Japan’s regulatory and enforcement actions to date have been inadequate to prevent its domestic market from contributing to the illegal ivory trade. Japan’s market is already being exploited by those seeking to bring ivory out of the country illegally, and will continue to be, as long as it remains open.
Allowing legal trade in rhino horn or ivory from one country has serious repercussions for all wild rhinos and elephants. Namibia’s proposals to CoP20 to trade in rhino horn and ivory stockpiles threaten to reverse decades of global conservation, anti-poaching, and demand reduction progress.
Criminal organizations involved in drug, weapons, and human trafficking have taken control of major international and domestic flows of mercury that feed the expansion of illegal gold mining across the Amazon.
Organizaciones criminales implicadas en el tráfico de drogas, armas y personas han tomado el control de los flujos internacionales y domésticos de mercurio que alimentan la expansión de la minería ilegal de oro en la Amazonía.
As the international community marks four decades of the Vienna Convention, the achievements made under the treaty and its Montreal Protocol stand as proof that, by following the science and prioritizing the protection of human health and the environment, collective action can successfully respond to global environmental crises.
EIA will be actively engaging at CoP20 on a range of key issues relating to the protection of elephants, rhinos, Asian big cats, pangolins and vaquita porpoises, in addition to broader compliance and enforcement issues.