“Unite Behind The Science,” cries 16 year-old climate activist, Greta Thunberg, “that is our demand”. Ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit this week, Greta, along with millions of others, participated in the global climate strike last Friday. The strike called on our leaders to take action on climate change as they meet in New […]
By Taylor Tench, Policy Analyst Wild rhinos have it rough just about everywhere they are found. In Africa, rhino poaching has been at crisis levels for more than a decade with more than 9,200 rhinos poached since 2006. From 2012 to 2017 the continental white rhino population declined by 15 percent to approximately 18,000 rhinos. […]
EIA provides comments on South Africa's 2019 non-detriment findings on white rhinos, urging South Africa to prohibit exports of rhino horn and rhino horn products for non-commercial purposes and to close its domestic rhino horn market to consistent with the decision adopted at CITES CoP18.
EIA provides comments on South Africa's 2019 non-detriment findings for black rhinos, focusing on conclusions reached regarding international trade in rhino horn, outdated population estimates and poaching data, and changes to South Africa's black rhino annual trophy quota.
In 2018 the Environmental Investigation Agency continued to confront the greatest environmental threats facing the world today. The EIA team pursued, documented and exposed the activities of syndicates that threaten endangered species, damage the climate and ozone layer, and drive the trade in timber stolen from the world’s most important remaining forests. Read the 2018 […]
Washington, DC – The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)’s report BAN-BOOZLED: How Corruption and Collusion Fuel Illegal Rosewood Trade in Ghana, released a month ago, has generated much-needed discussion among journalists, activists, academics, and officials both in Ghana and internationally. EIA welcomes the two investigations that have been recently launched in Ghana, and EIA plans to […]