Reports
- AMAZON.COM’s UNPALATABLE PROFITS: Cashing in on the killing of whales in Japan
AMAZON.COM’s UNPALATABLE PROFITS: Cashing in on the killing of whales in Japan
In December 2011, a search for ‘whale’ on www.amazon.co.jp yielded 147 whale products for sale. Many of these products originate from great whales, namely fin, sei, minke and Bryde’s whale, which are all protected species under the moratorium on...
- The Montreal Protocol in 2011: Winning the Ozone Battle, Losing the Climate War
The Montreal Protocol in 2011: Winning the Ozone Battle, Losing the Climate War
At last year’s Meeting of the Parties, delegates from over 140 nations had the opportunity to take action on a number of agenda items for climate mitigation...
- LETTER: EIA letter to Walmart Concerning HFC Reduction Pledge
LETTER: EIA letter to Walmart Concerning HFC Reduction Pledge
EIA letter to Walmart Concerning HFC Reduction Pledge...
- The Montreal Protocol in 2011: Dynamic Action for Ozone and Climate Protection
The Montreal Protocol in 2011: Dynamic Action for Ozone and Climate Protection
In the first half of 2011 alone, a number of acute disruptions to seasonal atmospheric and climate norms have occurred, and latest scientific projections indicate...
- RENEGADE WHALING: Iceland’s Creation of an Endangered Species Trade
RENEGADE WHALING: Iceland’s Creation of an Endangered Species Trade
The Icelandic whaling company Hvalur hf has killed 273 endangered fin whales, and exported more than 1,200 tonnes of fin whale meat and blubber to Japan since 2008. These shipments, worth an estimated US $17 million, and Iceland’s escalating...
- The Gorton’s Family Whale Killing Business
The Gorton’s Family Whale Killing Business
Since 2001, when Nissui purchased Gorton’s, more than 2,700 whales have been killed by Kyodo Senpaku. This is part of the more than 175,000 whales that Nissui is responsible for killing since it began hunting whales in the 1930s...
- Ethically Bankrupt: World Bank Defense of the HFC-23 Scandal
Ethically Bankrupt: World Bank Defense of the HFC-23 Scandal
The United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was created in 2003 to allow emission-reduction or removal projects in developing countries...
- The U.S. Lacey Act: Tackling the Illegal Trade in Timber, Plants and Wood Products
The U.S. Lacey Act: Tackling the Illegal Trade in Timber, Plants and Wood Products
Illegal logging has concrete, adverse impacts on both the U.S. and global economies. Left unchallenged, illegal logging depresses global prices for timber and timber products by an average of 7 – 16 percent...
- The Montreal Protocol in 2010: Maximizing Climate Benefits From Ozone Protection
The Montreal Protocol in 2010: Maximizing Climate Benefits From Ozone Protection
The breadth and magnitude of climate change ranks it as the gravest threat that humanity has ever faced. And while Parties may offer reasons why...
- Rapport d’enquête sur le commerce mondial des bois précieux malgaches : bois de rose, ébène et palis
Rapport d’enquête sur le commerce mondial des bois précieux malgaches : bois de rose, ébène et palis
En juin 2009, Madagascar National Parks (MNP) a chargé Global Witness et l’EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) d’enquêter sur les flux de bois précieux récolté illégalement dans les parcs nationaux de la Région SAVA, à Madagascar...
- Investigation Into the Global Trade in Malagasy Precious Woods: Rosewood, Ebony and Pallisander
Investigation Into the Global Trade in Malagasy Precious Woods: Rosewood, Ebony and Pallisander
In June 2009, Madagascar National Parks (MNP) with an official mandate of the Ministry of the Environment and Forests contracted Global Witness and the Environmental Investi-gation Agency (EIA) to investigate...
- ROGUE TRADERS: The Murky Business of Merbau Timber Smuggling in Indonesia
ROGUE TRADERS: The Murky Business of Merbau Timber Smuggling in Indonesia
Five years ago EIA/Telapak released The Last Frontier report, exposing massive smuggling of merbau logs from Papua in Indonesia to China. The scale was breathtaking, with cargo ships carrying about 300,000 cubic metres of merbau...
- The Montreal Protocol in 2010: Dynamic Action for Ozone and Climate Protection
The Montreal Protocol in 2010: Dynamic Action for Ozone and Climate Protection
The Montreal Protocol is at a crossroads in its efforts to restore Earth’s ozone layer. In light of the escalating pace of global warming, controlling and minimizing...
