Intelligence and criminal blacklists are vital to tackling illegal wildlife trade on the high seas
Identifying illegal wildlife shipments at sea is like looking for a needle in hundreds of haystacks
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EIA supports Sri Lanka Gov’t call for plastic pellets to be reclassified as a hazardous substance
In May this year, the cargo ship X-Press Pearl spilt 1,680 tonnes of plastic pellets, 9,700 tonnes of other plastics and other toxic chemicals off the East coast of Sri Lanka
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Roundtable comes together to better tackle illegal wildlife and timber trafficking on the high seas
As we showed in our report Double Impact, one of the most significant ways illegal wildlife and timber products are moved around the world is by sea. Through undercover investigations, EIA has unearthed numerous instances where the shipping transport sector has been an unknowing accomplice to the trafficking of wildlife and timber. The sector has […]
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Ghosts in the ocean – it’s time to take on plastic pollution from the fishing industry
Of all the sea-based sources of marine plastic pollution, the most common, and also the most harmful, is lost and discarded fishing gear, also referred to as ‘ghost gear’
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Basel Convention scores a major victory in the war on plastic pollution
Parties to the Basel Convention today agreed a move to dramatically clean up the international trade of plastic waste
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Basel Convention amendments a big victory in the war on plastic pollution
Parties to the Basel Convention have agreed to amendments that will dramatically clean up the international trade of plastic waste
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