EIA campaigners will be in Geneva for the 62nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).Of crucial importance to EIA’s campaigns is the submission of an allegedly independent report which could have a direct and disastrous impact on elephant population
Many issues are discussed, including the Conservation Commission, the IWC’s budget, Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling quotas and welfare issues. Most productive was the Conservation Committee, with its packed agenda demonstrating the evolution of the IWC from a ‘whalers’ club’ to an effective, modern conservation body
Internet giant Yahoo! is selling whale products via its subsidiary Yahoo! Japan and we need your help to pressure it to stop
The Spring 2012 issue of our bi-annual newsletter Investigator, giving you an overview of our key campaign activities during the past six months. This issue features an update on our work to help the people of Muara Tae and lots more
Sascha Von Bismarck, an investigator based in EIA’s US office, joins forces with a scientist to pose as a timber buyer and investigate whether there is a link between the endangered lemurs, illegal logging and expensive guitars in the USA
Environmental crime is recognised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as the third largest form of global crime, accounting for at least $3.5 billion a year. It exacerbates deforestation and climate change, threatens the existence of endangered species and affects the livelihoods of rural communities.