The map is intended as a regularly updated resource for use by anybody working in pangolin conservation as well as for general interest and is based on a subset of poaching and seizure incidents from 2000-15, derived from publicly available records, from primarily English and Chinese language sources
Pulling no punches, a joint letter, entitled “Japan’s whaling is unscientific”, highlights the ongoing concerns regarding the scientific merit in Japan’s revised whaling programme and the IWC process of scientific review
EIA campaigners participated in an important meeting of the Standing Committee of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Geneva and addressed a range of issues involving wildlife and timber trade
With the 21st Conference of the Parties (CoP21) underway in Paris, our Climate Campaigner, Adela Putinelu, lays out daily behavioural changes that can make a difference including dietary change, electricity consumption, checking the energy investments of your bank, reusing and recycling and using your consumer power.
Although the commercial hunting of large whales was banned in 1986, Japan, Norway and Iceland continue to exploit loopholes to kill whales and trade whale products while continuing their efforts to undermine and ultimately overturn the ban. Recent years have seen a worrying rise in international trade in whale products.
With the Paris Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (CoP21) around the corner, it is important to remind ourselves that climate change is the greatest threat facing this and future generations. Doing nothing is not an option and CoP21 is an opportunity to take urgent action.