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WRM information sheets on GE tree research First posted:  August 2014 Forest tree species being manipulated: hybrid aspen (populus) Aim of genetic manipulation biomass yield Those carrying out the research:
WRM information sheets on GE tree research First posted: August 2014 Forest tree species being manipulated: Hybrid aspen (populus) Aim of genetic manipulation
 WRM information sheets on GE tree research First posted: August 2014 Forest tree species being manipulated: Oil Palm Rubber Aim of genetic manipulation
According to Global Forest Watch, Chile’s forests are expanding. On the ground, however, a different scene plays out: monocultures have replaced diverse natural forests, and tree plantations now occupy 43 per cent of the South-central Chilean landscape. Defining plantations as forests has allowed the government to expand monocultures at a rapid pace, robbing the Mapuche indigenous peoples’ territories. Despite this, the Mapuche continue a strong fight to recuperate their ancestral land rights.
The NO REDD in Africa! Network (NRAN) took part in the 2014 SADC People’s Summit in Bulawayo City, Zimbabwe. The summit's final declaration brings strong demands to the Heads of States. The “Rejection of the False Solutions to Climate Change” is one of the demands, calling on governments to: “Reject externally driven false solutions to climate change embedded in for example the existing REDD Plus, Green Revolution and Climate Smart Agriculture proposals”.
Friends of the Earth Colombia, CENSAT Agua Viva, is making available to the public three promotional audios for the Conference on Páramos and High Mountains, aimed at reaching the residents of the high Andean mountains. The Conference calls on mountain communities and the campesino, indigenous and social organizations of Colombia to participate in a space for reflection and networking by people for the defence of the mountain territories.