On the Int’l Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we celebrate the resilience of Indigenous Peoples around the globe! Making up over 6% of the world's population, we are both culturally & linguistically diverse, yet united by our collective commitment to protecting Mother Earth

‼️Urgent Alert - the US Forest Service is trying to open the door to #GMO trees on our public forests. This is outrageous after attempts to develop a GE American chestnut tree wreaked havoc. Sign on today! #keepforestswild #stopgetrees docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Ambassador Leonor Zalabata of Colombia to the UN receives from Ambassador for the Environment for the Ponca Nation Casey Camp-Horinek Call to Ban Genetically Modified Trees from 100 organizations and Indigenous Peoples from 30 countries during UN Climate Week Sep 27, 2024 in NY.

If the defective GE American chestnut had been released into national forests, it would have unleashed devastation on the remaining chestnuts. #GMO trees are unpredictable and risky! Sign on to #stopgetrees here: stopgetrees.org/us-forest-serv… Non-GMO Project GMO/Toxin Free USA Standing Trees

This week the GJEP team visited many Mapuche communities about their struggles. Here we Interviewed the Mapuche Lonko of Kilape Lopez about their work to reclaim traditional lands from timber companies. Photo: Anne Petermann

[continued] GJEP visited this community (Kilape Lopez) when they first took over the land in 2019. At that time they were invaded by the Chilean National Police and members shot at. They have stayed on their lands in spite of the repression. Photo: Orin Langelle

A delegation of Global Justice Ecology Project including the Campaign to #stopgetrees is investigating the impacts of the industrial forestry model in Chile. Here we interview a renowned biologist at the top of the Nahuelbute National Park.

#VIDEO #COP16 in Colombia: Save the #Amazon from Brazil’s #GMO Trees - Press conference w Tom Goldtooth, ED of Indigenous Environmental Network, Dr. Ricarda Steinbrecher of Federation of German Scientists and Elvis Huni Kui of the Amazon's Huni Kai People. Watch here: stopgetrees.org/gjep-update-fr… Dr. Joseph Mercola

GJEP UPDATE from the Convention on Biodiversity COP in Cali, Colombia: Save the Amazon from Brazil’s Genetically Modified Trees globaljusticeecology.org/gjep-update-fr…

#COP16 "Demand to Ban #GMO trees" "Casey Camp-Horinek, Ambassador of the Environment of the Ponca Nation, sent the Colombian Ambassador to the UN, Leonor Zalabata, a call to ban the expansion of GM trees." #stopgetrees #INDIGENOUS servindi.org/seccion-ambien…

Action demanding real action to protect biodiversity #stopgetrees and NO offsets COP16 "The commodification of ecosystems and #biodiversity in the very markets that have driven their destruction and caused mass extinction, is beyond cynical and opportunistic, it is criminal."

PRESS RELEASE: A Big Win As UN Convention on Biological Diversity COP16 Reaffirms Geoengineering is a Risk| NOTA DE PRENSA: La COP16 del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica de la ONU reafirma que la geoingeniería es un riesgo handsoffmotherearth.org/resources/pres…

A new study found that a diet of only 10% GMO soybean oil fed to rats for 90 days caused significant liver and kidney damage. But don't worry. FDA says it's safe. ijdrug.com/Article/ijdrc-… If you know of food products made with GMO soybean oil, please let others know!

#GMO salmon company AquaBounty shuts down operations. “We’re glad to see the back of this company after over twenty years of our protests against genetically modified food,” said Sharon Labchuk of GMO Free Prince Edward Island. gmwatch.org/en/106-news/la…

It is critical to support #Mapuche land rights in Chile and stop the expansion of industrial tree plantations that are destroying #forests, #biodiversity, fresh #water and the #climate. #forestsnotplantations #stopgetrees #keepforestswild

Fantastic G.M article on the folly of #GMO poplars for carbon storage, points out the company "is not interested in reducing the use of fossil fuels, since it offers carbon compensation [offsets] to companies that release C02 into the atmosphere." stopgetrees.org/infogm-bioengi…

🌴Gene-edited trees are poisoning Brazil’s forests and waterways. Now they’re coming for Pure New Zealand. 🌲GE pine trees are already in NZ, planted by Scion, a government research agency. Source: Anne Peterman (Exec Director - Global Justice Ecology Project). 🔗 Link in

‼️ The USDA is recommending approval to release the defective dangerous D54 #GMO chestnut tree into wild forests. SIGN ON BELOW to demand USDA reject the GE chestnut. Comment period closes JULY 21 GMO/Toxin Free USA Claire Bleakley Greenpeace USA Global Justice Ecology Project stopgetrees.org/no-ge-chestnut…