Tiger countries must shut down breeding centres
Tiger Range Countries meet in Delhi, India next week to evaluate progress of the Global Tiger Recovery Programme (GTRP) in what will be a true test of their national commitment to end the tiger trade
Tiger Range Countries meet in Delhi, India next week to evaluate progress of the Global Tiger Recovery Programme (GTRP) in what will be a true test of their national commitment to end the tiger trade
The Icelandic newspaper Skessuhorn reported yesterday that it had “reliable evidence” fin whaling will begin again, after being shut down last summer due to the impacts of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Although Kristján Loftsson, director of Hvalur, would not confirm, the paper claimed it had evidence
The European Union’s suspension of sanctions against Burma (Myanmar) for one year, including lifting the ban on direct trade of timber and wood products, opens the way for trade with Western firms and should be an opportunity to introduce meaningful reform directly benefiting the country’s people
The BBC documentary Ivory Wars: Out of Africa detailed the ongoing tragedy of rampant elephant poaching and the international ivory trade. Leading experts featured in the Panorama special failed to confront the most pressing issue – that China’s ‘legal’ ivory trade is driving the slaughter
A multi-year investigative report released today by EIA reveals evidence that since 2008 over 20 US companies have imported millions of dollars in illegal wood from the Peruvian Amazon. This trade appears to be in violation of US and international endangered species laws, as well as the US-Peru free trade agreement
In a new briefing, Blood Ivory: Exposing the myth of a regulated market, released today, we are on the UK and other governments that supported the sale of stockpiled ivory to China and Japan to accept responsibility for their decision and take proactive steps to reverse the harm done to global elephant populations