Press Conference: Defending the CBD's de facto…

More than 100 organizations call upon the world leaders at COP16 to demand a strict application of the CBD's 2008 de facto moratorium on genetically modified (GM) trees and that Brazil immediately withdraw its recent legalization of 9 varieties of GM eucalyptus trees for commercial release.. Brazil's legalization is a dangerous precedent that threatens to open the door to the widespread commercialization and large-scale release of GM trees across Latin America and around the world. 

Speakers: 

· Heather Lee, Global Justice Ecology Project,

· Elvis Huni Kui, Federation of the Huni Kai People of the state of Acre (Brazil)

· Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network

· Dr. Ricarda Steinbrecher, EcoNexus and Federation of German Scientists