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Whales and whaling around South Georgia and the Antarctic – a first-hand view!

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 […]

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Standing at a crossroads – why CITES CoP20 must put wildlife protection first

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 […]

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A step closer to worldwide action on methane and other climate-harming gases!

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 […]

Dead minke whale being transported into shore on a Japanese boat
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Yahoo! Japan is selling polluted whale and dolphin meat products to its unsuspecting customers

An international coalition of environmental groups is today calling on Yahoo! Japan and its parent company, the LY Corporation, to stop selling products containing whale and dolphin meat after a new investigation found high levels of toxins in some of the nearly 1,000 cetacean food items available for purchase on the massive search engine and […]

Dead minke whale being transported into shore on a Japanese boat
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Yahoo! Japan sells polluted whale and dolphin meat products to unsuspecting consumers

LONDON: An international coalition of environmental groups is calling on Yahoo! Japan and its parent company, the LY Corporation, to stop selling products containing whale and dolphin meat after a new investigation found high levels of toxins in some of the nearly 1,000 cetacean food items available for purchase on the massive search engine and […]

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Japanese traders accused of illegal elephant ivory sales, with some passed off as mammoth tusks

Police in Japan have arrested Daigo Ivory’s former president and three others for alleged illegal activity related to elephant ivory sales. Arrested in Tokyo on 2 June, the accused have admitted the allegations, according to media reports. The individuals are accused of allegedly masking elephant ivory as mammoth ivory on an internet auction platform which […]