EIA at 40 – leading the fight to end the wild bird trade
In the countdown to our 40th anniversary, we are featuring previous editions of our supporters' newsletter, highlighting our work exposing environmental crime and abuse
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In the countdown to our 40th anniversary, we are featuring previous editions of our supporters' newsletter, highlighting our work exposing environmental crime and abuse
The huge variation in sentencing across the African continent is concerning – in Nigeria, sentencing is so lenient that it implies impunity while, for the general public in Uganda, two years for four tonnes of ivory in Kenya and life for possession of 10kg makes no sense at all
After almost two years of silence, the Chinese Government finally released a second revision of its draft Wildlife Protection Law in September for public consultation
When EIA was created in 1984, its founders had a clear vision to create a nimble organisation which could pioneer a new, powerful campaigning approach based on field investigations to obtain documented evidence of crimes against nature, which could be used for positive change
It is heart-warming so many people were enraged by the cruel death of Cecil the lion, killed by an American hunter in Zimbabwe, but, as with all social media anger, it doesn’t last very long. Quick wins are great but rare and campaigns should be built on a fact-based footing from which long-lasting solutions are sought.