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Growing Movement Against GE Trees In Brazil
Friday, 3 April 2015, 10:47 am | Global Justice Ecology Project
New York (2 April 2015) - Concerned citizens demonstrated at Brazilian consulates and embassies located around the world this week, as part of a second week of global protests demanding that the Brazilian government reject an industry request to commercialize ... More >>
Chiapas Cancels 'Disastrous' Forest Plan
Friday, 19 July 2013, 3:28 pm | Global Justice Ecology Project
SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico- The state government of Chiapas has cancelled a controversial forest protection plan that critics said failed to address the root causes of deforestation and could endanger the lives and livelihoods of indigenous ... More >>
Photo Essay: the Ayoreo People of Paraguay
Friday, 6 July 2012, 11:15 am | Global Justice Ecology Project
Photo Essay: the Ayoreo People of Paraguay GJEP's Climate Connections blog exposes the links between the coup in Paraguay, the expansion of GMO soy plantations and the rampant deforestation of the great Chaco wilderness--home to the Ayoreo People ... More >>
Green (Greed) Economy Alive and Well
Saturday, 23 June 2012, 2:07 pm | Global Justice Ecology Project
Global Justice Ecology Project Press Release For Immediate Release 22 June 2012 Green (Greed) Economy Alive and Well in the Hotels of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-- Concurrent to the multilateral government negotiations happening at the Rio+20 Conference ... More >>
GMO Trees and the Green Economy: Green Deserts for All?
Friday, 22 June 2012, 2:23 pm | Global Justice Ecology Project
Global Justice Ecology Project World Rainforest Movement Global Forest Coalition Carbon Trade Watch Stop Genetically Engineered Trees Campaign Press Release More >>
Activists Disrupt Sir Richard Branson at Rio +20 Event
Friday, 22 June 2012, 11:43 am | Global Justice Ecology Project
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil--Activists from Global Justice Ecology Project and Biofuelwatch disrupted Sir Branson's speech with chants and placards at the Rio+20 Earth Summit event titled "Advancing Public-Private Partnerships for Deforestation-Free / ... More >>
Instability in Genetically Engineered Tree Company Indicated
Friday, 23 March 2012, 9:57 am | Global Justice Ecology Project
For Immediate Release: March 22, 2012 Instability in Genetically Engineered Tree Company Indicated with ArborGen Shake Up New Report: Analysis of the State of GE Trees and Advanced Bioenergy Launched Last week on March 14, ArborGen, a leader in ... More >>
New Video Reveals Global Resistance to Forest-Carbon Project
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 12:23 pm | Global Justice Ecology Project
Global Forest Coalition and Global Justice Ecology Project have produced a new video entitled A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests . The twenty-eight minute video, launched today, documents opposition among Indigenous Peoples, forest-dependent ... More >>
COP17 succumbs to Climate Apartheid
Monday, 12 December 2011, 1:36 pm | Global Justice Ecology Project
Decisions resulting from the UN COP17 climate summit in Durban constitute a crime against humanity, according to Climate Justice Now! a broad coalition of social movements and civil society. Here in South Africa, where the world was inspired by the liberation ... More >>
Global Leaders Powerfully Denounce Green Economy
Friday, 9 December 2011, 12:39 pm | Global Justice Ecology Project
Durban, South Africa-- During a press conference today at the UN Climate Conference COP 17 organized by Global Justice Ecology Project, Indigenous Peoples, youth, social movement leaders and ecological justice activists gave powerful testimonies about ... More >>
Indigenous Peoples gather at Climate Change Summit
Tuesday, 21 April 2009, 7:05 pm | Global Justice Ecology Project
Anchorage, Alaska--Two weeks ago in the most southern region on Earth, an ice shelf the size of Jamaica broke free in Antarctica. Starting today, in one of the most northern regions on Earth, over 500 Indigenous Peoples are meeting at the Indigenous ... More >>
"Next Biofuels": Bursting The Green Bubble
Friday, 16 January 2009, 10:43 am | Global Justice Ecology Project
United 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 ... More >>
Critique of Unsustainable Biofuels
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 9:36 am | Global Justice Ecology Project
On Thursday, January 15, 2008 an open letter will be distributed in the U.S. and internationally warning of the dangers of the rapid and destructive expansion of large-scale industrial production of biofuels (agrofuels). The letter explains why ... More >>
UNFCCC: Final Statement of Indigenous Forum
Sunday, 16 December 2007, 9:14 am | Global Justice Ecology Project
Statement Of The International Forum Of Indigenous Peoples On Climate Change At The High Level Segment Of The 13th Conference Of The Parties And The 3rd Meeting Of The Parties To The Kyoto Protocol Of The UN Framework Convention On Climate Change, Bali. More >>