Record seizure of ivory and pangolin scales puts pressure on Vietnam to act on rampant illegal wildlife trade
Authorities in Singapore have seized a record haul of 11.9 tonnes of pangolin scales and 8.8 tonnes of elephant ivory
Authorities in Singapore have seized a record haul of 11.9 tonnes of pangolin scales and 8.8 tonnes of elephant ivory
Myanmar President U Win Myint stated that “The Union Government will take effective administrative steps to rectify the weak areas in fighting corruption.” A bold and welcome statement, but no President, Minister or Ministry alone has the power to fight the deep cancer destroying all parts of Myanmar’s fragile future – corruption.
Our Forests campaigners today (21 March) formally submitted a dossier of evidence to German and European enforcement authorities over a German company’s imports of Myanmar teak.
Our new report State of Corruption has been used to challenge the German Navy over its use of illegitimate Myanmar teak in the controversial refit of a prestigious training vessel.
The multi-million dollar international trade in Burmese teak is riddled with crime and high-level corruption in Myanmar, driving conflict and human rights abuses..
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) will release a major new forests crime report at a press conference in Thailand on 20 February 2019.