Southern Africa represents the last significant stronghold for both white and black rhinos, yet mining for coal and critical minerals threatens to erode decades of conservation progress and undermine the rights of Indigenous and local communities who steward these landscapes.
Durante la tercera Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Océanos (UNOC 3), los ministros de Panamá y Canadá se unieron a los líderes de otros 35 países para lanzar la Coalición de Gran Ambición por un Océano Tranquilo, la primera coalición política mundial dedicada a reducir la nociva contaminación acústica de los océanos.
During the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), Ministers from Panama and Canada joined leaders from 35 other countries to launch the High Ambition Coalition for a Quiet Ocean, the first global political coalition dedicated to reducing harmful ocean noise pollution.
A bipartisan letter that urges Japan to take steps to close its market during the ongoing review of its law that governs the trade in ivory, signed by 22 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, was sent to the Chairmen of the Environment Committee of the National Diet of Japan.
The recent arrest of ivory traders in Japan is unsurprising, and indicative of a broken system. EIA continues to urge the Japanese government to make revisions that close the domestic ivory market to reduce demand, simplify enforcement efforts domestically, and eliminate a legal supply of ivory for illegal export.
In this briefing, EIA highlights key areas for ExCom’s consideration, and outlines recommendations on several agenda items including the proposed HCFC Phase-out Management Plans (HPMPs) and Kigali Implementation Plans (KIPs).