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 SAN FRANCISCO (March 1, 2010): Good Vibrations, the legendary San Francisco-based retailer www.goodvibes.com, kicks off Spring by partnering with the Global Justice Ecology Project as part of their corporate giving initiative, GiVe, and emphasizing the importance of greening one's sex life with sustainable sensual products.For over 30 years Good Vibrations has partnered with hundreds of local and national non-profit organizations. By donating products, advertising and sponsorship for fundraisers, along with a percentage of retail sales, the company has provided much needed support for women's shelters, HIV/AIDS research, art programs, LGBT benefits, Breast Cancer awareness and much more. This Spring, Good ... 3/10/2010 11:40 am Read More |
| Invasive GE Eucalyptus Threatens Southern Forests & Water Groups Force USDA to Re-release Draft Environmental Assessment on Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees for Southern U.S. Forests: Original Assessment Lacked Key U.S. Forest Service Hydrological StudiesThe U.S. Department of Agriculture re-released their draft environmental assessment [1] regarding a request by ArborGen, a subsidiary of timber giants International Paper and MeadWestvaco, to plant over a quarter of a million genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in so-called "test plots" across seven southern U.S. states. [2]"If these invasive GE eucalyptus are planted across the South on this large of a scale, it is highly likely that fertile seeds will escape into surrounding forests," said ... 2/11/2010 4:18 am Read More |
| Carbon Markets Violate Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Threaten Cultural Survival Indigenous leader kidnapped and forced at gunpoint to surrender carbon rights for REDD in Papua New GuineaNew York, USA --- As carbon traders hawk permits to pollute at the Second Annual Carbon Trading Summit, Indigenous Peoples denounced that selling the sky not only corrupts the sacred but also destroys the climate, violates human rights and threatens cultural survival. "Carbon trading and carbon offsets are a crime against humanity and Creation," said Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director of Indigenous Environmental Network. "The sky is sacred. This carbon market insanity privatizes the air and sells it to climate criminals like Shell ... 1/13/2010 1:31 pm Read More |
| Press Release: Climate Impacted Voices in Copenhagen Promoted Copenhagen, Denmark--Participants from Global Justice Ecology Project's New Voices on Climate Change initiative are in Copenhagen for the UN Climate Conference. As the first week comes to a close it is evident that the negotiations involve back room deals without real input from people suffering from the climate crisis.New Voices on Climate Change is designed to connect reporters and journalists with representatives of communities impacted by climate change, fossil fuels and false solutions to the climate crisis like carbon offsets.New Voices on Climate Change works with community representatives and Indigenous Peoples from all over the world. A major focus of ... 12/11/2009 3:59 am Read More |
| Indigenous Peoples Speak Out Indigenous Voices Must Be Heard! WHEN: Thursday, 10 December 2009, 4:00 - 7:00 pm.WHERE: Klimaforum Blue Room (for directions go to www.klimaforum09.org). Take the COP15 bus to Klimaforum. Indigenous Peoples Speak Out! is an opportunity for Indigenous Peoples to communicate their message to the COP15 audience. For too many years these voices have been silenced in the UN Process.Indigenous Peoples from all over the world will share their experiences, stories, songs and prayers. Also, join us for free food at 6:00 pm.Organized By: Indigenous Environmental Networkwww.ienearth.orgGlobal Justice Ecology ProjectNew Voices on Climate Change Initiativewww.globaljusticeecology.orgGlobal Forest Coalitionwww.globalforestcoalition.org ... 12/10/2009 9:42 am Read More |
| PR: Environmental and Indigenous groups denounce potential Copenhagen Forest Fraud Copenhagen, 8 December 2009 - A proposed program to reduce CO2 emissions by conserving forests risks destroying the world's natural forests, marginalizing Indigenous Peoples and undermining the global climate regime. Under the deal, called REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation), organizations and countries can receive money to protect a forest. However, according to a new report by the Global Forest Coalition "REDD Realities"[1], which will be launched at a side event in Copenhagen today, the national legislation in the countries concerned is too weak to ensure these financial flows will actually ... 12/08/2009 6:20 am Read More |
| Mobilization for Climate Justice: Media Advisory Mobilization for Climate Justice Media Advisory For immediate release November 23, 2009 Contacts: Kim Marks, Mobilization ... 11/24/2009 12:04 pm Read More |
