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A deep dive into the wins and losses for wildlife and forests at CITES 78th Standing Committee

Covering one packed agenda, four interventions and six hectic days, EIA campaigners share the highlights of the 78th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC78) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Geneva.   Elephants   Asian elephants SC78 marked EIA’s first engagement at CITES on the […]

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EU country risk-ranking system for forest products must keep focus on human rights and deforestation

Senior European lawmakers have been urged to ensure human rights and deforestation issues are kept at the heart of a new forest products risk-ranking system for countries. The proposed country risk benchmarking system will operate under the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which seeks to prohibit trade in timber, beef, leather, chocolate, soy, palm oil and […]

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Highlighting EIA’s illegal trade concerns for wildlife and trees at CITES Standing Committee

This year is a big one for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), with the 78th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC78) kicking off in Geneva, Switzerland from 3-8 February. This will be followed by the much larger 20th Conference of the Parties (CoP20) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan later in the year. EIA […]

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The UK has a big opportunity to solidify its role as a true champion for methane reduction

In April this year, the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee launched an inquiry to assess whether the UK is on track to meet the targets of the Global Methane Pledge. EIA Climate Campaigner Kim O’Dowd contributed to the inquiry, presenting evidence and outlining key national and international actions needed for swift methane […]

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EIA and 245 other global groups join forces to urge: ‘Hands off the EU Deforestation Regulation!’

EIA has joined with more than 245 civil society organisations from at least 42 countries to call on the European Parliament and national EU governments to reject the European Commission’s bid to stall a major forests protection law. The Commission is proposing a delay of 12 months to legally applying the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). […]