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EIA’s groundbreaking investigation reveals the largest mercury smuggling operation ever documented. The report exposes how Mexican mercury mines, some allegedly taken over by organized crime, are driving a deadly supply chain that links gold mining, environmental devastation, and human rights abuses.

Debido a la información proporcionada por EIA, las autoridades aduaneras peruanas detuvieron aproximadamente 4 toneladas de mercurio mexicano en junio de 2025, la mayor incautación jamás reportada por un país amazónico. Este caso sin precedentes pone en evidencia las brechas de aplicación y los vacíos legales del Convenio de Minamata, planteando interrogantes urgentes sobre su efectividad  para enfrentar a los grupos criminales que a menudo operan de manera altamente encubierta para controlar el tráfico de mercurio y oro.

本文書は、EIAとトラ・ゾウ保護基金（JTEF）が2024年に東京都知事小池百合子氏に提出した象牙産業関係者への補助金に関する意見書に記載した情報と提言に対し、東京都がどのように対応したかについての最新情報を提供するものです。

This document provides an update on how Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has responded to the information and recommendations contained in a 2024 briefing submitted by EIA and Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (JTEF) to Tokyo’s Governor Yuriko Koike on subsidies being provided to ivory industry stakeholders.

Despite claims that HFOs are environmentally friendly products, they come with both climate and ozone risks. EIA urges all governments and parties to the Montreal Protocol to apply the precautionary principle wherever possible avoiding the use of all F-gases, including HFOs, to avoid unnecessary risks to people and the planet.

There are multiple urgent issues before parties at the 47th Open-ended Working Group (OEWG47) of the Montreal Protocol. Now is a moment for renewed commitment to bold, science-led multilateral action reflecting the interdependence of the climate, ozone and chemical regimes.