WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Colombian environmental and land activist William Aljure was threatened by paramilitary leaders and followed by two unidentified men in Villavicencio, Colombia in the region of Meta. According to Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz, a Colombian human rights organization, local paramilitary leader Edgar Pérez (whose alias is “Tomate”) described Mr. […]
A new investigative documentary released this week by Al Jazeera, “Peru’s Rotten Wood,” shows with new evidence that illegally logged timber stolen from the Peruvian Amazon is still coming to the United States markets, making U.S. customers unwilling accomplices of forest destruction, corruption, and human rights violations. Al Jazeera confirms that the large scale fraud […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today the Department of Justice announced the first Lacey Act prosecution involving illegal logging in the United States. The news broke earlier today that the company J&L Tonewoods has been indicted over allegations of repeated purchases of illegally harvested maple wood in 2011 and 2012 from Washington’s Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Illegal logging and […]
Native Cultures’ Sikuani and Jiw Sacred Sites and Livelihoods at Risk WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new video released this weekend from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) to commemorate the UN’s Day of the World’s Indigenous People, shows the devastating effects of the growing palm oil sector on the lands and rights of farmers and indigenous […]
In collaboration with the Colombian human rights non-profit La Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz, EIA invites you to learn about the devastating impact that the growing palm oil sector in Colombia has had on the local communities of Mapiripan, Colombia. This brief documentary, “Between Water and Oil Palm,” shows evidence that Italian-owned palm […]
Oil palm expansion in Colombia In collaboration with the Colombian human rights non-profit La Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz, EIA invites you to learn about the devastating impact that the growing palm oil sector in Colombia has had on the local communities of Mapiripan, Colombia. This brief documentary, “Between Water and Oil […]