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
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
The fate of a Dayak community deep in the interior of East Kalimantan demonstrates how Indonesia must safeguard the rights of indigenous people if it is to meet ambitious targets to reduce emissions from deforestation
The risky undercover work of the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is showcased in three new films to be broadcast in Australia and New Zealand on Nat Geo Wild
A group of 16 environmental organisations are calling on Japan to put in place stronger measures to stop the trade in illegal timber, citing evidence that Japanese companies are importing timber from Samling Global, a company involved in illegal logging in Malaysian Borneo
The risky undercover work of the EIA is showcased in three new films to be broadcast in the UK on Nat Geo Wild. A year in the making, the films follow EIA through countries as diverse as Iceland, Japan, Vietnam, Laos, China and Kenya to chronicle new investigations into whaling, illegal logging and the ivory trade