Despite EU sanctions, cash-hungry Myanmar military offers to accept Euros in upcoming teak auction
Despite EU sanctions, cash-hungry Myanmar military offers to accept Euros in upcoming teak auction.
Tag: environmental-crime
CITES approves totoaba fish trade in major blow to imperiled vaquita porpoise
The 74th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) decided by nine votes to six on Thursday to permit Earth Ocean Farms (EOF), an aquaculture facility in Mexico, to engage in trade of captive-bred totoaba fish
Footage reveals criminal-run tiger ‘farms’ in Laos have actually been expanded
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today released new covert footage showing the huge expansion of captive-breeding facilities in Laos for tigers and bears
Sanction-busting Italian timber traders defy EU law to import Myanmar teak, aiding the brutal military regime
Despite trade sanctions imposed in June to ban imports of Myanmar teak into Europe, more than 300 tonnes of the ‘king of woods’ worth well over €2 million has since entered into Italy, the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) can reveal
Vietnam is a major global hub for wildlife crime and urgently needs international cooperation to tackle it more effectively
Despite Government efforts to reverse the tide of illegal wildlife trade, Vietnamese-led criminal networks continue to play a major role in fuelling poaching and the decline of biodiversity in Africa
Fast growth of traditional Chinese medicine in Africa poses direct threat to endangered species
The aggressive expansion of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in many African countries is posing a direct threat to the future of some endangered species