The International Whaling Commission effectively banned commercial whaling from 1986 and yet the world’s amazing and environmentally essential whales are still being hunted for their flesh and blubber. EIA has joined forces with several partners to launch a new global petition calling on the last three whaling nations to join the 21st century and to […]
To mark this year’s 40th anniversary of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling, EIA and a coalition of conservation and animal welfare organisations have joined forces to launch a global petition to end commercial whaling. Sign the petition now Despite the global ban, the governments of three countries – Iceland, Japan and […]
LONDON: To mark this year’s 40th anniversary of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling, a coalition of conservation and animal welfare organisations has joined forces to launch a global petition to end commercial whaling. Despite the global ban, the governments of three countries – Iceland, Japan and Norway – have sanctioned the […]
While many around the world were getting stuck into the annual Christmas festivities, EIA Senior Ocean Campaigner Sarah Dolman instead joined an expedition to survey the state of whale populations in the Antarctic. Here she shares a brief overview of her trip … The rapid expansion, over-exploitation and subsequent decline in whale stocks in […]
From 24 November to 5 December 2025, governments from around the world will gather in Samarkand, Uzbekistan for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP20) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). This meeting comes at a moment of great consequence for some of the world’s most threatened species […]
New landmark initiatives aimed at accelerating global action to cut methane and other climate-harming gases have been launched from the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference (CoP30) in Brazil. EIA’s Climate campaigners welcome the announcements, made yesterday at the Methane and Other Non-CO₂ Greenhouse Gases Summit. EIA Climate Campaigner Kim O’Dowd said: “The announcements are […]