What happens in the negotiating halls of CoP20 will determine whether decades of progress in curbing poaching and illegal wildlife trade are strengthened or rolled back. EIA campaigners will be in Samarkand to ensure that the voices of wildlife, communities and frontline defenders are heard.
While pledging to reform Tokyo’s elephant ivory trade, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has also been subsidizing and supporting leading ivory industry stakeholders.
Cylinders used to transport refrigerant gases like HFCs are an important part of the supply chain. In this issue of EIA’s Illegal Trade Bulletin, we highlight warning signs of counterfeit cylinders, their role in illegal trade, the danger and safety risks they pose, and the importance of industry vigilance and best practices to ensure the health and safety of people and the environment.
Romania’s national timber traceability system is among the best in the world, but it still suffers from widespread fraud and noncompliance. The use of machine learning strategies offers an opportunity to more efficiently and effectively root out some of the common fraud techniques that enable evasion of Romania’s forest protections.
The Montreal Protocol is the world's most successful environmental treaty, under which countries have phased out 99% of controlled ozone-destroying chemicals, but its work is far from done.