:39 Read More |
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International Biochar Conference Uses False Claims to Promote Dangerous Technology in the name of Climate Change Mitigation
Joint Press Release by Global Forest Coalition, Biofuelwatch (UK) and Global Justice Ecology ProjectCampaigners today warn that an international conference on biochar, which will be held in Newcastle, UK from 8 to 10 September, will be misleading governments and the public with claims that biochar - a by-product of second generation agrofuel production - can curb climate change and improve soil fertility.The International Biochar Initiative (IBI), which is organising the conference, promotes the idea that ... posted: 09/08/2008 11:22:56 Read More |
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UN CBD Fails to Protect Forests from Genetically Engineered Trees
Bonn, Germany—Under heavy pressure from Brazil, Canada, Colombia, New Zealand and Australia, the Convention on Biological Diversity's Ninth Conference of the Parties failed to pass a moratorium on the release of genetically engineered trees into the environment despite support for a global ban endorsed by hundreds of organizations around the world, and the unified efforts ...posted: 06/16/2008 01:03:13 Read More |
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GJEP/ STOP GE Trees Campaign Interventions at UN Biodiversity Convention
The following five interventions were made by Co-Director Anne Petermann to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity's Ninth Conference of the Parties in support of a global ban on GE trees. The final intervention was never read since the President of the COP would not allow Petermann to speak.Intervention, 5/30/08Thank you Mr. President,I speak today on behalf of Global Forest Coalition, which is a coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples Organizations from 6 continents, as ...posted: 06/16/2008 01:02:54 Read More |
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Activists Symbolically Cut Frankentrees to Save Forests and Demand Ban on GE Trees
For more photos from the action, go to http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/gallery.php?catIDBonn, Germany--Activists today stepped up their campaign for a ban on genetically engineered trees when they symbolically cut Genetically Engineered frankentrees that attempted to invade a tree planting ceremony outside of the meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)."We came here to this event because this tree planting ceremony is representative of corporate green-washing initiatives pretending to protect biodiversity," said Peter Gerhardt of the German ...posted: 06/16/2008 01:02:24 Read More |
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Women Tell Forest Industry: Plantations are Not Forests!
Rheinsches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany--On Friday evening, 23 May 2008, women from the Orange Bloc surprised the 'German Forestry Council Forest and Wood For a Future With Life of Quality Get Together' at their side event in the museum. One by one, during a cocktail and appetizer party on the museum's roof, women stood on a chair and spoke out against monoculture timber plantations, genetically engineered trees and cellulosic ethanol.Although a few of the timber industry ...posted: 06/16/2008 01:01:58 Read More |
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Governments Prioritize Forest Exploitation Many Governments Fail to Comply with CBD Mandate
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Bonn, Germany--Global Forest Coalition [1] released a major report, "Forests and the Biodiversity Convention," [2] at the Convention on Biological Diversity today. This report contains the summaries and research undertaken in 22 countries [3] by independent country monitors [4] to examine whether or not Parties are implementing the decisions ... posted: 06/16/2008 01:01:22 Read More |
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Groups and Scientists Call for Halt to Releases of Genetically Engineered Trees
Bonn, Germany--Organizations and scientists [1] from around the world spoke today about their opposition to genetically engineered trees which will be negotiated at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity's Ninth Conference of the Parties (CBD COP-9) beginning next week in Bonn. They are demanding that governments at the UN agree to accept the proposal to suspend all releases of genetically engineered (GE) trees into the ...posted: 05/16/2008 11:42:28 Read More |
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Organizations From Around the World Attend UN Convention on Biological Diversity In Bonn to Demand Protection for Ecosystems, Wildlife, Forests and...
