Note: Global Justice Ecology Project coordinates the STOP
Genetically Engineered Trees Campaign. Join us in telling the
USDA to ban genetically engineered trees by signing the petition
here. -The GJEP Team February 12, 2013. Source: Global Justice
Ecology Project In response to industry plans to develop
eucalyptus plantations across the US South, environmental groups
are raising serious concerns about the impacts of eucalyptus
plantations on forests, rural communities, wildlife and the
climate, especially if those trees are genetically engineered.
EcoGen, LLC recently announced plans to develop eucalyptus
plantations in southern Florida to feed biomass facilities.
Additionally, South Carolina-based ArborGen has requested USDA
permission to sell billions of genetically engineered cold
tolerant eucalyptus trees for plantations in South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. The
USDA is expected to respond to this request in the coming
months. Eucalyptus trees are documented as an