The next time you see a superyacht know this – it is more than likely decked out with Myanmar teak. EIA and the people in Myanmar call it ‘blood timber’ and for good reason
Five years ago we secured what is probably the fastest campaign win in our history when we sought to pressure Amazon to end all sales of whale products. Amazon had previously been unresponsive, we anticipated the likelihood of a fairly lengthy process as we engaged the company to persuade it to do the right thing
EIA is very different to many other charities that specialise in wildlife because it is small but has a big influence. It is not afraid to say what is wrong and it does all it can to prevent dangers to the environment
Wildlife advocates expressed bitter disappointment today at the refusal of international conglomerate SoftBank Corp to ban advertisements for elephant ivory and whale & dolphin products on Yahoo! Japan, the dominant company in SoftBank’s internet division with revenues of nearly US$4 billion in 2012
As serious as the problems are which face these unique, irreplaceable environments, there’s plenty we can do as individuals today to help make a big difference
Internet giant Amazon has officially banned the sale of whale and dolphin products from its wholly owned Japanese website following outrage that they were offered for sale after we revealed Amazon Japan not only sold products from endangered and protected whale species but also containing dangerous levels of mercury