 Press release by Biofuelwatch and Global Justice Ecology Project:For immediate release23rd November 2009Environmental campaigners warn that a lawsuit over fraud against a company claiming to be the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of biochar presents a stark warning of the dangers of the scramble for funding for unproven climate change techno-fixes.In the same week that the Obama administration announced a new task force for investigating financial fraud,, Mantria Industries were taken to court by the Securities and Exchange Commission which accuses the company of running a 'Ponzi scheme' involving fraudulent investment deals targeted at ... 11/23/2009 4:35 pm Read More |
 Anna Pinto speaks at the University of Vermont on the beginning of the Global Justice Ecology Project's New Voices on Climate Change. Ms. Pinto is the Executive Director of CORE (Center for Organizing, Research and Education) in India. She is traveling throughout the northeast U.S. and speaking on climate change, gender justice and Indigenous rights. Her tour will finish at the G20 meetings in Pittsburgh New Voices Climate Change Tour Launched.The tour will travel from New England, to the G20 in Pittsburgh, September 24-25, and then to Appalachia, the midwest, southeast, Quebec ... 9/15/2009 2:25 pm Read More |
 For Immediate Release 29 July 2009Berkeley, CA--When the United Nations meets in Copenhagen, Denmark this December to hash out a new climate protocol, whose voices will they listen to? In the past, the UN has been successful at shutting out the voices of those who are most impacted by the climate. This needs to change.As Fiu Mata'ese Elisara-Laula of the O Le Siosiomaga Society of Samoa, pointed out during the 2007 UN Climate Convention in Bali, Indonesia, "This [international climate negotiation] process has become nothing but developed countries ... 7/30/2009 12:36 pm Read More |
| Public Overwhelmingly Rejects Genetically Engineered Trees STOP GE Trees Campaign Researchers at Oregon State University are doing numerous experiments with genetically modified poplar trees. 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 engineered (GE) eucalyptus trees. Only 39 favorable comments were received by the USDA. If allowed, the plantings would take place on 330 acres of land across seven states in the Southern U.S., to supposedly feed future cellulosic ethanol ... 8/14/2009 12:28 pm Read More |
 Photo: People prepare banner at morning protest to greet negotiators as they enter UN Climate Talks in Bonn, Germany. Photo: Langelle/GJEP-GFCFor Immediate Release 8 June 2009Countdown for Survival: Global groups make an urgent call to end deforestation and conserve the world's forests during UN Climate TalksBonn, Germany - A coalition of youth, environmental groups, NGOs, Indigenous Peoples organizations and women's groups delivered a plea to negotiators asking them to ensure a strong climate deal and warning them that they will put our survival at risk if they do not act immediately to halt deforestation and the industrial logging of the ... 6/10/2009 1:34 pm Read More |
| Belgium protested by Indigenous Peoples in New York A 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 on International Biodiversity Day, Indigenous Peoples Organizations along with several Non-Governmental Organizations held a protest against genetically engineered trees in front of the Belgian Permanent Mission. During the protest, a letter [1] was delivered to Belgian Ambassador, ... 5/22/2009 7:36 am Read More |
 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 May by The Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB). The poplars, planted in the Belgian countryside, have been genetically engineered for altered lignin content specifically for ... 5/11/2009 1:08 pm Read More |
For Immediate Release - January 15, 2009United States--A diverse alliance of organizations published an open letter [1] today in the U.S. and internationally warning of the dangers of industrially produced biofuels (called agrofuels by critics). The letter explains why large-scale industrial production of transport fuels and other energy from plants such as corn, sugar cane, oilseeds, trees, grasses, or so-called agricultural and woodland waste threatens forests, biodiversity, food sovereignty, community-based land rights and will worsen climate change. With the new Obama Administration slated to take office Tuesday, the letter's originators warn that if Obama's "New Green Economy" runs on agrofuels ... 4/21/2009 8:51 am Read More |