Organizations From Around the World Attend UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Bonn to Demand Protection for Ecosystems, Wildlife, Forests and Indigenous RightsCompiled by Anne Petermann, Global Justice Ecology Project and Global Forest Coalition.Organizations around the world are congregating in Bonn, Germany through the end of the month in an attempt to participate in and influence the outcomes of the Ninth Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP-9).Simultaneous ...posted: 05/13/2008 11:39:03 Read More |
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Losing The Forests For the Trees: Tree Monocultures and Biofuels
Fueling the Debate: Agrofuels, Biodiversity, and Our Energy Future (#9)Losing the Forest for the Trees: Tree Monocultures and the Biofuel BoomCarmelo Ruiz Marrero | May 1, 2008Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP)http://americas.irc-online.org/ Using trees for fuel as part of the agrofuels boom means cultivation of massive monoculture tree plantations. They are already present in Chile, Uruguay, and Brazil to supply lumber as well as paper pulp, and due to the destruction ...posted: 05/09/2008 11:57:56 Read More |
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International Plantations Meeting, Johannesburg, South Africa
A representative from Global Justice Ecology Project will attend an international meeting on plantations organized by the World Rainforest Movement to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 1-3 November, followed by a strategy meeting on forests on the 4th. The meetings will bring together people working on several types of monoculture tree plantations –pulpwood, oil palm, rubber- from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the U.S. The plantations’ meeting agenda will include presentations ... posted: 08/10/2007 03:47:14 Read More |
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Here's a Bad Idea: Gas From Trees
By Josh Schlossberg, The Eugene Register-GuardPublished: April 27, 2008 12:00AMIndustry lapdog. Dishonest shill. Shameless profiteer. These are someof the names I've heard people call Martin Jack Desmond after hisApril 20 guest viewpoint pushing cellulosic ethanol as a solution tothe rising cost and dwindling supply of gasoline.But I'm going to give Desmond the benefit of the doubt: I'm willingto believe he really thinks he's doing a good thing. ... posted: 05/09/2008 11:57:40 Read More |
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Final decision on GE grass: Company's appeal dismissed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -D.C. Circuit Court says “No” to Scotts and Monsanto on Biotech GrassesRuling is Latest in a String of Victories in Which the Center for Food Safety Successfully Challenged Inadequate Oversight of Biotech CropsWashington, DC, March 19, 2008 – The Center for Food Safety announced today that a Federal Court of Appeals has tossed out the appeal of Scotts Grass Company, ending a long-running dispute over the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ... posted: 04/09/2008 10:51:00 Read More |
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North American GE Trees Strategy Session
Global Justice Ecology Project is hosting the North American STOP GE Trees Campaign strategy session August 15-16. We have representation from Canada and from the U.S.'s Northwest, South, Southeast, Midwest and Northeast. We'll be discussing a myriad of topics that range from legal to agrofuels. We'll be working on campaign strategy, media messaging, etc.contact: info@stopgetrees.org
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Press Release: USDA Decision on GE Poplars
ISIS Press Release 07/03/08USDA FONSI for Transgenic Poplars Absurd & DangerousProf. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho of the Insititute for Science in Society (ISIS) expose cavalier risk assessment that ignores existing evidence and takes absence of evidence as evidence of absence.A fully referenced version of this report was submitted to USDA on behalf of ISIS.The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (APHIS/USDA) received a permit application (APHIS ... posted: 05/09/2008 11:57:28 Read More |
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Week of Events and Protest at CBD Meeting in Rome
Delegates representing governments attending the SBSTTA (subsidiary body) of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Rome, Italy were greeted with a demonstration against genetically engineered trees and agrofuels as they entered the plenary session on February 21. This CBD body is discussing those issues, and more, prior to the CBD's Conference of the Parties in Bonn, Germany in May of this year. Photo: Langelle/Global Justice Ecology ProjectBrief report on the five days of ...posted: 02/22/2008 10:54:13 Read More |
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Statement Demanding GE Tree Ban Read at CBD Meeting
The following statement was read to the full plenary of the SBSTTA meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity on 21 February, 2008 in Rome, Italy:GE trees are a tremendous threat to forest biodiversity, and to forest dependent and indigenous communities.This body is not acknowledging this. Instead of strengthening the decision on GE trees made at the last COP, this body is considering weakening the decision, paving the way to commercialize this deadly and ... posted: 02/22/2008 10:46:52 Read More |
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Groups Issue International Joint Commentary on GE Trees
Groups from all over the world joined together at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity's SBSTTA meeting in Rome, Italy in February to demand that the CBD issue a moratorium on the release of genetically engineered trees into the environment. They are joining together again at the Ninth Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Bonn, Germany May 19-30, 2008 to demand the UN immediately stop ... posted: 05/08/2008 12:24:14 Read More |
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USDA Approves Release of GE Poplar in Oregon
For background information on the concerns with this release of GE poplar, please click below:http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/stopgetrees.php?IDAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0018]Oregon State University; Availability of an EnvironmentalAssessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for a ControlledRelease of Genetically Engineered Populus Species and HybridsAGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.ACTION: Notice.-----------------------------------------------------------------------SUMMARY: We are advising the public that an environmental assessmenthas been prepared for a proposed controlled field release ofgenetically engineered ... posted: 02/19/2008 07:32:26 Read More |
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GE Tree Report Failure May Bring Tears To Onions
