Press Releases
- Exposed: The Dirty Secrets of Japan’s Illegal Ivory Trade
Exposed: The Dirty Secrets of Japan’s Illegal Ivory Trade
New evidence of Japan’s failure to control illegal ivory trading at a time when Africa’s elephants face extinction is revealed in a damning report released today...
- EPA Finalizes Rules on HFCs Ahead of Pivotal Montreal Protocol Meetings, EIA Comments
EPA Finalizes Rules on HFCs Ahead of Pivotal Montreal Protocol Meetings, EIA Comments
Yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized two rulemakings curbing emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent greenhouse gases used in refrigeration, air conditioning and foams, among other uses...
- In South Africa, a chance to stop the illegal forest plunder for precious woods
In South Africa, a chance to stop the illegal forest plunder for precious woods
As the 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP17) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) begins in South Africa, EIA has released new analysis revealing the nature and scale...
- New Report on Fast Food Industry in India Calls on Multinationals to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions
New Report on Fast Food Industry in India Calls on Multinationals to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A new report released today by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) studies few of the fastest growing multinational fast food chains in India, which are some of the country’s largest...
- Conservationists Applaud Bipartisan House Letter Calling on Japan to Ban Ivory Trade
Conservationists Applaud Bipartisan House Letter Calling on Japan to Ban Ivory Trade
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today applauded Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Daniel Donovan (R-NY) for sending a letter signed by a bipartisan group of 16 members...
- U.S. Government Report Confirms Imports of Illegal Timber from Peru
U.S. Government Report Confirms Imports of Illegal Timber from Peru
In a report released yesterday by the U.S. government, Peruvian timber imported to the United States in January 2015 has been identified as largely illegally sourced, offering the latest example of illicit timber trafficking from Peru to the United States. The U.S. Timber Committee’s summary highlights...
- Montreal Protocol on track to reach 2016 HFC Amendment
Montreal Protocol on track to reach 2016 HFC Amendment
Parties to the Montreal Protocol made significant progress on agreeing to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in a series of back-to-back meetings in Vienna this week, raising expectations that a global...
- Poligrow Colombia Ltda., Ordered to Suspend Operations due to Presumed Environmental Infractions
Poligrow Colombia Ltda., Ordered to Suspend Operations due to Presumed Environmental Infractions
Colombian environmental authority, CORMACARENA (Corporación para el Desarrollo Sostenible del Área de Manejo Especial la Macarena), has ordered oil palm company Poligrow Colombia Ltda...
- Illegally deforested Amazon land for sale by oil palm plantation operators in Peru
Illegally deforested Amazon land for sale by oil palm plantation operators in Peru
Maps published today confirm that land transferred by two oil palm plantations to a Peruvian trust services company, which is now auctioning off these properties, is located in illegally deforested Amazon rainforest. EIA mapped...
- Holzindustrie Schweighofer’s FSC Certificate Suspended
Holzindustrie Schweighofer’s FSC Certificate Suspended
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) today announced that the FSC chain of custody (CoC) certificate issued to Austrian-based timber company Holzindustrie Schweighofer (Schweighofer) has been suspended. This action by Quality Austria...
- Japanese Buyers Fueling Illegal Logging in Romania’s Last Ancient Forests
Japanese Buyers Fueling Illegal Logging in Romania’s Last Ancient Forests
A new report by the Washington, D.C.-based organization the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals that Japan’s largest trading companies are fueling illegal logging in Europe’s last great intact forests...
- 偽上の住宅: 日本の新築住宅の犠牲になる欧州の原生林
偽上の住宅: 日本の新築住宅の犠牲になる欧州の原生林
ワシントンD.C. - 日本の大手商社がヨーロッパに残る最後の広大な原生林での違法伐採に拍車をかけていることがワシントンD.C.を本拠地とする環境調査エージェンシー（EIA）の新しい報告書で明らかになった。「偽上の住宅...
