EIA campaigners will be in Vienna from Monday for the week-long 35th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ). The meeting comes at a critical time for international efforts to address crimes that affect the environment, an area where political attention is increasing but collective action still falls short of […]
In recent years, rhino poaching and horn seizures have become less visible in the news – but that doesn’t mean these majestic creatures are free from the threats posed by poachers and illegal trade. Podcast – What on Earth? How the future for rhinos still hangs balanced between enforcement and trade Subscribe via Apple […]
New EIA analysis indicates the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is resuming its long-held key role in trafficking ivory to meet demand in Asia. During the late 2000s and early 2010s, the region experienced a catastrophic elephant poaching crisis, leading to a significant decline in African savannah elephant populations. The 2016 African Elephant Status […]
Acting on intelligence provided by EIA, Zambian law enforcement agents raided a house in the capital Lusaka on 9 March and arrested nine Zambians, including an individual from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), allegedly involved in the illegal wildlife trade. Officers from the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) seized just under 550kg […]
Despite the critically endangered vaquita porpoise still teetering on the brink of extinction, the Government of Mexico is considering a proposal to reduce its protected habitat by more than 85 per cent. Scientists estimate that as few as 10 vaquita may remain in Mexico’s Gulf of California, the only place in the world they are […]
China’s legal domestic market for pangolin medicine products is a key driver of the global illegal trade and poaching of pangolins, a new EIA briefing demonstrates. A View from the Courts – The illegal trade of pangolins in China analyses 169 Chinese court judgments involving pangolins from 2014 to June 2024, accessed through the China […]