Press Release: Soil and Health Association5 February 2008Failure in GE Tree Reporting May Bring Tears To Crop & Food's Onion Trial.State-owned GE tree researcher Scion has been negligent in itsreporting, as has GE trial auditor MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, andthe Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) may have beencomplicit in this, the Soil & Health Association has discovered.Scion's annual report to ERMA has been presented online recently*,but although all previous annual reports record that rabbits havebeen ... posted: 02/11/2008 12:05:39 Read More |
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APHIS Strengthens Regulations Governing Release of GE Trees and Other Perennials
News From The Biotechnology Regulatory Services of APHIS (the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service) APHIS oversees the release of genetically engineered organisms in the United States. The policy clarification below is very likely a result of a legal case against APHIS that resulted from the escape of genetically engineered bentgrass from a test plot in Oregon. It directly impacts the release of genetically engineered trees, which also fall under the category of perennials and have ... posted: 01/31/2008 12:51:23 Read More |
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World Congress on the Future of Food and Agriculture
Global Justice Ecology Project supports this call to participate in:PLANET DIVERSITYlocal, diverse, GMO-freeWorld Congress on the Future of Food and AgricultureBonn, Germany. May 12 – 16, 2008Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Friends of a diverse planet!"Planet Diversity" will be a global congress and festival on the future of food and agriculture, organised by NGOs, GMO-Free Regions, farmers and social movements around the world. From May 12th to 16th 2008 this event will involve about 500 ...posted: 01/31/2008 12:51:15 Read More |
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Unregulated Release of GM Poplars and Hybrids
USDA rubberstamps the largest ever collection of genetically engineered poplars with uncharacterized and dangerous constructs The attached report details information on dangerous field trials of GE poplars in Oregon. It was written by Professor Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and submitted to the USDA in response to an environmental assessment prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS). The EA was prepared for the permit application received from ...posted: 01/31/2008 12:51:03 Read More |
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Experts and Scientists to Meet In Opposition to Genetically Engineered Trees
Media Advisory August 14, 2007 ***Interviews Available***Contact: Orin Langelle /Global Justice Ecology Project +1.802.482.2689 (office Tuesday) and +1.802.578.6980 (mobile on site)Phiona Hamilton-Gordon /Global Justice Ecology Project +1.802.999.6654 (mobile on site)Hinesburg, VT (U.S.)--Scientists and experts from the U.S. and Canada will meet this week in Vermont to plan campaign strategies to ban the development and commercialization of genetically engineered trees.Experts and ...posted: 01/31/2008 12:50:53 Read More |
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GE Trees and Aracruz Cellulose in Brazil: Urgent Sign on Letter
URGENT World Rainforest Movement Alert: Stora Enso & Aracruz Cellulose: new 78,000 hectare plantation in BrazilFrom: "Andrew Boswell" <a_boswell_2004@yahoo.co.uk> Thu, 9 Aug 2007Please see below for information from World Rainforest Movement about plans by the Swedish-Finnish company Stora Enso and the Norwegian-Brazilian company Aracruz Cellulose, for a new 78,000 hectare monoculture timber plantation in Brazil. Stora Enso have made clear their plans to produce new-generation biofuels from wood residues. Read their release.A demonstration biofuels plant ...posted: 01/31/2008 12:50:43 Read More |
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GE Plum Deregulated Despite Overwhelming Public Rejection
Institute for Science In Society Press Release 26 July, 2007Transgenic Plum Gets USDA Non-regulated Status Based on False Claims of SafetyProf. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho rebut USDA conclusion that transgenic DNA and RNA are non-toxic. After receiving over 1700 public comments on its GE "Honeysweet" plum, which opposed it at a rate of over 100 to 1, (1725 to 1708) the USDA approved its use anyway.For full story, click ... posted: 01/31/2008 12:50:32 Read More |
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Press Release Issued on Impacts of Biofuels
For Immediate Release 6 July 2007Government Experts at UN Body Express Strong Concern About Biofuel Impacts on BiodiversityParis, France--An overwhelming majority of governments, including Norway, Sweden, Germany and Indonesia expressed serious concerns about the risks of large-scale production of biofuels to forests, ecosystems, indigenous peoples and local communities at a meeting of a UN scientific advisory body on biodiversity in Paris this week [1]. Several governments called for a precautionary approach to biofuels.A large number ... posted: 01/31/2008 12:50:24 Read More |
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Open Letter to UN CBD Scientific Body To Ban GE Trees
(Urgent from Global Justice Ecology Project and World Rainforest Movement of the Stop Genetically Engineered Trees Campaign)If your organization can sign on to this letter please email Ana Filippini at World Rainforest Movement by February 13.Open letter to all members of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)February, 2008The undersigned, members of organizations from countries where research on the genetic modification of trees is being ...posted: 06/12/2008 11:12:53 Read More |
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GE Tree Giant ArborGen Receives Approval for Flowering GE Tree Field Trial
GE tree giant ArborGen has received permission from the USDA to take the next step toward implementing their plans to develop non-native genetically engineered cold tolerant eucalyptus trees. Eucalyptus is widely known for its extreme flammability. In areas of California, invasive eucalyptus are being eradicated for this very reason.In addition to ...posted: 01/31/2008 12:49:16 Read More |
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World Rainforest Movement Southern Hub for STOP GE Trees Campaign
In November 2006 Uruguay-based World Rainforest Movement agreed to be the Southern Hub of the STOP GE Trees Campaign. WRM will help distribute information on the dangers of GE trees and the plans by industry to develop GE trees to movements, communities and activists throughout Latin America and the Global South. WRM distributes information in Spanish, Portuguese and French in addition to English. We will be working ...posted: 07/24/2007 03:08:18 Read More |
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A Silent Forest: The Growing Threat, Genetically Engineered Trees
This award winning DVD nararrated by Dr. David Suzuki, discusses the threats posed by genetically engineered trees to our environment and to human health. Subtitled in Spanish and Chinese Bonus Feature- Preview of World Rainforest Movement's Green InvasionAwards: First Place- EarthVision Environmental Film Festival First Place- Forests- Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival To order the DVD click here
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