- El sector forestal peruano: ¿Listos para el nuevo escenario internacional
El sector forestal peruano: ¿Listos para el nuevo escenario internacional
A partir de los resultados de una serie de sesiones de trabajo realizadas en Lima, Ucayali, Loreto y Madre de Dios, este documento recopila la percepción y las recomendaciones de la sociedad civil peruana sobre los avances por parte del...
- Peru’s Forest Sector: Ready for the New International Landscape, US-Peru FTA, REDD, CITES, Lacey
Peru’s Forest Sector: Ready for the New International Landscape, US-Peru FTA, REDD, CITES, Lacey
This document, the results of a series of workshops carried out in Lima, and the capital cities of Peru’s three principal Amazonian regions, Ucayali, Loreto, and Madre de Dios, brings together the perceptions...
- Yahoo! and the Sale of Whale, Dolphin and Elephant Products
Yahoo! and the Sale of Whale, Dolphin and Elephant Products
Yahoo! Inc., via its Japanese subsidiary Yahoo! Japan, is an important corporate facilitator of the widespread commercial trade in trade in whale and dolphin products and African elephant ivory in Japan. Yahoo! Japan Shopping...
- OPEN SEASON: The Burgeoning Illegal Ivory Trade in Tanzania and Zambia
OPEN SEASON: The Burgeoning Illegal Ivory Trade in Tanzania and Zambia
The level of illegal ivory being seized worldwide is at an all-time high as evidenced by the number of large consignments that have been seized since January 2009. In November 2008, 108 tonnes of ivory was...
- Demanding Deforestation: What lessons can illegal logging and inter. timber trade policy teach us
Demanding Deforestation: What lessons can illegal logging and inter. timber trade policy teach us
The world’s forests are a critical piece of the climate change puzzle. Forests cover 30% of Earth’s land surface, sequester some 45% of terrestrial carbon, and influence the climate through albedo...
- Peru’s Forest Sector: Ready for the New International Landscape
Peru’s Forest Sector: Ready for the New International Landscape
This document, the results of a series of workshops carried out in Lima, and the capital cities of Peru’s three principal Amazonian regions, Ucayali, Loreto,and Madre de Dios, brings together...
- A Verdade Sobre Lacey: A Lei Lacey dos Es tados Unidos da América: Separando o mito da realidade
A Verdade Sobre Lacey: A Lei Lacey dos Es tados Unidos da América: Separando o mito da realidade
Em 2008, o governo dos Estados Unidos aprovou a emenda da Lei Lacey para proibir a comercialização de plantas de origem ilegal, incluindo os produtos da madeira. A nova lei representa uma mudança...
- Famima!! Familymart And the sale of whale meat in Japan
Famima!! Familymart And the sale of whale meat in Japan
FamilyMart plays a major role in sustaining the Government of Japan’s refusal to abide by the moratorium on commercial hunting of whales. FamilyMart sells canned whale meat in 25% of stores surveyed, and is potentially...
- Putting the Brakes on Drivers of Forest Destruction: A Shared Responsibility
Putting the Brakes on Drivers of Forest Destruction: A Shared Responsibility
The consumption needs of developed economies and rapidly expandint developing economies are increasingly driving deforestation. Commercial agriculture is now the primary source of tropical...
- An Unparalleled Opportunity for Copenhagen: Eliminate HFCs
An Unparalleled Opportunity for Copenhagen: Eliminate HFCs
Halogenated gases currently contribute 12% to overall radiative forcing. While actions under the Montreal Protocol on Substances...
- Recovery and Destruction of ODS Banks: Urgent Action for Global Climate Action
Recovery and Destruction of ODS Banks: Urgent Action for Global Climate Action
Over the last 21 years global implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) as successfully phased out...
- Enquete Sur L’Exploitation, Le Transport et L’Exportation Illicite De Bois Precieux Dans La Regions
Enquete Sur L’Exploitation, Le Transport et L’Exportation Illicite De Bois Precieux Dans La Regions
Les troubles politiques à Madagascar en février et mars 2009 et l’atmosphère d’instabilité politique qui s’en est suivie ont affaibli une autorité d’État déjà inefficace en termes d’application de la loi forestière...