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Shops in Laos are openly selling illegal wildlife products containing rhino horn and bear bile in defiance of domestic laws and internationally agreed commitments, an undercover investigation by EIA has revealed. The products – on display in shop windows and, in some cases, advertised on massive posters on the sides of nearby buildings – make a mockery of the Laotian Government’s promises to implement edicts from the Convention […]

A vital link to achieving the Global Biodiversity Framework The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) has an ambition to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity, by protecting, conserving and sustainably using biodiversity while ensuring fair and equitable sharing of its benefits, to secure a nature positive future. Big cats can help. Big cats are umbrellas, […]

The first phase of the latest conference of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD CoP15) ended with a renewed sense of optimism as 195 countries signed onto the Kunming Declaration with 17 commitments, acknowledging the need to reverse the world’s catastrophic loss of biodiversity

China is for the first time due to host a major international biological diversity conference – and EIA is urging it to start tackling environmental crime and exploitation as a priority

Policy recommendations for the Government of China prior to the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunming, 11-24 October 2021