Today (8 April), the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RPSO) – the main voluntary certification scheme for palm oil – will be 20-years-old
It’s April 2024, 35 years since the international ban on ivory trade and three-and-a-half decades of investment to tackle wildlife trafficking, yet Vietnamese news outlets this week announced the interception of another 1.6 tonnes of ivory, smuggled from Nigeria – the latest in a long and dismal catalogue of similar incidents
Wildlife traffickers don't recognise national borders, they exploit them to take advantage of disparities in legislation, weaknesses in law enforcement and the challenges associated with international cooperation
On the eve of World Pangolin Day 2024 (17 February), EIA campaigner Erin Chong ventures into a remote forest in Malaysia in pursuit of the elusive Sunda pangolin
Corruption is a critical enabling factor behind the illegal wildlife trade and forest crime – it not only facilitates environmental crime, but is also a major impediment to law enforcement and criminal justice
... Teak is highly prized in luxury yacht building for its durability, water-repellent properties and elegant appearance. And as the best teak on Earth is found in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), it may be assumed that it will have been used for the acres of decking on Bezos's yacht, although neither he nor Oceanco have confirmed it