Official Trailer for Instruments of Change: Lessons from the Rainforest. Last December we traveled to Guatemala with Maroon 5, Guster, and our partner REVERB. The trip was an inspiring example of how some communities are using sustainable forest management to combat illegal logging, which is causing devastation around the globe to people and the environment. […]
The Russian Far East (RFE) contains the world’s last major strands of old-growth temperate forests, a unique, biodiverse ecosystem which is home to the last 500 Siberian tigers in the wild. EIA’s investigative reports detail how demand for hardwood furniture and flooring in the United States, the European Union (EU), Japan, and China have fueled […]
A new EIA investigation shows that many Japanese companies are not conducting due diligence to avoid sourcing illegal wood products in China. Due diligence is key tool used by European, American and Australian companies to comply with domestic legislation requiring them to take steps to keep illegal timber out of their global supply chains. In […]
On April 13th, 2016, the Austrian wood processor Holzindustrie Schweighofer (Schweighofer), released an evaluation of their due diligence system in Romania which the company had commissioned the forest consulting firm Indufor to undertake. Indufor’s report was the result of an evaluation visit to Romania in January 2016 during which the consulting firm assessed the supply […]
BISSAU, GUINEA-BISSAU—For the first time, representatives from 11 West African countries have agreed to take action aimed at curbing illegal rosewood logging and associated trade in the region. At the first international conference ever held in Guinea-Bissau, deputies from Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) member countries Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, […]
By Maggie Dewane, EIA Press Officer Last fall when I met with tech pros who boasted about the coming boom of virtual reality, or VR, I skeptically assumed it would be another piece of trendy, flashy technology, limited in its actual use and distribution. Fast forward a few months and I’ve just had my first […]