Panama City, Lima, November 15th 2022 Peruvian scientists have been warning for years about the need to protect the country’s threatened Shihuahuaco trees. But the government is dragging its feet over concerns from the timber industry. There is a proposal to regulate trade in the precious tree species up for debate at […]
In its 2021 investigative report Tainted Beef, EIA documented how beef from cattle illegally raised in Colombia’s protected forests ends up on the shelves of city supermarkets. The current lack of accountability, perpetuated through opaque supply chains, makes consumers unwitting contributors to the deforestation of Colombia’s protected areas and the financing of illegal armed groups. […]
The hidden path that connects Russian blood birch to American consumers highlights the high risk associated with opaque timber supply chains and manufacturing hubs like Vietnam and China.
To adapt to an ever changing environment in 2021, the Environmental Investigation Agency mobilized governments and policies, conducted innovative and groundbreaking investigations, delivered detailed evidence bringing major environmental crime violators to justice, and advocated for earth defenders across the planet. Read highlights from the EIA 2021 Impact Report.
The European parliament today passed a new amendment on biomass that establishes a phase down of harmful subsidies for the burning of whole trees – the type of woody biomass that has the most negative impact on climate and forest biodiversity – for energy. But the devil is in the details. The parliament didn’t set […]
Update: Read more media coverage of this report and EIA’s reaction statement to the RED vote There is a lie at the heart of Europe’s climate policy – the fallacy that burning trees for energy is good for the climate. The EU is the world’s largest market for wood pellets, and the largest burner […]