EIA Denounces Termination of Peruvian Forest Oversight Body President, in apparent effort to allow illegal wood to enter the United StatesTo read this release in Spanish, click here. WASHINGTON, D.C.—In response to news today that the Peruvian government is acting to silence its own civil servants exposing the embedded illegal timber mafias in the country, […]
In preparation for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) 66th Standing Committee meeting, EIA has produced the following briefing, Time for Action: An EIA briefing on illegal logging and related trade of precious woods for CITES SC66. The illegal harvest, trade, and export of ebonies (Diospyros spp.), palisanders and rosewoods (Dalbergia spp.) […]
Since 2009, Asian demand has boomed for luxury furniture made with rare, high-value, and deeply hued rosewoods, mahoganies, and ebonies. Principally targeting 33 species within the Pterocarpus, Diospyros, Dalbergia, Millettia, and Cassia genera, sales in China’s Hongmu sector exceeded $25 billion in 2014. The Hongmu sector is a significant threat to this group of timber […]
Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) are gathered this week in Geneva for the 66th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee. On the agenda are critical protections for precious timbers from Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and West Africa. EIA has prepared two briefings highlighting the need for CITES member […]
The Environmental Investigation Agency’s UK office last week provided evidence of systematic problems in actions of auditors charged with certifying oil palm growers under the voluntary Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification scheme. In a new report called, Who Watches the Watchmen? Auditors and the breakdown of oversight in the RSPO, campaigners detail the […]
EIA’s sister office in the UK has just launched a new report, Who Watches the Watchmen. Download the report here and read their full news release below. LONDON: A new report today exposes critical failures in an international system seeking to assure consumers that the palm oil they buy in many thousands of products is […]