We will be in Vienna this week, attending the 7th Conference of the State Parties (CoSP7) to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), the only legally binding global anti-corruption instrument.
The Spring 2017 issue of our bi-annual newsletter Investigator, featuring an overview of key campaign activities during the past six months. This issue features, an historic global deal is reached to cut super-pollutant HFC gases and lots more
The EIA filed the first-ever complaint against a licensed High Conservation Value assessor. It is an ongoing part of EIA’s work to eliminate the poor, fraudulent and deficient environmental and social assessments and audits which often undermine Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) palm oil certifications
EIA has today published documents to support investigations in Cambodia of the illegal timber traffic from that country’s Ratanakiri province into Vietnam, as initially exposed in EIA’s Repeat Offender report
Since the listing of Siamese rosewood on Appendix II of CITES virtually all trade has been characterised by crime, fake and illegitimate permits, failures in permit verification and the killings of hundreds of illegal loggers and dozens of forest rangers. Despite this, significant risks of ongoing illicit trade persist
Myanmar’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC) has reaffirmed its commitment to reforming the country’s timber production and exports to ensure illegal timber does not enter trade streams