With a bigger impact than China, the UK must act swiftly to stop the illegal clearing of forests
The negative impact of the UK’s consumption of goods on the world’s forests is higher than that of China
Tag: deforestation
EIA at 40 – the billion dollar trade in merbau ravaging Indonesia’s last intact tropical forests
Released in 2005, The Last Frontier documented how the rampant smuggling of illegal timber from Indonesia to China was a billion dollar trade threatening the last remaining intact tropical forests in the Asia-Pacific region
EIA podcast – oppression, sanctions and blood teak, hallmarks of Myanmar’s coup
On the third anniversary of the Myanmar military seizing power, the country has effectively seen a return to the violence, plunder and human rights abuses of the former dictatorship in pursuit of control and hard currency
CoP28: EIA welcomes UK Gov’t commitment to tackling deforestation – with some concerns
The UK Government is to seek to tackle deforestation by addressing problems in the country’s international supply chains
EIA podcast – is palm oil still a big problem … and will it ever be truly sustainable?
Palm oil is cheap, versatile and used widely in countess thousands of products and in biofuels, but its production has been linked to human rights abuses, illegal logging and deforestation, causing considerable harm to indigenous peoples and the habitats of endangered orangutans
At CITES 77th Standing Committee – our campaigners report on the highs and lows for wildlife
EIA sent teams of campaigners from our UK and US offices to the 77th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC77) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)