Since 2009, the impoverished island nation of Madagascar has fallen prey to a mafia a of illegal rosewood traders, threatening all that remains of its once pristine forests, home to some of the world’s greatest and most spectacular biodiversity. Madagascar’s protected rosewood trees, now found only in remote corners of its national parks, are the […]
Severe lack of enforcement both in Belize and among consumer countries, most notably China, threatens to render protection for rosewood in Belize ineffective. Illegal logging of rosewood continues in Belize and EIA is calling on the international community and Central American nations to enforce protection of rosewood. As the world prepares for the CITES Standing […]
In 2010, the Consumer Goods Forum made international headlines with its ambitious pledge to being phasing out HFCs by 2015. Four years later, we review the CGF’s progress to date and identify further opportunities to protect the global climate by eliminating climate-destroying refrigerants. Our research shows that some CGF members have made significant efforts to […]
Click here to download the report in English. Click here to download the report in Japanese. In recent years, Japan has been the subject of increasing scrutiny regarding timber imports from tropical forested countries, the legality of which has at times been questioned by environmental groups. However, Japan’s imports of timber from the temperate forests […]
Frequently asked questions about the U.S. Lacey Act, the world’s first ban on trade in illegal wood.
过去三十年中，地表温度每过十年都有所上升，超过了1850年以来的任何一个年代。1 我们必须削减有害温室气体的排放。我们必须采取快速缓和措施来弥补不断加剧的环境影响，避免踏过临界点，导致气候产生突然而非线性的变化，同时通过减排和减碳策略为二氧化碳排量控制提供足够时间。 降低氢氟碳化物（HFC）的生产和使用是目前可