| Climate Justice Now! Network: Radical New Agenda Urgently Needed MEDIA RELEASE Friday 12 December 2008Poznan, Poland - Members of the Climate Justice Now! Network -representing over 160 organisations fighting for climate justice -issued today (Friday 12 December) a joint statement calling for a radical change in direction to put climate justice and people's rights at the centre of the UNFCCC negotiations.The statement asserts that: "Solutions to the climate crisis will not come from industrialised countries and big business. Effective and enduring solutions will come from those who have protected the environment - Indigenous Peoples, women, peasant and family farmers, fisherfolk, forest dependent communities, youth and marginalised and affected communities ... 12/19/2008 2:59 pm Read More |
| Carbon Karma: The Perfect Last Minute Gift Polar bear issues warning at end of march during the European Social Forum in Malmo, Sweden, September 2008. Photo: Langelle/GJEP-GFCTired of Cheap, Toxic Junk from China?Then try Carbon Karma: The Perfect Last Minute Holiday GiftBy Sandy Klaus Hinesburg, Vermont--Let's face it, if you run an earth-destroying corporation, your Carbon Karma is bad. What you deserve is a lump of fossil fuel in your Christmas stocking. But if you're like the rest of us, you can instantly improve your Carbon Karma, as well as that of your family and friends, by giving the gift of a donation to an organization ... 12/19/2008 3:32 am Read More |
 Poznan, Poland - As the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is underway, Global Justice Ecology Project is launching New Voices on Climate Change, a new initiative, the goal of which is to broaden the climate debate by amplifying the voices of peoples around the world who are already being impacted by climate change. This is an effort to bring in people that have historically been mostly excluded from climate discussions: especially Indigenous Peoples, women, and non-corporate interests.New Voices participant, Hubertus Samangun, of ICTI - Ikatan Cendekiawan Tanimbar Indonesia, states: "As an Indigenous person, I know that the ... 12/02/2008 3:48 am Read More |
| GJEP Media Bites - Autumn 2008 Global Justice Ecology Project made the news! Check out these links to articles about GJEP published this fall. GJEP's Agrofuels specialist, Dr. Rachel Smolker published an article in Development (2008) 51, 519-526. doi:10.1057/dev.2008.67The New Bioeconomy and the Future of Agriculture, also posted on African Institute of Strategy website with link to Palgrave publications where full text is available."Will Jatropha Invade Mozambique? Via Campesina Confronts the Global Agrofuel Industrial Complex" In this article, GJEP's call for immediate moratorium on US incentives for agrofuel production discussed:• InfoShop News on 29 October, 2008• Biofuelwatch list• All Africa News on Oct. 30, 2008A Call ... 1/14/2009 3:04 pm Read More |
| RADICAL NEW AGENDA NEEDED TO ACHIEVE CLIMATE JUSTICE Poznan statement from the Climate Justice Now! alliancePhoto: Langelle/GJEP-GFCThe Poznan statement was released today at a press conference during during the UN climate meeting in Poznan, Poland. Press conference participants were Alicia Munoz Toledo, Anamuri, Via Campesina, Chile; Ana Filippini, World Rainforest Movement, Gender CC, Uruguay and Ben Powless, Indigenous Environmental Network. Anne Petermann, Global Justice Ecology Project, Global Forest Coalition, moderated the panel and made opening and closing statements. (Note: Ana, Ben and Anne are in the GJEP New Voices on Climate Change initiative.) The Poznan statement:12 December 2008Members of Climate Justice Now! - a worldwide alliance of more ... 4/21/2009 8:57 am Read More |
| INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND NGOs OUTRAGED AT THE REMOVAL OF RIGHTS FROM UNFCCC DECISION ON REDD Protest Manifests as Indigenous Rights are opposed by U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand at UN Climate Conference. Photo: Langelle/GJEP-GFCPoznan, Poland-- 9 December 2008 We, the undersigned representatives of indigenous peoples, local communities and non-governmental organizations monitoring the progress of negotiations in Poznan are outraged that the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand opposed the inclusion of recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities in a decision on REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) drafted today by government delegates at the UN Climate Conference.These four countries (often known as the 'CANZUS Group') want to include ... 12/19/2008 3:32 am Read More |
 For Immediate Release December 2, 2008 Hinesburg, VT--An evening of discussing and eating local food will begin with a film called "Sustainable Table: What's on Your Plate?" at the Carpenter-Carse Library in Hinesburg on Thursday, December 4th at 7pm. Following the film, local foods expert Bill Schubart will lead a discussion and help attendees take a closer look into what people in the town of Hinesburg eat and what the future of food could look like in Vermont. Apples and cheeses from the Hinesburg area to taste and pair will culminate the evening. The chair of Hinesburg's "Buy Local and Specialty Farming Task Force," ... 12/04/2008 1:02 pm Read More |
