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Exclusion of pangolin formulae in the 2025 Chinese Pharmacopeia does NOT end the exploitation

On 25 March, the National Medical Products Administration of China announced the release of the 2025 edition of the Chinese Pharmacopeia, to be implemented from 1 October this year. The release generated much fanfare because this latest edition removed 13 formulae which include pangolin in the ingredients. Sounds good! But don’t be fooled by the […]

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EIA podcast – The grim toll of fisheries bycatch on whales, dolphins and porpoises

Tens of thousands of dolphins, porpoises and whales are killed each year in European waters due to being bycaught in fishing gear – and some populations are coming perilously close to extinction.   Podcast – What on Earth? The grim toll of fisheries bycatch on whales, dolphins and porpoises in European waters Subscribe via Apple […]

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Tens of thousands of whales and dolphins die in European waters each year in fishing nets

Tens of thousands of dolphins, porpoises and whales (collectively known as cetaceans) are dying every year in European waters as a result of being bycaught in fishing gear – and some populations are coming perilously close to extinction. A new EIA report released today (6 May) reveals that the degree of bycatch is so serious […]

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Consensus on ivory trade at the forthcoming CITES CoP20 summit unlikely due to competing interests

African elephant populations across the continent have experienced an alarming decline in the past 50 years, as highlighted in a paper published in November 2024. African forest elephants have been impacted even more severely than their savanna cousins, with some regions reporting declines exceeding 90 per cent. This stark reduction raises urgent concerns about the […]

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The EU strikes a landmark agreement to prevent plastic pellet pollution across land and sea

At midnight today (9 April), the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission reached agreement on a long-awaited EU regulation to prevent plastic pellet losses in the environment, a major source of microplastics pollution. The decision came in the wake of yet another disastrous pellet spill in European waters off the English coast due […]

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EIA and campaign partners debunk attempts to stall and dilute the EU’s landmark methane legislation

EIA and six other climate campaigning organisations have issued a joint rebuttal to attempts to delay and water down a vital new regulation addressing EU methane emissions. The EU Methane Regulation, adopted in May last year, is a groundbreaking legal framework that sets out a global benchmark for methane emissions monitoring and mitigation for both […]