In the countdown to EIA’s 40th anniversary later this year, as well as sharing films and stories from our archive, we’ve also recorded a short series of new podcasts with some of the longest serving campaigners to get an insight into how the organisation has evolved over four decades. Podcast – What on Earth? […]
In this episode, we take a look at the work of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which has just met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and discuss what happened – and what didn’t happen – at the meeting and how World Heritage Sites can be an important tool when it comes to bolstering protection for endangered species and unique habitats
The World Heritage Committee’s first in-person meeting since 2019 is prime opportunity for it to strengthen its commitments to protect some of the most precious environments on the planet
Zimbabwe’s ‘Elephant Summit’ last week failed in its attempt to secure a unified voice to demand a legal international trade in ivory be reopened
Zimbabwe has hosted what it called an ‘Elephant Summit’ for itself and several other African nations with the aim of restarting the legal international trade in ivory and selling off their stockpiled elephant tusks
The 44th meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has let Tanzania off the hook for driving the construction of a hydropower dam in the heart of the Selous Game Reserve