EIA's two-year investigation into Ecopetrol, the largest company in Colombia, exposes what voices inside and outside of the country have denounced for years as some of the oil industry’s worst practices. Our findings present evidence of systematic illegal activity by Ecopetrol, known to and greenlighted by the company’s higher management.
The Zambian High Court has ruled that EIA US and News Diggers did not defame three prominent Zambian public figures through our reporting on a vast network of timber traffickers.
While most countries previously regarded as major ivory consumers have already taken steps to close their markets for commercial trade in ivory, Japan alone still authorizes a significant legal market for commercial trade in a wide variety of ivory items. Domestic legal markets are vulnerable to the risks associated with illegal international trade in ivory, particularly the illegal export of ivory to other countries.
Decenas de miles de cabezas de ganado siguen pastando en tres de los parques nacionales más deforestados de Colombia. Este ganado entra después en las cadenas de suministro y se vende en centros urbanos como Bogotá, sin que se pueda rastrear su origen.
EIA has uncovered alarming evidence of the scale and impact of cattle ranching in some of Colombia’s most deforested national parks.
Tens of thousands of cattle are still grazing within three of Colombia’s most deforested national parks. These cattle then enter supply chains and are sold in urban centers like Bogotá, with no traceability back to their origins.