Jailing of international wildlife crime kingpin a body-blow to illegal trade
Asian illegal wildlife trade kingpin Teo Boon Ching has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by a court in New York for large-scale trafficking of rhinoceros horns
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US timber traders are supporting Myanmar’s brutal junta by skirting laws to import teak
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today names 12 major American timber firms importing teak from Myanmar since the start of the 2021 military coup
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Nigeria greenlights “game-changer” law to tackle wildlife trafficking and protect endangered species
LONDON: Nigeria’s new Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill to combat wildlife trafficking and protect highly endangered species has passed its first reading at the Nigeria House of Representatives. Prepared by the Nigerian Ministry of Environment and jointly sponsored by Hon. Johnson Oghuma, Chair of the House Environment Committee, and Hon. Sam Onuigbo, the legislation […]
World’s most successful environmental treaty threatened by a chemical nightmare of harmful gas emissions
A deadly cocktail of unexplained chemical gases harmful to the Earth’s ozone layer and climate is building up in the atmosphere, a new report warns
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EIA urges probe into Europe’s black market in climate-damaging refrigerant gases following inaction by Romania
More than a year after the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) first revealed the extent of the illegal multi-million euro trade in climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in Europe, it is urging the European Public Prosecutor's Office to launch an investigation into the growing black market in greenhouses gases
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‘As unique as fingerprints’ – groundbreaking new tiger stripe pattern database to help fight illegal wildlife trade
Citizen scientists, photographers and others are being invited to help build an innovative new artificial intelligence tool to help crack down on the illegal global trade in endangered tigers