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A deep dive into the wins and losses for wildlife and forests at CITES 78th Standing Committee

Covering one packed agenda, four interventions and six hectic days, EIA campaigners share the highlights of the 78th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC78) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Geneva.   Elephants   Asian elephants SC78 marked EIA’s first engagement at CITES on the […]

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Highlighting EIA’s illegal trade concerns for wildlife and trees at CITES Standing Committee

This year is a big one for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), with the 78th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC78) kicking off in Geneva, Switzerland from 3-8 February. This will be followed by the much larger 20th Conference of the Parties (CoP20) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan later in the year. EIA […]

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EIA podcast – As UN talks fail to deliver a Global Plastics Treaty, what went wrong in Busan and what’s next?

What was expected to be the fifth and final session of the UN’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee met in South Korea last month, but ultimately it failed to agree a Global Plastics Treaty. Instead of cause for celebration, our campaigners came away from the talks concerned that the process had been hijacked by vested financial interests. […]

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The future of whales hangs in the balance as the latest IWC meeting gets under way in Peru

The 69th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opens today in Lima, Peru, where some countries will be pushing for the creation of a new whale sanctuary and others for a return to commercial whaling. Contracting governments to the International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling will meet for five days to discuss a […]