Over 100 international organizations have signed a letter to Peruvian President Ollanta Humala asking that he withdraw support for legislation, passed July 3 by the Peruvian Congress, that will force environmental rollbacks in a misguided attempt to increase private investment. EIA, one of the signatories to the letter, is calling on Humala to veto the […]
Since 2009, the impoverished island nation of Madagascar has fallen prey to a mafia a of illegal rosewood traders, threatening all that remains of its once pristine forests, home to some of the world’s greatest and most spectacular biodiversity. Madagascar’s protected rosewood trees, now found only in remote corners of its national parks, are the […]
Peruvian Congress Chooses Promoting Private Investment Over Environmental ProtectionWASHINGTON, D.C.—On July 3, the Peruvian Congress approved bill 3627, which has now become Law 30230, a suite of measures that rolls back environmental regulations and violates Peruvian obligations under the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA). “The new law prioritizes immediate gain for corporations over sustainable development […]
For the Spanish translation, see below. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Government of Peru is proposing a packet of economic measures and regulatory rollbacks that will cause significant harm to the environment and drastically diminish the Peruvian government’s ability to hold corporations accountable for violations of environmental standards. Fifty civil society organizations and indigenous groups in […]
Severe lack of enforcement both in Belize and among consumer countries, most notably China, threatens to render protection for rosewood in Belize ineffective. Illegal logging of rosewood continues in Belize and EIA is calling on the international community and Central American nations to enforce protection of rosewood. As the world prepares for the CITES Standing […]
In this sign-on letter, EIA, with 54 international and regional organizations, calls on the ADP to take a comprehensive land-use planning approach to create a global climate agreement that effectively addresses emissions from the land-use sector. Such an approach would enhance mitigation across all sectors, while protecting ecosystem health and rights to land, livelihoods, and […]