Peruvian Congress Chooses Promoting Private Investment Over Environmental ProtectionWASHINGTON, D.C.—On July 3, the Peruvian Congress approved bill 3627, which has now become Law 30230, a suite of measures that rolls back environmental regulations and violates Peruvian obligations under the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA). “The new law prioritizes immediate gain for corporations over sustainable development […]
For the Spanish translation, see below. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Government of Peru is proposing a packet of economic measures and regulatory rollbacks that will cause significant harm to the environment and drastically diminish the Peruvian government’s ability to hold corporations accountable for violations of environmental standards. Fifty civil society organizations and indigenous groups in […]
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 […]
New report reveals how Japan’s imports of Chinese wood products fuel illegal logging in Russia’s eastern forestsTOKYO – Significant quantities of illegal timber products from the forests of Siberia and the Russian Far East are flowing into Japan, according to a new report by the US-based nonprofit Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). While the United States […]
Washington, DC – A coalition of labor and environmental groups released a video today that illustrates how the Lacey Act, one of United States’ oldest and most successful conservation laws, addresses the urgent need to crack down on the global illegal timber trade by closing end markets to illegal timber and wood products.1 In the […]
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 […]