WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) mourns the death of Berta Cáceres, a courageous and strategic Lenca leader and environmental defender who co-founded the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). Cáceres was murdered today in her hometown, La Esperanza, Intibucá Honduras. She was killed by armed men who forcibly entered the house […]
Applauds Increased Oversight and Enforcement Actions to Combat Illegal Logging in Peru and its trade to the U.S.Washington D.C. – The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) strongly supports recent actions by Peruvian officials to conduct enforcement initiatives against illegal timber operators. In addition, EIA is pleased that Peru’s international trading partners are expressing heightened concern and […]
PHOTO: Deforestation at Cacao del Peru Norte’s plantation in Tamshiyacu, Loreto, Peru. (EIA) Three massive agri-business projects in the Peruvian Amazon, all related to the same group of companies identified in EIA’s 2015 report Deforestation by Definition, have been ordered to halt operations by government authorities in the country. Together, the projects being developed collectively […]
This video contains unedited aerial video of the giant cacao plantation called Cacao del Peru Norte. Learn more: eia-global.org/blog/united-cacao-linked-companies-ordered-to-stop-operations-by-peruvian-author
TIMBER MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND from Secvential on Vimeo. A video released by the Romanian investigative program In Premiera in November 2015, titled Timber Makes the World Go Round, has been rereleased this week with English subtitles. The video paints a vivid picture of illegalities at three stages of timber supply chains leading to […]
Alex Gavan speaks about Romanian Forests from EIA on Vimeo. “I cannot imagine a life where nature would not be an integral part of it.” –Alex Gavan Romania is home to Europe’s last remaining old growth forests and some of the largest populations of brown bear, wolves, and lynx. However, the country’s forests are being […]