The EIA filed the first-ever complaint against a licensed High Conservation Value assessor. It is an ongoing part of EIA’s work to eliminate the poor, fraudulent and deficient environmental and social assessments and audits which often undermine Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) palm oil certifications
EIA has today published documents to support investigations in Cambodia of the illegal timber traffic from that country’s Ratanakiri province into Vietnam, as initially exposed in EIA’s Repeat Offender report
Myanmar’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC) has reaffirmed its commitment to reforming the country’s timber production and exports to ensure illegal timber does not enter trade streams
Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) won a long-fought freedom of information request against the Indonesian Ministry of Land and Spatial Planning to obtain the formal commercial operations maps of oil palm companies operating in Kalimantan
The killing in Myanmar of a journalist who covered issues related to illegal logging in the country must be investigated thoroughly and all findings made public. Soe Moe Tun, based in the Sagaing region, was found with extensive head and facial injuries; local police have begun an investigation into his death
THE Hanoi Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade opened with an inspirational call by the Duke of Cambridge for greater action to end illegal wildlife trade but the statement adopted at the end of the day is a long way from reflecting the urgency of the current situation