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The STOP GE Trees Campaign is a national and international alliance of organizations that have united toward the goal of prohibiting the ecologically and socially devastating release of genetically engineered trees into the environment. Global Justice Ecology Project coordinates, administrates and fundraises for the campaign. World Rainforest Movement, based in Uruguay, is the Southern Hub for the Campaign and has materials in Spanish and Portuguese.
STOP GE Trees Campaign Founding Members: Global Justice Ecology Project, Sierra Club,Southern Forests Network, Dogwood Alliance, Forest Ethics, Forest Guild, GE Free Maine (now Food for Maine's Future), Institute for Social Ecology Biotech Project, Klamath-Siskyou Wildlands Center, Northwest Resistance Against Genetic Engineering, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN), Rainforest Action Network STOP GE Trees Campaign International Committee: World Rainforest Movement (Uruguay--Southern Hub for the Campaign), Global Forest Coalition (The Netherlands, Paraguay), Konapewman (Mapuche Territory, Chile), Timberwatch Coalition (South Africa), Forest Peoples Programme (England). STOP GE Trees Campaign Scientific Advisor: Dr. Ricarda Steinbrecher, EcoNexus STOP GE Trees Campaign Goal: A global ban on the release of GE trees into the environment. The following Organizations have signed on as members of the STOP GE Trees Campaign: Argentina: -Amigos de la Tierra Argentina, www.amigos.org.ar -Ecoportal.Net, Dra. Noemi Abad, www.ecoportal.net -Grupo de Reflexion Rural Argentina, Stella Semino, www.grr.org.ar Austria: -Friends of the Earth Austria and Global 2000, Jens Karg, www.sos-klima.at and www.global2000.at Belgium: -Africa-Faith and Justice Network (AEFJN), www.aefjn.org Brazil: -Associacao de Protoção ao Meio Ambiente de Clanorte- APROMAC, Zulecia Nycz, www.apromac.org.br -Associacao Terra Laranjeiras, Telma D. Monteiro -CEPEDES, Centro de Estudos a Pesquisas para o Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul, Ivonete Gonçalves, www.cepedes.org.br -Defesa Biogaucha, www.defesabiogaucha.org -Fase-Federação de Orgãos para Assistencia Social e Educacional, Geise Silva, www.fase.org.br -Fórum Carajás, www.forumcarajas.org.br -Instituto de Projetos e Pesquisas Socioambientais, Luiz Sertorio Teixeira, www.ipesa.org.br -Instituto BIOFILIA- Instituto de Conservação, Felipe Amaral, www.institutobiofilia.org.br -Instituto Gaucho de Estudos Ambientais, Cristiano Hickel, www.inga.org.br -Terra de Direitos, Camila Moreno, www.terradedireitos.org.br Bulgaria: -WWF Danube-Carpathian Program, Zhivko Bogdanov, www.panda.org/bulgaria Canada: -Environment North, Lynn Palmer, www.environmentnorth.ca -Friends of Clayoquot Sound, Maryjka Mychajlowycz, www.focs.ca -Oakvillegreen Conservation Association, Liz Benneian, www.oakvillegreen.org -Reach for Unbleached!, Delores Broten, www.rfu.org Chile: -Fundacion Sociedades Sustentables, Maria Isabel Manzur, www.chilesustentable.net -Red de Accion por los Derechos Ambientales (RADA), Alejandra Parra, www.radatemuko.cl -Salvemos Cobquecura Colombia: -Asociaion de Productores Organicos Arhuacos y Campesinos de la Dierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Asoprocasines), Edgar Tafur Cardozo -CENSAT Agua Viva, Friends of the Earth Colombia, Diego Alejandro Cardona Calle, www.censat.org -Comision Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz -Comunidad Civil de Vida y Paz- CIVIPAS -Comunidad de Autodeterminacion Vida y Dignidad- CAVIDA -Comunidad Vida y Trabajo la Balsita -Consejo Comunitario Afrondescendiente de Rio Naya -Consejo Comunitario del Curvarado -Consejo Comunitario del Jiguamindo -Rapalmira Colombia, Elsa Nivia, www.rap-al.org -Red de Alternativas a la Impunidad y a la Globalizacion el Mercado Costa Rica: -COECOCEIBA, Friends of the Earth, Costa Rica, Issac Rojas, www.coecoceiba.org Ecuador: -Corporacion Coordinadora Nacional para la Defensa del Ecosistema Manglar, www.ccondem.org.ec -Frente Nacional por la Salud de los Pueblos del Ecuador, Ricardo Ramirez Aguirre, www.saluddelospueblos.com -Instituto de Regeneracion Ecologica, www.allpa.org Estonia: -Estonian Fund for Nature, Nastja Pertsjonok, www.elfond.ee Ethiopia: -ECO Yeshemachoch Mahiber, Gebremedhine Birega Dagaga Finland: -Union of Ecoforestry, Hannu Hyvonen, www.mehta.fi/en/index Germany: -Ecoropa, Christine Von Weizsaecker -Grassroots Foundation, Hermann Graf Hatzfeldt, www.grassroots.de -Institute for Applied Cultural Research/Critical Ecology, Mr. Axel Goldau, www.ifak-goettingen.de -Oro Verde, Elke Mannigel, www.oroverde.de -Robin Wood, Peter Gerhardt, www.robinwood.de -SAN- Seeds Action Network, Rutiger Stegemann Guatemala: -Tropico Verde-Parks Watch, Guatemala, Carlos Albacete India: -EQUATIONS, www.equitabletourism.org Ireland: -Forest Friends Ireland, John Haughton, www.forestfriends.ie Kenya: -Ecoterra Kenya, Aina Seering, www.ecoterra.org -OSIENALA, Friends of Lake Victoria, Obiero