Tag: covid-19

Welcome to the first EIA 'What on Earth?' podcast, asking why Indonesia wants to water down rules keeping stolen timber out of its exports

Demand for pangolin scales in China for traditional medicine drives poaching and trafficking across Africa and Asia

Indonesia is taking steps to significantly water down the rules keeping illegal timber out of its international trade – and is using the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as an excuse

In response to those who have suggested that we shared 'fake news', here is the source of our news that China’s Government was endorsing injections which contained bile milked from bears held in captivity to treat coronavirus

Despite a scientific consensus pointing to China’s wildlife trade as the most likely cause of the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s Government is currently touting a treatment containing bile milked from bears held in captivity. Bile is a digestive fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. It is harvested using several techniques, all […]

The Chinese Government is due to discuss changes to its Wildlife Protection Law, the country’s primary piece of legislation covering wildlife conservation and trade