Chile and Mapuche Resistance
June 2021 Update From Global Justice Ecology Project
Global Justice Ecology Project June Update Please support GJEP’s work to protect forests, advance climate justice & build alliances for systemic change! ¡Aziz Choudry Presente! We at GJEP got the shocking news that our close friend and comrade Aziz Choudry, a...
Climate Justice
Climate Change Climate change may well be humanity's greatest challenge. It is a crisis that must be rapidly addressed if catastrophe is to be averted. Already the impacts are being felt by millions in the world's most...
Photo of the Week: Chile Wildfires Six Years Later
Groups Call for Day of Action Following 2023 Wildfires in Chile 22 March is World Water Day. From 22-25 March 2017, Global Justice Ecology Project, OLCA-Chile and member groups from the Campaign to STOP GE Trees toured the Bio Bio and Araucanía regions...
Global Forest Coalition: IPCC report clearly shows there is no room for carbon offsets in climate change policy
Global Forest Coalition: IPCC report clearly shows there is no room for carbon offsets in climate change policy March 21, 2023 marks both the International Day of Forests and the release of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sixth synthesis...
The Wild American Chestnut Is On Its Way Back
The Wild American Chestnut Is On Its Way Back This article, written by Anne Petermann and Steve Taylor, originally appeared in the Spring 2023 edition of Heartwood community's biannual newsletter Heartbeat. By Anne Petermann and Steve Taylor MAINE – On his land in...
BEATEN, BOMBED AND BURIED: The decades-long persecution of Forest Defenders
BEATEN, BOMBED AND BURIED The decades-long persecution of Forest Defenders Special exclusive report for Global Justice Ecology Project By Don Kimball NOTE: People interested in supporting Tortuguita’s family in their fight for justice can contribute to their...
Photo of the Week – My Lai Massacre (16 March 1968)
Photo of the Week - My Lai Massacre (16 March 1968) My Lai Massacre 16 March 1968 The My Lai Massacre occurred during the Vietnam War in Indochina. US soldiers from Charlie Company were responsible for murdering 504 Vietnamese men, women and children. Twenty-five US...
Perspective Magazine Examines Falsehoods Behind Engineering Trees For Profit
Perspective Magazine Examines Falsehoods Behind Engineering Trees For Profit A March 15 2023 Perspective article by Wade Graham examines how the the tree-planting carbon offset market, which is worth billions and a key component of net-zero strategies, is based on...
The Guardian reviews over a century of the global fight for justice and equality for International Women’s Day
The Guardian reviews over a century of the global fight for justice and equality for International Women's Day Since 1908 women across the globe have been demanding their rights on March 8th, now known as International Women's Day, to build momentum, promote women's...
Photo of the Week: International Women’s Day 8 Mar 2023
Photo of the Week: International Women's Day 8 Mar 2023 Almost 30 years ago, in July of 1993, GJEP cofounders Anne Petermann and Orin Langelle were invited by Cree Chief Mathew Mukash to visit Cree territory to document the effects of, and resistance to,...
PRESS RELEASE: Results from USDA’s Latest Public Comment Period on the GE American Chestnut Tree
Comments by Organizations Against the Deregulation of the GE American Chestnut are Profiled on GJEP Website FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/7/2023 The United States Department of Agriculture's...
Brasil de Fato: Against eucalyptus monoculture, MST occupies three areas of Suzano Papel e Celulose
Against eucalyptus monoculture, MST occupies three areas of Suzano Papel e Celulose On February 27, 2023, Brasil de Fato posted an article describing an occupation by around 1,550 members of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) in three areas owned by Suzano...