A report on the sale of polluted whale, dolphin and porpoise meat for human consumption in Japan. About one-third of products labelled as ‘whale’ found on Japanese supermarket shelves are likely to be dolphin, porpoise or small whales from the country’s coastal hunts.
A report highlighting the devastation of vital tiger habitat by mining companies for luxury items consumed in India and abroad. In Jamwa Ramgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, the destruction of key tiger habitat has resulted from quarrying for talc and marble
A report into how corruption of Indonesian police and government officials is to blame for continued illegal logging in Indonesia’s national parks.We urge Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri to ensure her Government acts against timber barons such as Peoples’ Consultative Assembly member Abdul Rasyid
A report on how demand for ivory products is on the rise, poaching in elephant range states is being driven by resurgent market demand in several Asian countries. A catalogue of seizures in 2002, including the seizure of over six tonnes in Singapore, provides stark evidence of a renewed threat to elephant populations
A report on how the activities and expansion plans of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts Inc in Canada’s ecologically sensitive Banff National Park will harm already stressed ecosystems and threaten key species such as grizzly bears, wolverines and mountain goats
A report into how consumers purchasing ‘whale meat’ in Japan are being misled through mislabelling of products on the market. They are often duped into buying meat from dolphins and porpoises when the product is labelled as ‘whale’ and may contain dangerously high levels of pollutants