Rhino breeders in South Africa are attempting to bend international wildlife trade regulations to their will and undermine decades of South African law to circumvent the ban on international rhino horn trade.
EIA encourages China to remain steadfast in its approach to rhino horn trafficking, to enhance transparency of its wildlife crime enforcement, and to take a leadership role in the global effort to protect rhinoceroses by sharing its experiences and expertise with other countries affected by rhino poaching and illegal trade.
Alaska’s endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales face various threats, and collective efforts are needed to ensure their survival. Learn more in the videos below from EIA and community conservation partners working to protect this critical population. To dive deeper into EIA’s work to protect Cook Inlet beluga whales, visit our campaign page How a strong […]
Japan’s regulatory and enforcement actions to date have been inadequate to prevent its domestic market from contributing to the illegal ivory trade. Japan’s market is already being exploited by those seeking to bring ivory out of the country illegally, and will continue to be, as long as it remains open.
Allowing legal trade in rhino horn or ivory from one country has serious repercussions for all wild rhinos and elephants. Namibia’s proposals to CoP20 to trade in rhino horn and ivory stockpiles threaten to reverse decades of global conservation, anti-poaching, and demand reduction progress.
EIA will be actively engaging at CoP20 on a range of key issues relating to the protection of elephants, rhinos, Asian big cats, pangolins and vaquita porpoises, in addition to broader compliance and enforcement issues.