International Women’s Day Action in Brazil: Women from MST (Landless Worker’s Movement) Occupy Suzano Against GE Trees

International Women’s Day Action in Brazil: Women from MST (Landless Worker’s Movement) Occupy Suzano Against GE Trees

Mar 5, 2018 | Brazil, Climate Justice, Featured, Indigenous Peoples, No GE Trees News, Social Media News, Tree Plantations

Women denounce loss of water, impacts from toxic agrochemical spraying and monoculture timber plantations, and future use of GE trees   By MST Communication Group in Bahia Via MST.org.br Photos: MST Communication   Note: In 2015, the Brazilian Biosafety...

Statement: Near Unanimous Public Rejection of GE Trees in US

Jul 19, 2017 | Bioenergy, Chile-All, Deforestation, Forests, No GE Trees News, Press Releases, Pressroom, Rainforest, Social Media News, Tree Plantations, Uncategorized

USDA Receives Near Unanimous Public Rejection of Genetically Engineered Trees  Statement from Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project and Indigenous Environmental Network 19 July 2017 New York (US)–New Zealand-owned tree biotechnology company ArborGen [1] faces...
Quarter of a Million People Say ‘NO’ to First-Ever GE Forest Tree Proposed for US

Quarter of a Million People Say ‘NO’ to First-Ever GE Forest Tree Proposed for US

Jul 6, 2017 | Bioenergy, Chile-All, Climate Justice, Deforestation, Featured, Forests, No GE Trees News, Protests & Resistance, Social Media News, Tree Plantations, UN Climate COPs

Washington, DC — Well over a quarter of a million people and 500 organizations submitted comments yesterday rejecting the commercialization of ArborGen Inc.’s genetically engineered (GE) eucalyptus trees, which, if approved, would be the first-ever GE forest tree...