 For Immediate Release - Friday 5 December -Joint release: Global Forest Coalition, The Wilderness Society and Global Justice Ecology ProjectUN Climate Deal Could Pay for Forest DestructionCarbon Karma Fortune-telling Action Foretells REDD ProfitsPoznan, Poland--Global Forest Coalition, The Wilderness Society, Global Justice Ecology Project and concerned youth highlighted the risks associated with the implementation of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in a "REDD fortune-telling" action today at the UN Climate conference here. In its current form, they argue, REDD could derail the Climate Convention and undermine a post-2012 Climate agreement.In a parody of what calculations of carbon base ... 12/05/2008 1:43 pm Read More |
 Photo: Langelle GJEP/GFCMarcial Arias, a member of Global Forest Coalition and a leader of the Kuna indigenous people in Panama was a member of the visiting commission made up of indigenous community leaders from Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Panama.For Immediate Release from Global Forest Coalition - 6 November 2008 - ENGLISH/ESPANOL International Commission Finds Colombian Government Allegations of Indigenous and Popular Mobilization Terrorism FalseCalí, Colombia – On Monday, 3 November, the International Commission of Guarantors (La Comisión Internacional de Garantes) released a report exposing the Colombian government's accusations of terrorism against the indigenous and ... 11/25/2008 3:06 am Read More |
| Forest Groups Welcome EC's Rejection of Forest Carbon Credits in ETS Global Forest Coalition Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- 17 October 2008 - FOREST GROUPS WELCOME EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S REJECTION OF FOREST CARBON CREDITS IN ETS Asunción, Paraguay--The Global Forest Coalition, a worldwide coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples' Organisations, welcomes the recommendation of the European Commission to exclude forest carbon credits from the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) until at least after 2020. The Commission points out that monitoring, reporting, verification and liability questions should be resolved first. According to the Commission, "Inclusion of forestry credits in the EU ETS should only be considered after a thorough review of the experience ... 10/22/2008 4:22 am Read More |
 Global Forest Coalition's managing coordinator, Simone Lovera (center), describes GFC's new report, Life as Commerce: the Impact of Market-based Conservation, at a press conference today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Dr. Andrei Laletin (left), Friends of Siberian Forests and Global Forest Coalition and Victor Benitez Isfran (right), Director of Alter Vida Paraguay and coordinator of Pojoaju, the Paraguayan federation of NGO networks also spoke at the press conference.Photo: Langelle/GJEP-GFCAs the international financial and food crisis worsens, Global Forest Coalition critiques the unreliability of Market-based Conservation Mechanisms with launch ... 10/09/2008 12:19 pm Read More |
| Global Forest Coalition critiques unreliability of Market-based Conservation Mechanisms Media Advisory/Press Briefing- 7 October 2008 - Global Forest Coalition critiques unreliability of Market-based Conservation MechanismsBarcelona, Spain--As the international financial crisis grows and markets become more unstable, Global Forest Coalition will be involved in several events highlighting the unreliability of market-based mechanisms as a possible source of funding for biodiversity conservation this week at the IUCN World Congress. Market-based mechanisms are often seen as solutions to the lack of funding for public conservation, but they are false solutions.The Global Forest Coalition is comprised of a large number of Indigenous Peoples Organizations and NGOs from six continents. At the World Conservation ... 10/06/2008 1:48 pm Read More |
 Photo: Eviction of Villagers due to Soya Expansion in ParaguayFor Immediate Release - September 30, 2008 - Student Activist from Paraguay to Speak with Youth at the University of Vermont on Resistance Against Ecological and Social Exploitation in the Global SouthBurlington, VT--Leticia Galeano, an active member of Movimiento Agrario y Popular of Paraguay will speak at UVM about her community's organized resistance to exploitation by soy agribusiness. The event will be held this Friday, ... 11/25/2008 3:10 am Read More |
