Illegal logging is a threat to the world’s forests and to the many people who rely on them. Antamiki follows a group of musicians to the Peruvian Amazon to listen to the stories of Indigenous leaders, like Diana Rios Rengifo, and learn how consumer choices directly impact forest communities. In partnership with Reverb, this film […]
Musicians from Maroon 5, Dave Matthews Band and Guster Join Peruvian Indigenous Leaders, Advocate End to Illegal Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest Washington D.C.— James Valentine (Maroon 5), Stefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band) and Adam Gardner (Guster) join with Peruvian Indigenous leader Diana Rios for a special event co-hosted by the D.C. Environmental Film Festival […]
Download the Press Release Path Cleared Towards Better Forest Governance in Madagascar Sochi (Russian Federation) – The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) welcomes the unanimous rejection of the proposed payoff * mechanism to Malagasy rosewood traffickers, agreed upon by the governing body of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES Standing Committee) at its […]
レポートを日本語で読む ここをクリック Eastern Europe’s Carpathian Mountains may seem remote for most Japanese, but lumber stolen from these ancient forests permeates Japan’s housebuilding sector. New reports from Romania and Ukraine reveal the extent of illegal logging, corruption, and bribery practiced by some of Europe’s largest wood processors. At risk are the continent’s largest populations of bears, […]
Read the report in English here 東欧のカルパチア山脈は、日本人にとって縁遠いところに思われるかもしれないが、その太古の から盗伐された木材が日本の住宅産業のあらゆるところで使われている。ルーマニアおよびウクライナからの新しい報告で欧州最大手の木材加工業者による広範囲な違法伐採、腐敗、贈賄行為について明らかになった。ヨーロッパ大陸最大のクマ、オオカミ、オオヤマネコの個体群および同地域の山村住民の生活が脅かされている。この違法伐採木材の多くは日本の最大手の商社によって買い付けられ、日本全国に流通している。 [...]
Washington, D.C. – At an international meeting in early October, the members of the Standing Committee (SC) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) will make critical decisions impacting the fight against organized criminal networks and their growing hold on the world’s forest resources. In two new reports, the Environmental Investigation Agency […]