EIA recommendations for the 77th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
Learn more about focal issues that EIA’s Wildlife Campaign aims to discuss during SC77.
Reports
Wildlife Crime Enforcement support in West and Central Africa
This report has been prepared by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA UK) to provide guidance to Parties and entities engaged with wildlife crime enforcement issues relating to West and Central Africa, including State agencies, intergovernmental (IGOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
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Investing in Extinction: How the global financial sector profits from traditional medicine firms using threatened species
EIA’s research, conducted over the past two years, reveals the continued online availability of at least 88 traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products stated to contain leopard, pangolin and, in a few cases, tiger and rhino, manufactured by 72 Chinese companies which have been licensed by the National Medical Products Administration of China.
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Tackling transnational wildlife trafficking between West and Central Africa and South-East Asia
st and Central Africa continues to raise concerns among Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) as a significant hub for global wildlife trafficking.
CITES Briefing Document – Key Priorities and Recommendations for CoP19
The 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will take place from 14-25 November in Panama City. EIA encourages CITES Parties and stakeholders to consider information contained in this document when making decisions on proposals and matters in […]
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Lethal Loopholes – Global traditional Chinese medicine interests and the trade in pangolins between Uganda and China
African pangolins continue to face an unprecedented threat from the transnational trafficking of their scales. This is primarily driven by demand from China, where the scales are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), both legally and illegally.