Urgent Action Required for Asian Big Cats at CITES CoP19
Parties to the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP19) are reminded of the critical conservation status of Asia’s big cats
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EIA Briefing: key priorities and recommendations for SC74
Ahead of the 74th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), EIA has prepared comments and recommendations on agenda items relating to Elephants, Pangolins, Tigers and other Asian Big Cats, Rhinos, Totoaba, Saiga, enforcement and compliance matters.
Boss of one of the world’s biggest traditional Chinese medicine brands fired for corruption
The head of a one of the world’s biggest traditional Chinese medicine brands has been fired for corruption and kicked out of China’s ruling Communist Party
China’s wildlife trade policy – where are we now and what might come next?
We have seen some significant changes in China’s wildlife trade policy - what major concerns remain and what might happen next?
Investors must turn their backs on traditional ‘medicines’ using threatened species
Thousands of leopards have been killed to feed China’s unethical trade in the endangered big cat’s bones but international investors are in a position to do something about it
On Global Tiger Day 2019, governments must take action to save wild tigers on the brink
To mark Global Tiger Day 2019 (29 July), we have released updated interactive maps of tiger crime incidents and facilities keeping them in captivity, giving insight into the existential crisis currently facing Asian big cats. There are fewer than 4,000 wild tigers on Earth today. While populations may be stable in some parts of their […]