| Groups call for Action on 21 September: International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations For Immediate Release ENGLISH / ESPAÑOL - 18 September 2008 - Joint Release from World Rainforest Movement, Friends of the Earth International and Global Forest Coalition NOTA: Este comunicado está disponible en español más abajo Groups call for Action on 21 September: International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations Large-scale monoculture tree plantations cause serious environmental, social and economic impacts on local communities. These impacts have been amply documented around the world, and include the depletion of water sources due to changes in the hydrological cycle; deterioration of rivers and streams; air and water pollution due to ... 9/23/2008 5:02 am Read More |
| Global Gathering of Activists in Copenhagen Calls for Action Against Business As Usual at 2009 UN Climate Conference For Immediate Release - 16 September 2008 - ENGLISH / ESPAÑOL Joint Press Release from Global Forest Coalition and Global Justice Ecology Project NOTA: Este comunicado está disponible en español más abajo Global Gathering of Activists in Copenhagen Calls for Action Against Business As Usual at 2009 UN Climate Conference- Copenhagen, Denmark -- early 100 activists from 21 countries gathered in Copenhagen over the weekend to begin to lay plans for a massive global mobilization against climate change that will focus on the UN Climate ... 9/19/2008 2:02 pm Read More |
| Biotech Industry Designs Nightmare Biofuels Vancouver conference to promote genetically engineered trees for fuel For immediate release - September 10, 2008 - Biotech Industry Designs Nightmare BiofuelsVancouver conference to promote genetically engineered trees for fuel - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Today in Vancouver, major biotech 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 STOP GE Trees Campaign are here with Greenpeace and the Society for a GE Free BC to oppose these “nightmare biofuels”. [1]Attending the conference, CBAN Coordinator and member of the North American ... 9/17/2008 3:39 am Read More |
| One Leap Backwards for Biodiversity, One Giant Step Forward for Industry Biodiversity loses at UN convention on biodiversity In the July-August 2008 edition of Z Magazine: One Leap Backwards for Biodiversity, One Giant Step Forward for Industry Biodiversity loses at UN convention on biodiversity By Anne Petermann and Orin Langelle; photos by Langelle [Note: IPOs stand for Indigenous Peoples Organizations] The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) emerged, along with its cousin the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), out of the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. Its mission is ostensibly to recommend solutions to the escalating biodiversity crisis, which is manifesting in the extinctions of hundreds of species every day and which threatens the existence of ... 9/17/2008 3:20 am Read More |
| G8 BANKS ON MASSIVE GLOBAL CLIMATE POLLUTION MEDIA ADVISORY - Friends of the Earth International - July 8, 2008 - G8 BANKS ON MASSIVE GLOBAL CLIMATE POLLUTION- HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, July 8, 2008 -- *Reacting to the statement released today by the G8 in Hokkaido, Friends of the Earth spokesperson Karen Orenstein said:"G8 leaders today signaled their support for climate chaos by spewing futile rhetoric that will do nothing to stop the toll that global warming is taking on people and the planet.By giving support to the World Bank, the world's largest multilateral fossil fuel financier and major deforester, for its ill-conceived and unjust climate funds, G8 leaders ... 9/17/2008 3:18 am Read More |
| Gallagher's Support of Second Generation Biofuels will Still Compete with Food and will Destroy the World's Forests [Review on Biofuels Criticised] For Immediate Release - 7 July 2008 - Gallagher's Support of Second Generation Biofuels will Still Compete with Food and will Destroy the World's Forests [Review on Biofuels Criticised] - The Global Forest Coalition, a worldwide coalition of environmental NGOs and Indigenous Peoples' Organizations, welcomes the conclusion by the RenewableFuels Agency's Gallagher review that the introduction of biofuels should be significantly slowed until adequate controls to address displacement effects are implemented and are demonstrated to be effective. However, GFC issues a strong warning and caution regarding the Gallagher review's argument that sustainability criteria and second generation biofuels can help solve ... 9/17/2008 3:16 am Read More |
| An Ill-fated Day for the Environment: False Solutions to Food Crisis For immediate release - World Environment Day, 5 June 2008 - An Ill-fated Day for the Environment: False Solutions to Food Crisis will Escalate Starvation, Accelerate Climate Change and Devastate Biodiversity - Rome, Italy -- The Global Forest Coalition, a worldwide coalition of environmental NGOs and Indigenous Peoples' Organizations, has called World Environment Day 2008 a black day for the environment, now that it appears the FAO Summit on World Food Security will fail to agree on an immediate halt to all forms of support for agrofuels. Instead, countries like the U.S. seem eager to exploit the current human tragedy ... 9/17/2008 3:09 am Read More |
