This video illustrates the path of illegal timber from the old growth forests in the Russian Far East, through manufacturing in China, and ultimately into homes and offices in the United States as hardwood flooring. The devastating impacts of the illegal timber trade clearly show the need for implementation and enforcement of the Lacey Act, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kenyan authorities seized 34 containers of illegally-sourced rosewood from Madagascar at the port of Mombasa yesterday, the largest ever recorded seizure of its kind. Information obtained by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and shared with Kenyan Wildlife Service indicates that the containers carrying the illicit logs, stolen from Madagascar’s unique forests, were […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following demonstrations at a supplier export facility in Brazil last week, activists staged a protest during Lumber Liquidators’ shareholder meeting today at their Toano, Virginia headquarters. The United States’ largest flooring retailer has again come under fire after a Greenpeace investigative report detailed Lumber Liquidators’ purchases from some of Brazil’s riskiest regions […]
A report and film revealing how Siamese rosewood has been illegally logged to the brink of extinction in the Mekong region to feed the demand for luxury hongmu furniture in China. Routes of Extinction from EIA on Vimeo.
NEW YORK – Following a high profile “Don’t buy from Icelandic whalers” ad campaign on the Boston public transit system in March and April, animal protection and conservation organizations are now taking the message to the streets of New York City. Just as the prior campaign was planned to coincide with Boston’s Seafood Expo North […]
过去三十年中，地表温度每过十年都有所上升，超过了1850年以来的任何一个年代。1 我们必须削减有害温室气体的排放。我们必须采取快速缓和措施来弥补不断加剧的环境影响，避免踏过临界点，导致气候产生突然而非线性的变化，同时通过减排和减碳策略为二氧化碳排量控制提供足够时间。 降低氢氟碳化物（HFC）的生产和使用是目前可