Ong'ang'a, www.osienala.org Malta: -Genista Research Foundation, Michael Mallia, www.genistafoundation.org -Malta Organic Agriculture Movement, Mario Salerno, www.moam.org.mt Mexico: -ConCIENCIA Mexico A.C., Eva Isaak, www.concienciamexico.blogspot.com New Zealand: -GE Free Northland, Zelka Grammer, www.gefreenorthland.org.nz -GE Free New Zealand, Claire Bleakley, www.gefree.org.nz -National Council of Soil & Health Association of New Zealand, Dr. Elvira Dommisse, www.organicnz.org -Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Genetics, Dr. Robert Anderson, www.psrg.org.nz Paraguay: -BASE Investigaciones Sociales, Javiera Rulli, www.baseis.org.py -FASES- Fundacion de Asistencia Social Educacion y Salud, Luis Alberto Vera Radice Peru: -Diario CORREO- Huancayo, Jesus Veliz Ramos -ONG La Semilla, Ricardo H. Quinones -Peru Al Dia, Moraiama Rojas, www.perualdia.net -Peru Informa, Zoila Cordova Hernandez, www.peruinforma.net Philippines: -Ecological Society of the Philippines, Javier M. Claporols -SEARICE, Ditdit Pelegrina, www.searice.org.ph Poland: -Coalition Against GMO, Poland, Stanislaw Wiackowski, www.icppc.pl/pl/gmo/eng_index.php Russia -Eremurus Club, Victoria Kopeykina, www.biosafety.ru -Friends of the Siberian Forest, Andrei Laletin, www.sibforest.org South Africa: -GeaSphere, Philip Owen, www.geasphere.co.za Slovakia: -Friends of the Earth CEPA, Ivan Lesay, www.priateliazeme.sk Spain: -Amigos de la Tierra España, David Sanchez, www.tierra.org -Asociacion LAUNA, Jaun Baena, www.aldearural.com -Comision de SSPP de ATTAC España, Carlos Ruiz -Los Verdes de Aragon, Rosa Burgos, www.verdesaragon.org -Proyecto Gran Simio, Pedro Pozas, www.proyectogransimio.org -Salvando Arboles, www.salvandoarboles.blogspot.com Tanzania: -ECOTERRA Trust, Barbara Schachenmann, www.ecoterra.org United Kingdom: -Biofuelwatch, Almuth Bernstinguk, www.biofuelwatch.org.uk -Friends of the Earth, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, Clare Oxborrow, www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/real_food/index.html -Forest Peoples Programme, Maurizio Ferrari, www.forestpeoples.org -Gaia Foundation, Teresa Anderson, www.gaiafoundation.org -Munlochy GM Vigil, Anthony Jackson, www.munlochygmvigil.org.uk -Stroud District Green Party, Robert Vint -Trees for Health, Liz Turner, www.treesforhealth.org United States: -American Lands Alliance, Anne Martin, www.americanlands.org -Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH), www.HeadwatersPreserve.org -Brighton Botanicals, Pam Trenholm, www.brightonbotanicals.com -Californians for GE-Free Agriculture, Renata Brillinger, www.calgefree.org -Cumberland Countians for Peace and Justice, and, Network for Environmental and Economic Responsibility, Donald B. Clark -Environmental Alliance North Florida, Joy Ezell, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EANoF -Friends of the Earth U.S., Brent Blackwelder, www.foe.org -Genetic Engineering Action Group, Barbi Schreiber and Meg Lucas -Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Bruce K. Gagnon, www.space4peace.org -GMO-Free Maui, Bonnie Bonse, www.gmofreemaui.org -Green Party of York County, Pennsylvania, Stephen Baker -Growing Native, Louise Lacey, www.growingnative.com -Heartwood, Andy Mahler, www.heartwood.org -Help Our Polluted Environment, Rebecca Edwards, http://groups.yahoo.com/group.HopeForCleanWater -International Tribal Association (ITA), M. Edwin Jeffrey -Mangrove Action Project, Alfredo Quarto, www.mangroveactionproject.org -Native Forest Council, Tim Hermach,www.forestcouncil.org -Nicaragua Network, Katherine Hoyt, www.nicanet.org -Nicaragua Solidarity and Fair Trade Resource, Tim Baker -Northwest Resistance Against Genetic Engineering, Fransisco Gadea, www.nwrage.org -Northwoods Wilderness Recovery, Doug Cornett, www.northwoodswild.org -PeaceVermont and Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance, Debora Stoleroff, www.vyda.org -P.I.N.A., Preserving the Integrity of Napa's Agriculture, Erica Martenson, www.preservenapasag.org -Rising Tide North America, Julian Drix, www.risingtidenorthamerica.org -Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, Betty and Gary Ball, www.rmpjc.org -Say No To GMOs!, www.saynotogmos.org -Sequoia Forest Keeper, Valerie Cassity, www.sequoiaforestkeeper.org -The Second Chance, Joan Mencher, www.thesecondchance.org -Virginia Forest Watch, Steve Brooks, www.virginiaforestwatch.org International: -A SEED Europe, Soile Koskinen, www.aseed.net -Carbon Trade Watch and Transnational Institute, Kevin Smith, www.carbontradewatch.org and www.tni.org -Ecological Internet, Dr. Glen Barry, www.ecoearth.info -Ecoterra International, Dr. Arnold Steinhauer,www.ecoterra.org.uk -Environmental Network for Central America, Martin Mowforth, www.enca.org.uk -ETC Group, Hope Shand, www.etcgroup.org -Groupe International d'Etudes Transdiciplinaires, Frederic Jaquemart, www.giet-info.org -INTERCONNECT, Peter and Gail Mott, www.interconn.org  |
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