| Activists Symbolically Cut Trees to Save Forests and Call for GE Trees Ban For immediate release - 27 May 2008 - Activists Symbolically Cut Trees to Save Forests and Call for GE Trees Ban - Bonn, Germany - A large number of activists today stopped and 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 based group Robin Wood. "The tree planting ceremony is symbolic of what industry is pushing--non-native, often ... 9/17/2008 2:33 pm Read More |
| Governments Prioritize Forest Exploitation, Many Governments Fail to Comply with CBD Mandate For Immediate Release - Tuesday, 20 May 2008 - Governments Prioritize Forest Exploitation, Many Governments Fail to Comply with CBD Mandate - 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 made through the CBD Programme of Work (POW) of Forest Biological Diversity [5]. The civil society groups from the 22 countries who elaborated the reports presented at ... 9/17/2008 2:30 pm Read More |
| Groups and Scientists Call for Halt to Releases of Genetically Engineered Trees For Immediate Release - 15 May 2008 - 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 environment, due to their extreme ecological and social threats.Camila Moreno, a researcher ... 9/17/2008 2:25 pm Read More |
| Civil Society at the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity: Ten Urgent Matters for life and livelihoods on earth For immediate release - 13 May 2008 - Civil Society at the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity: Ten Urgent Matters for life and livelihoods on earth May 12 - 30, 2008, Bonn, Germany The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Alliance has launched a media advisory highlighting ten of civil society's most pressing concerns to be discussed at the upcoming Convention on Biological Diversity. Almost all of the world's governments will gather in Bonn, Germany to debate, negotiate, and hopefully take decisive action for life - both human and non-human - on earth.The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the ... 9/17/2008 2:23 pm Read More |
| UK Protests call for Biofuel Targets to be Scrapped For immediate release - 16 April 2008 - joint press release by Biofuelwatch and Global Forest Coalition UK Protests call for Biofuel Targets to be Scrapped - London - There were demonstrations in London yesterday and groups across the UK also protested against the introduction of mandatory biofuel blending. Outside Downing Street speakers from Friends of the Earth, Global Forest Coalition, GM Freeze, Campaign against Climate Change and Biofuelwatch condemned the government's decision to go ahead with it's biofuel policy against overwhelming evidence of catastrophic impacts on climate, communities, biodiversity and food security. Other protests were held outside the constituency ... 9/17/2008 2:15 pm Read More |
| Groups Condemn Biofuels as "False Solution" During Brazil's President Lula Tour of the Netherlands and Czech Republic For Immediate Release - 11 April 2008 - Groups Condemn Biofuels as "False Solution" During Brazil's President Lula Tour of the Netherlands and Czech Republic (Joint Release from Global Forest Coalition and Corporate Europe Observatory) - The Netherlands --Criticism is mounting denouncing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's visit this week to the Netherlands and the Czech Republic on a tour focused on promoting ethanol and other biofuels. The Brazilian president is visiting The Hague, Rotterdam and Amsterdam and will meet with Dutch Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende.Although Brazilian presidential spokesman Marcelo Baumbach said that Lula ... 9/17/2008 2:11 pm Read More |
| Vermonters March Toward a Better World--Saturday, 1/26 (Part of a Global Day of Action) For Immediate Release - 24 January, 2008 - Vermonters March Toward a Better World--Saturday, 1/26 (Part of a Global Day of Action) - Burlington, VT -- Workers, health care advocates, environmental activists, global warming groups and social justice advocates will join together this Saturday for a march through the streets of Burlington, as well as informational events under the theme of "Many Struggles, One Movement." These events are part of a global day of action under the banner of "Another World Is Possible"—the rallying cry of the World Social Forum (1).The day begins at 9am with the "Building a Movement ... 9/17/2008 3:43 am Read More |
