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Roadshow on Plantations and GE Trees September 17-22
Featuring
speakers from Dogwood Alliance, the STOP GE Trees Campaign,
ForestEthics and Global Justice Ecology Project on the looming threat
to the forests and communities of the U.S. South, Chile and Brazil from
GE trees and industrial tree plantations and you can do to stop it.
- Sunday, September 17 at 7pm roadshow kickoff in Asheville, NC
UNC-Ashveville, Hisghmisth Room 104, Student Union
- Tuesday, September 19 at 5pm event in Charlotte, NC
UNC-Charlotte, Fretwell Building room #124, downstairs
- Wednesday, September 20 at 7pm event in Savannah, GA
Coastal Georgia Center, room 111, 305 Fahm Street next to the Savannah visitors center
- Thursday, September 21 at 4:30 event in Conway, SC
Coastal Carolina University, Wall Building room 308
- Friday, September 22 at 6:30pm roadshow finale in Carrboro, NC
Open Eye Café, 101 South Greensboro St
October 8-9
Tree Plantations Are Not Forests
Public Forum on GE Trees and Industrial Tree Plantations
College of Charleston, SC
Pits room 123
This
forum will feature experts from across the U.S. and Chile who will lead
discussions on the social and environmental threats and dangers of and
growing resistance to plantations and GE trees, especially in the
Global South, with a focus on Chile and Brazil. For more information,
go to www.dogwoodalliance.org or email
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Sponsored by Dogwood Alliance, ForestEthics, Global Justice Ecology Project, STOP GE Trees Campaign, and Earth First!
October 10-13, 2006
Major Global Industry Conference on Genetically Engineered Trees and Industrial Tree Plantations
Charleston, SC
Major
actions are being planned to oppose this conference. Join the STOP GE
Trees Campaign, Global Justice Ecology Project, Dogwood Alliance and
ForestEthics in standing up against the social and environmental
destruction caused by GE trees and industrial tree plantations.
The
industry conference "Forest Management with Fast Growing Plantations"
is being co-hosted by the International Union of Forest Research
Organizations, U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina State University and
ArborGen. ArborGen is joint research venture comprised of International
Paper, MeadWestvaco and New Zealand's Rubicon and is the world's leader
in GE trees research and development.
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