Arm yourself with information about GE Trees (also called GM Trees)
We’ve compiled an international list of resources, starting with our steering committee’s organizations. While not complete and always growing, this is a great place to start learning about GE trees and the related issues of tree plantations and biofuels. (GE trees are also known as GMO trees, transgenic trees, genetically modified trees or GM trees.)
Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP) resources on GE trees (GMO trees)
- Our No GE Tree Program
- Our 2015 Fact Sheets on GE Loblolly, Eucalyptus, Poplar, and Chestnut Trees
- 2012 Report, Genetically Engineered Trees and Bioenergy: A Growing Threat to Forests and Communities
- Global Justice Ecology Project and Global Forest Coalition’s 2008 report, GE Trees, Cellulosic Biofuels, Destruction of Forest Biological Diversity
- Genetically Engineered Trees: No Solution to Global Warming: UN COP-8 Briefing No. 2
World Rainforest Movement resources on tree plantations, GE trees and biofuels
- General section on tree plantations
- 2012 Report on tree plantations, An overview of industrial tree plantations in the global South: conflicts, trends, and resistance struggles
- General section on GE Trees
- 2008 report, GE Trees Research: A Country by Country Overview
- 2007 report, Transgenic Trees
- 2008 report on biofuels, Ethanol from cellulose: A technology that could spell disaster
BiofuelWatch resources on biofuels and GE trees (GMO trees)
BiofuelWatch report on Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
EcoNexus resources on the science of GE trees (GMO trees)
- Steinbrecher, Ricarda and Lorch, Antje. Genetically Engineered Trees & Risk Assessment (2008). Published by the Federation of German Scientists. Presented at CBD COP9 negotiations on GE trees.
- Other materials on GE trees on the EcoNexus website
Global Forest Coalition
Center for Food Safety resources on GE trees (GMO trees)
- General section on GE Trees
- 2013 Report, Genetically Engineered Trees: The New Frontier of Biotechnology
Additional Resources on GE Trees:
Ceres Trust Fact Sheet on GE Chestnut Trees
Industry Materials:
ArborGen’s Eucalyptus Petition to Deregulate GE Eucalyptus Trees
Additional Resources on Biofuels:
Feb 9, 2015 Letter to US EPA from scientists on the dangers of wood-based electricity