Pro-ivory trade report shows ‘shocking’ bias
A new report examining possible mechanisms for future international legal trade in ivory has proposed the creation of an ivory sales body modelled on the De Beers diamond cartel
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Unchallenged crimes of ‘rotten apple’ palm oil company
Systemic law enforcement failings threaten to make a mockery of Indonesia’s pledge to reduce deforestation and carbon emissions by enabling plantation companies to destroy carbon-rich peatlands with impunity, a report released today reveals
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Yahoo! profits from the killing of whales and dolphins
Hundreds of whale products are being offered for sale on the Japanese website of internet search engine company Yahoo!, according to a new report
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Threat to rare tigers’ home as Indian minister visits UK
As Naveen Pattnaik, Chief Minister of the Indian State of Odisha, continues his nine-day visit to the UK, campaigners say urgent action is required to stop the destruction of his State’s precious environment and protect the rare tigers living in it
West Papua’s big palm oil plantations rip-off
An Indonesian oil palm plantation in which Norway has a financial stake paid Papuan tribal landowners as little as US$0.65 per hectare for their forestland. The report Clear-Cut Exploitation exposes woefully low payments by PT Henrison Inti Persada to marginalised Moi tribe clans for land and timber
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Tiger countries must shut down breeding centres
Tiger Range Countries meet in Delhi, India next week to evaluate progress of the Global Tiger Recovery Programme (GTRP) in what will be a true test of their national commitment to end the tiger trade