| MY TURN: Business tops climate for Douglas Global Justice Ecology Project's Biofuels Specialist, Rachel Smolker's op-ed piece challenging Douglas's climate change proposals ran in the Burlington Free Press. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071231/OPINION/712310320/1006 MY TURN: Business tops climate for Douglas By Rachel Smolker - December 31, 2007 - Jim Douglas is clearly more interested in doing business than addressing climate change. Last session, he vetoed a forward-looking bill that would have created green jobs and significantly reduced Vermont's emissions. Instead he proposes the same false solutions to global warming that are being pursued at the international level: creating carbon markets and biofuels. Carbon trade: Trading in carbon credits, enshrined within the ... 9/17/2008 2:04 pm Read More |
| Groups Protest World Bank, Say Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Threatens Forests and Indigenous Peoples For Immediate Release - 11 December, 2007 - Groups Protest World Bank Say Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Threatens Forests and Indigenous Peoples - Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia ˜ A very diverse group of non-governmental organizations, indigenous peoples organizations and social movements staged a protest today outside of a press conference where World Bank President and former US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick announced the launch of the World Bank‚s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility."This Facility is merely the World Bank up to their old tricks," stated Anne Petermann, Co-Director of Global Justice Ecology Project. ... 9/17/2008 3:42 am Read More |
| WORLD BANK HANDS OFF FORESTS For Immediate Release - December 10, 2007 - Friends of the Earth International World Rainforest Movement Global Forest Coalition GJEP is the North American Focal Point of the Global Forest Coalition - WORLD BANK HANDS OFF FORESTS BALI (INDONESIA), Dec. 10, 2007 Environmental groups at the United Nations climate talks in Bali today urged governments to reject a new World Bank initiative promoting the inclusion of forests in carbon markets.The World Bank initiative, known as the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is set to be launched on Tuesday 11th December in Bali as part ... 9/17/2008 3:42 am Read More |
| Indigenous Peoples Protest UNFCCC For Immediate Release - 7 December 2007 - Indigenous Peoples Protest UNFCCC - Indigenous Peoples shut out of Climate Change Negotiations - Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia- Indigenous peoples representing regions from around the world protested outside the climate negotiations today wearing symbolic gags that read UNFCCC, the acronym of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, symbolizing their systematic exclusion from the UN meeting.Yesterday a delegation of indigenous peoples was forcibly barred from entering the meeting between UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer and civil society representatives, despite the fact that the indigenous delegation was ... 9/17/2008 3:41 am Read More |
| Forest Stewardship Council at a crossroad: Veracel timber certification would be yet another disaster for FSC For Immediate Release - September 17, 2007 - Forest Stewardship Council at a crossroad: Veracel timber certification would be yet another disaster for FSC - The wood-pulp producing company Veracel has applied for FSC certification of its tree plantations in the Brazilian state of Bahia and the evaluation process is being carried out by the international certification firm SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance). Veracel, a joint venture between Swedish-Finnish Stora Enso and Norwegian-Brazilian Aracruz Cellulose exports almost all the pulp produced in Brazil to overseas markets, where it is converted into paper.A large number of Brazilian and international organizations are ... 9/17/2008 3:40 am Read More |
| GLOBAL WARMING WILL RELEASE THE BLOB! For Immediate Release - July 25, 2007 - GLOBAL WARMING WILL RELEASE THE BLOB! - ARCTIC CIRCLE--There is a terrible new threat being posed by Global Warming. This time it comes in the form of a monster from outer space known only as The Blob. Exactly 50 years ago in July 1957 this formless terror crashed to Earth in a meteor in the rural town of Downington, Pennsylvania. In the span of only a few hours The Blob killed and devoured more than 50 people, growing from the size of a softball to larger than a school bus. There is ... 9/17/2008 1:48 pm Read More |
| Government Experts at UN Body Expresses Strong Concern About Biofuel Impacts on Biodiversity For Immediate Release - 6 July 2007 - Government Experts at UN Body Expresses Strong Concern About Biofuel Impacts on Biodiversity - Paris, 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 of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples Organizations from around the world present at this meeting also expressed their concerns ... 9/17/2008 1:47 pm Read More |
