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WRM SPECIAL BULLETIN ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED TREES

Special Bulletin 88 - November 2004 (complete version)
A large number of scientists are actively working on genetically modifying trees, to better serve industry's economic aims. Field trials are already being carried out in a number of countries and GM poplars have already been released in China, regardless of the dangers that all this implies for the world's forests. This bulletin is aimed at sharing some of the information available and at urging concerned people to involve themselves in this issue. A good starting point would be to sign the petition for a Global Ban on GM trees, (available at http://elonmerkki.net/dyn/appeal/), which will be presented next month at the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Climate Change, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

  • Latin American Network asks Brazilian and Chilean Goverments to Stop GE Trees Researchs - Press Release- 16 January 2008 Only available in Spanish and Portuguese
  • Moratorium on all GM Trees and Ban on GM Forest Trees
    Genetically modified (GM) trees have all the hazards of GM crops only worse, GM forest trees, in particular, are the ultimate threat to people and planet. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho update the ecological and health risks since ISIS' last comprehensive review. February 2007
  • Letter to the CBD to ban GM Trees - November 15th 2006
    At its last Conference of the Parties (COP8), the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted a very important Decision in relation to the issue of genetically modified trees and invited everyone “to provide relevant views and information to the Secretariat for inclusion in this assessment”.

LINKS

 

STOP GE Trees Campaign
http://www.nogetrees.org

GeneWatch UK
http://www.grain.org/front/

GeneWatch - The Council for Responsible Genetics
http://www.gene-watch.org/ 

Genetically Engineered Trees - GENET News Articles
http://www.genet-info.org/information-services/genetically-engineered-trees/page/3.html

GRAIN - Genetic Resources Action International
http://www.grain.org

Northwest Resistance Against Genetic Engineering
http://www.nwrage.org/

Revista Biodiversidad
http://www.grain.org/biodiversidad2.htm

Seedling - The quarterly newsletter of Grain
http://www.grain.org/seedling/

Union of concerned scientists
http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/genetic_engineering/

México - Diversidad Biológica y Cultural / Biotecnología
http://www.laneta.apc.org/biodiversidad/transgen.htm

Sierra Club - Genetically Engineered Trees
 http://www.sierraclub.org/biotech/trees.asp 

Corporate Watch
http://www.corpwatch.org/

GE - Free New Zealand in food and environment
http://www.gefree.org.nz/index.htm

Global Justice Ecology Project / Genetically Engineered Trees Program
http://globaljusticeecology.org/index.php?page=getrees

 


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