Intelligence and criminal blacklists are vital to tackling illegal wildlife trade on the high seas
Identifying illegal wildlife shipments at sea is like looking for a needle in hundreds of haystacks
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Tag: ivory
CITES CoP19 – an overall win for wildlife with greater commitments to protect a variety of species
Campaigners from EIA’s UK and US offices have returned from the 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Panama – and declared it an overall win for wildlife
EIA podcast – Its meetings are a big deal, but just what is CITES and what does it do?
One of the biggest dates in the environmental calendar is happening from 14 November when the 19th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora – aka CITES – opens in Panama City. But just what is CITES?
A decade of National Ivory Action Plans: where do we go from here?
It’s called the National Ivory Action Plan (NIAP) and was designed to improve elephants chances of survival from illegal killing. Parties to CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) are identified for inclusion in the NIAP if they have worrying levels of poaching and/or illegal ivory trade and are […]
In China’s latest Wildlife Protection Law revision, conservation once again gives way to exploitation
After almost two years of silence, the Chinese Government finally released a second revision of its draft Wildlife Protection Law in September for public consultation
Panama City calling: EIA gears up for one of the biggest events in the environmental calendar
The world’s Governments will gather in Panama, in November for one of the biggest meetings in the environmental calendar – and EIA campaigners are primed and ready with key asks to protect endangered animals and timber species