- Romanian Illegal Logging Campaigner Assaulted
Romanian Illegal Logging Campaigner Assaulted
Earlier this week, a physical assault on an environmental activist in the forests of Romania marked the latest in a string of such attacks around the world and further highlights the need for government authorities to take meaningful enforcement action in response...
- Japanese Traders Offer Ivory Tusks to Chinese Buyers for Illegal Export
Japanese Traders Offer Ivory Tusks to Chinese Buyers for Illegal Export
Undercover video released today by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) shows Japanese traders offering to sell ivory to Chinese buyers knowing the tusks would be illegally exported to China. The shocking footage bolsters claims by EIA...
- EIA Issues Statement Following Executed Search Warrant at Global Plywood
EIA Issues Statement Following Executed Search Warrant at Global Plywood
Yesterday, a search warrant was executed at the premises of Global Plywood and Lumber, a company found to be importing into the United States significant quantities of Amazonian timber declared illegal by the Peruvian government...
- Are Guitars Today’s Blood Diamonds? Musicians Raise Awareness
Are Guitars Today’s Blood Diamonds? Musicians Raise Awareness
As the summer tour and festival season ramps up, concertgoers may encounter requests to pledge support for a campaign to halt illegal logging of endangered woods and promote sustainable alternatives. Several high-profile artists have joined with REVERB...
- Members of Maroon 5 Support Romania in its Fight Against Illegal Logging
Members of Maroon 5 Support Romania in its Fight Against Illegal Logging
On the eve of a spectacular concert in Bucharest’s Constitution Square on June 5, members of three-time Grammy award-winning American rock group Maroon 5 sent a letter to Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis, offering their support for Romania...
- Holzindustrie Schweighofer’s FSC certifier suspended
Holzindustrie Schweighofer’s FSC certifier suspended
The certification body “Quality Austria” has been barred from issuing Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certificates worldwide, following a complaint by WWF Austria regarding its recent Chain of Custody certification of Austrian-based company...
- EIA Applauds Finalization of Near-Total Ban on U.S. Trade in Elephant Ivory
EIA Applauds Finalization of Near-Total Ban on U.S. Trade in Elephant Ivory
Today the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) completed a rulemaking process under the Endangered Species Act that will enact a near-total ban on the domestic trade of elephant ivory in the United States. The rule, which goes into effect...
- United Cacao Breaks AIM Rules
United Cacao Breaks AIM Rules
Today over 60 indigenous organizations and NGOs from Peru, Europe, and the United States called for United Cacao Limited SEZC (ticker symbol: CHOC) to be removed from trading on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange...
- California Unveils Vital Plan for HFCs
California Unveils Vital Plan for HFCs
California’s Air Resources Board (ARB) released a proposed strategy this week aimed at curbing emissions of short-lived climate pollutants, including hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). ARB estimates that the proposed measures...
- West African Forestry Leaders Take Historic Action to Fight Illegal Rosewood Trade
West African Forestry Leaders Take Historic Action to Fight Illegal Rosewood Trade
For the first time, representatives from 11 West African countries have agreed to take action aimed at curbing illegal rosewood logging and associated trade in the region. At the first international conference ever held in Guinea-Bissau, deputies from Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) member...
- Governments Make Progress on Dubai Pathway towards HFC Amendment in 2016
Governments Make Progress on Dubai Pathway towards HFC Amendment in 2016
Parties to the Montreal Protocol made concrete progress on HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) in an Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG 37) meeting this week in Geneva, but the pace of negotiations remains frustratingly slow...
- EIA and Global Witness Call on US and Honduran Governments for Action on Berta Caceres Assassination
EIA and Global Witness Call on US and Honduran Governments for Action on Berta Caceres Assassination
The United States and Honduran governments must support an international, independent investigation into the killing of high-profile environmental activist Berta Cáceres said Global Witness (GW) and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) on the eve of a meeting between Honduras...
- EIA Response to Proposed Designation of Sakhalin Bay Beluga Population as Depleted
EIA Response to Proposed Designation of Sakhalin Bay Beluga Population as Depleted
Today the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed to designate the Sakhalin Bay-Nikolaya Bay-Amur River population of beluga whales as depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)...