| Large Alliance of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples Calls for Ban on Genetically For Immediate Release- 4 July 2007 - Large Alliance of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples Calls for Ban on Genetically Modified Trees for Biofuels - Paris, France--Over 50 Indigenous Peoples Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations involved in meetings surrounding the Convention on Biological Diversity, presented an open letter today recommending a ban on Genetically Modified trees on the basis of their potential impacts on forest biological diversity. They expressed their concern that the current biofuels boom and the rush for so-called second generation biofuels will lead to dangerous experiments with these trees. The document was presented to delegates attending the Subsidiary Body ... 9/17/2008 1:46 pm Read More |
| Groups Ask U.S. Health and Environmental Agencies to Investigate Potential Link Between Pathogenic Fungus and Introduced Genetically Engineered Eucaly For Immediate Release - June 14, 2007 - Groups Ask U.S. Health and Environmental Agencies to Investigate Potential Link Between Pathogenic Fungus and Introduced Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees - Scientists and environmental groups sent a letter yesterday to federal agencies requesting an investigation concerning the public health and environmental risks of a pathogenic fungal organism Cryptococcus gattii. associated with certain Eucalyptus tree species. They are asking the U.S. Departments of Health & Human Services, Agriculture, Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency to determine if the hazardous pathogen is present in genetically engineered (GE) Eucalyptus trees being ... 9/17/2008 1:46 pm Read More |
| USDA Must Reject Permit for Engineered Eucalyptus Trees, Campaign Demands For Immediate Release- 5 June, 2007 - USDA Must Reject Permit for Engineered Eucalyptus Trees, Campaign Demands - The STOP GE Trees Campaign is demanding the USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reject a request by ArborGen to allow a field trial of genetically engineered eucalyptus to flower and produce seeds. The Campaign wants to ensure APHIS destroys the Baldwin County, Alabama field trial before it produces seeds to prevent escape of the GE eucalyptus."This would be a precedent-setting decision. It is the next step toward permitting full-scale plantations of non-native genetically engineered eucalyptus plantations," stated Eva Hernandez of ... 9/17/2008 1:44 pm Read More |
| National Effort Launched to Stop Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Plantations in US Southeast For Immediate Release - May 10, 2007 - National Effort Launched to Stop Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Plantations in US Southeast - As the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) wraps up its annual convention in Boston, the STOP GE Trees Campaign and member groups from around the U.S., including Dogwood Alliance, WildLaw, Southern Forests Network, Sierra Club and Global Justice Ecology Project are uniting to stop the plans of GE tree giant ArborGen to release genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in the southeast U.S.ArborGen, which was a co-sponsor of the BIO convention, is ... 9/17/2008 1:43 pm Read More |
| Environmental groups condemn IPCC call for large scale biofuels as a climate disaster in the making For immediate release - 4th May 2007 - Joint press release by Global Forest Coalition, Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project, Grupo de Reflexion Rural (Argentina), Rettet den Regenwald e.V., Econexus, Munlochy Vigil, and Noah (Friends of the Earth Denmark), Corporate Europe Observatory, and Gaia Foundation- Environmental groups condemn IPCC call for large scale biofuels as a climate disaster in the makingThe IPCC Assessment Report Four has made a compelling case on what global warming means to the planet this century. It is the IPCC's strongest warning yet that drastic cuts in carbon emissions are vital if we are to avoid ... 9/17/2008 1:31 pm Read More |
| Activists in Vermont Arrested in Anti-War Protest For Immediate Release - March 21, 2007 - Activists in Vermont Arrested in Anti-War Protest- Six Vermonters with Operation Occupation including two former Marines were arrested Wednesday evening at the Vermont office of Vermont Congressman Peter Welch after Welch refused to answer activists demands to know if he would vote against the bill that would authorize another 100 billion dollars for the war in Iraq.Welch ran on an anti-war platform and nearly 40 of his Vermont constituents came to his office to demand that he be accountable to them and vote against the new ... 9/17/2008 1:26 pm Read More |
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