It cannot be ignored that the use of threatend wildlife for TCM, legal or illegal, has been a significant driver of the poaching and killing of vulnerable species such as tigers, leopards, pangolins, rhinos, bears, saiga and many more over the past decades
A proposal to promote the development and use of substitutes for endangered animal and plant ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was submitted at China’s annual plenary sessions of the National People's Congress this month
We have seen some significant changes in China’s wildlife trade policy - what major concerns remain and what might happen next?
Criminal wildlife traders continue to cash in on the coronavirus crisis – including touting tiger bone “glue” to maintain health during the pandemic
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 […]
A brief history of EIA's illegal wildlife trade investigations, from elephants and tigers through to pangolins