‘The biggest eco-crime no-one’s heard of’ – illegal refrigerant trade in Europe exposed
Europe’s ambitions to fight climate change are being torpedoed by a soaring trade in illegal hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
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Europe’s ambitions to fight climate change are being torpedoed by a soaring trade in illegal hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
Europe’s ambitions to fight climate change are being torpedoed by a soaring trade in illegal hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
EIA today calls for the world-famous Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania to be stripped of its status as a World Heritage Site due to the irreversible damage caused by construction of a controversial dam
The United Nations General Assembly special session on corruption from 2-4 June 2021 (UNGASS) is an opportunity to highlight the important relationship between environmental crime and corruption and to galvanise governments and relevant agencies into action. The corruption that drives wildlife and forest crime is extensive and systemic and will be difficult to stop; arrests of ‘rogue individuals’ will not prevent further corruption. However, there are steps which EIA believes could be effective.
It’s been almost four months since the corrupt Myanmar military seized power in a bloody coup, so why are some countries still dragging their feet over sanctions?
The brutal military junta which seized control of Myanmar on 1 February is seeking an injection of hard currency by selling off thousands of tonnes of illegal timber to international markets