We defend the natural world from environmental crime and abuse

Stricter controls on imports of plastic waste into Malaysia come into effect from today (1 July), effectively putting the brakes on ‘waste colonialism’ exports from other countries. The new rules are a landmark move to protect communities and the environment from plastic pollution ...

International supermarket giant Ahold Delhaize appears to be lagging behind in phasing out climate-harming refrigeration – even though CEO Frans Muller was until just days ago the co-chair of the influential Consumer Goods Forum, which is committed to speeding up the transition ...

EIA is adding its voice to civil society organisations across Europe to call on all EU institutions and member states to stand by their commitments and uphold the integrity of the landmark European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), essential for forests, resilient supply chains and global climate stability ...

An international coalition of environmental groups is today calling on Yahoo! Japan and its parent company, the LY Corporation, to stop selling products containing whale and dolphin meat after a new investigation found high levels of toxins in some of nearly 1,000 cetacean food items ...

Police in Japan have arrested Daigo Ivory’s former president and three others for alleged illegal activity related to elephant ivory sales. The individuals are also accused of allegedly masking elephant ivory as mammoth ivory on an internet auction platform which banned elephant ivory sales ...

This Sunday (8 June) is United Nations World Oceans Day and the theme for 2025 is ‘Wonder: Sustaining what sustains us’. The ocean sustains we humans in many ways – capturing carbon, providing wellbeing and as a source of nutrition, with fishing an age-old world-wide tradition ...

The 78th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization has adopted the global traditional medicine strategy 2025-34 which sets out guiding principles, objectives, directives and actions to support the development of traditional, complementary and integrative medicines ...

In April 2008, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released a landmark report, Environmental Crime – A Threat to Our Future. The report brought together key evidence across a range of crime types, from illegal logging and wildlife trafficking to pollution and climate crimes ...

Following eight years spent on the run, another key player in the notorious Shuidong ivory smuggling syndicate first exposed by EIA is finally to face justice. The individual – named only as Huang by authorities – has been arrested and repatriated from Mozambique ...