The 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) wrapped up today in Geneva, Switzerland. Campaigners from our UK and US offices were in attendance throughout, pushing for the adoption of strong decisions to combat illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade. Among the hundreds of […]
So-called “tiger bone glue” is being made in Thailand and marketed to tourists from Vietnam and China, investigators have discovered
The first minke whale in Japan’s controversial new commercial whale hunt has been landed at Kushiro port in northern Japan
Conservation groups and celebrities collectively call for an ‘international whaling intervention’ to be staged at the G20 summit in Osaka as summit host Japan prepares to launch a renewed commercial whaling programme
Japan’s plan to hunt whales within its own economic waters might lead to more whale meat exports from Iceland and Norway
A new study scientifically confirms the origins of large-scale emissions of the banned super-pollutant CFC-11 in eastern China, finding 40-60 per cent or more of the global emissions increase since 2012 can be attributed to this region