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EIA and Humane Society International researchers were shocked to discover ads promoting the sale of elephant ivory and whale products on internet giant Google and Amazon.com websites. Both Google, the world’s largest search engine, and Amazon.com, the world’s largest online retailer, have laudable policies against the sale of products from these endangered and threatened species, […]

Poaching and trafficking of iconic species such as elephants and rhinos are recognized to be at crisis levels, devastating populations worldwide. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is an international agreement between governments that aims to ensure that trade in species doesn’t threaten their survival. The 16th Conference of the Parties (CoP16) […]

BANGKOK – Efforts to conserve precious hardwoods in Asia, Africa and South America were given a critical boost today at the meeting of the 177-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), in the face of significant pressure from increasing global demand. In response to this threat, four source countries – Madagascar, Belize, Thailand […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amazon.com has thousands of ads for elephant ivory on its Japanese website despite such sales being banned under Amazon’s policies designed to protect endangered species. This follows last week’s revelation that Google was allowing similar illicit sale of ivory products by its Google Japan Shopping site. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a […]

BANGKOK – Environmentalists are today calling for trade sanctions against Vietnam for its failure to take action against its massive illegal trade in rhino horn. The 177 nations currently Party to the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in Bangkok are discussing measures to counter the intensive poaching of rhinos around the […]