Nigeria greenlights a new law to tackle wildlife trafficking and protect endangered species
New legislation to combat wildlife trafficking and protect highly endangered species has passed its first reading at the Nigeria House of Representatives
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Intelligence and criminal blacklists are vital to tackling illegal wildlife trade on the high seas
Identifying illegal wildlife shipments at sea is like looking for a needle in hundreds of haystacks
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CITES CoP19 – an overall win for wildlife with greater commitments to protect a variety of species
Campaigners from EIA’s UK and US offices have returned from the 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Panama – and declared it an overall win for wildlife
IWC68 opens with an agenda seeking to address a wide range of threats to whales and dolphins
For the next nine days, EIA campaigners are attending the 68th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) with a four-strong delegation from our UK and US offices
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In China’s latest Wildlife Protection Law revision, conservation once again gives way to exploitation
After almost two years of silence, the Chinese Government finally released a second revision of its draft Wildlife Protection Law in September for public consultation
Panama City calling: EIA gears up for one of the biggest events in the environmental calendar
The world’s Governments will gather in Panama, in November for one of the biggest meetings in the environmental calendar – and EIA campaigners are primed and ready with key asks to protect endangered animals and timber species