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20 Nov 08
EU illegal timber proposal is seriously flawed, says EIA.



19 Nov 08
EIA calls on French and German MEPs to take action.
THE first screening of a documentary called The Tibet Connection, looking at the illegal tiger skin trade is to take place today (November 19) in France and Germany, featuring the work of EIA and the Wildlife Protection Society of India.


Press Release: 13 Nov 08
MPs urged to help shut down tiger farms.
MPs are to be urged to pressure China into closing its controversial tiger ‘farms’ today.


Press Release: 28 Oct 08
CONTROVERSIAL African ivory sales will 'fuel illegal elephant poaching'
LONDON: October 28th 2008. THE first official sales of ivory in southern Africa for nearly 10 years could open the floodgates to illegal poaching, the Environmental Investigation Agency, (EIA) warned today.


Press Release: 14 Oct 08
TOP UK store withdraws tropical rainforest flooring
RETAILER Next has withdrawn some of its hardwood flooring from sale following concerns it was made of rainforest timber from an illegal logging hotspot.


Press Release: 13 Oct 08
ENVIRONMENTAL crime is 'a threat to our future.'
LONDON: EIA this week issues a 'call to action' urging the international community to combat organised environmental crime, which it says is a serious and growing threat across the world.


Announcement: 7 Oct 08
EIA cameraman up for filmmaker of the year award.
WE are delighted to announce that EIA cameraman Paul Redman has been put forward for an award at this year’s wildlife and conservation film festival Wildscreen.


Announcement: 3 Oct 08
THE New Yorker magazine features EIA forest probe.
We are delighted to say that the work of EIA's forest investigators in the U.S has been covered by the prestigious New Yorker magazine.


Press Release: 25 Sep 08
EURO MPs renew call to save the wild tiger
WITH days to go before this year’s EU-India summit in Marseille, the European Parliament has passed a resolution calling on both parties to renew efforts to save the wild tiger, and place the issue firmly on the agenda.


12 Sep 08
'DON'T mess with this eco-warrior' (read more)
It might be a featherweight, but the Environmental Investigation Agency packs a big punch when it comes to environmental crimes


4 Sep 08
GLOBAL demos against Japan's secret dolphin hunts.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS and members of the public took part in global peaceful outside Japanese Embassies across the world against Japan’s ‘secret’ annual slaughter of 20,000 small whales, dolphins and porpoises.


Campaign Update: 28 Aug 08
SMUGGLERS' new scams undermine efforts to curb illegal logging
SMUGGLERS of the luxurious hardwood merbau are finding new scams to circumnavigate Indonesia’s export ban on sawn timber, investigations by EIA and Telapak have revealed.


21 Aug 08
LEOPARD skin seizures show unhalting demand
Recent seizures of leopard skins in India show that demand for big cat skins continues to fuel poaching, says EIA.


Announcement: 24 Jul 08
STOP Vedanta! Take action against habitat destruction & unsustainable mining in India.
31 July 2008: Protest at Vedanta’s AGM in London


14 Jul 08
EXCLUSIVE: How ivory from 11,000 elephants has disappeared into China's black market.
As the country this week seeks legal elephant ivory trade status, EIA has revealed how 110 tonnes of ivory - equivalent to the tusks of 11,000 elephants – has gone missing from its government controlled ivory stockpiles.


Campaign Update: 11 Jul 08
Skin Deep: The need for effective enforcement to combat the Asian Big Cat skin trade.


Press Release: 9 Jul 08
Ozone-friendly replacement gases will be disastrous for global warming, warn experts.
THE RECENT decision to accelerate the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) – air conditioning and refrigeration gases will in fact, vastly undermine efforts to reduce global warming if proper precautions are not taken, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) warned today.


Press Release: 25 Jun 08
NO more forestry deals until our rights are protected, say Papuans.
Jakarta: Papuans have demanded a halt to all new forestry and plantations deals until the region’s Special Autonomy Law protects indigenous rights with dedicated implementing regulations, a coalition of local organisations said today.


Campaign Update: 23 Jun 08
READ our blog from the International Whaling Commission.
Santiago, Chile: EIA director and whaling campaign veteran Jennifer Lonsdale reports.


Press Release: 18 Jun 08
CONSUMERS at risk from toxic whale meat.
AS delegates gather in Santiago, Chile, for the 60th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission, EIA reveals that whale, dolphin and porpoise meat on sale in Japan contains toxic chemicals well above safe recommended levels making it unfit for human consumption.


Press Release: 9 Jun 08
ANIMAL parks selling illegal tiger bone wine.
Covert investigations in China reveal trade in product made from tigers which die at Chinese 'safari' parks.


Press Release: 15 May 08
LANDMARK law to combat illegal logging passes first stage in U.S
– LANDMARK legislation to address the global illegal logging crisis has been passed in the United States, which would make it the first country in the world to prohibit the import, sale or trade in illegally-harvested wood and wood products.


Announcement: 12 May 08
LAST chance to book your FREE tickets for People of the Forest Night.
A unique filmic insight into the plight of forest-reliant communities.


6 May 08
ILLEGAL logging baron's move to palm oil receives top brass backing
EIA is calling for an urgent inquiry into how a notorious illegal logging baron’s move into the booming palm oil plantations business has been backed by the highest levels of Indonesian government.


Campaign Update: 28 Apr 08
EIA counters Vietnamese furniture companies' claims - SEE THE VIDEO EVIDENCE HERE
London, 28th April 2008 – EIA today issued a strong rebuttal against incorrect and misleading statements issued by Vietnamese outdoor furniture companies concerning its recent investigative report.


Campaign Update: 21 Apr 08
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Press Release: 17 Apr 08
EIA: Call for tougher action on global eco crime at UN
EIA has been urging the international law enforcement community to make environmental crime a higher priority on the agenda and to learn lessons from drugs and arms trafficking.


Press Release: 16 Apr 08
EURO MPs urged to save the wild tiger.
MEPs will be urged to play a key role in saving the wild tiger – and other Asian big cats – at the European Parliament's first Tiger Day today.


Announcement: 10 Apr 08
FOREST films scoop two international awards.
EIA films examining the human stories behind illegal logging and deforestation in Indonesia have picked up two prestigious awards at the International Wildlife Film Festival.


Press Release: 3 Apr 08
UK seafood consumers unwittingly support Japanese whaling
British seafood consumers are unwittingly supporting Japan's killing of whales by buying from its three largest seafood corporations.


Photo Story: 27 Feb 08
Cricket fans unite to hit tiger poaching for six.
CAMPAIGNERS in India have tapped into the country’s obsession with cricket to highlight the plight of its national animal – the wild tiger.


Announcement: 28 Jan 08
Renowned psychologist gives insight into workings of the human mind.
Join us for an evening with author and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker as he presents his lecture, “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature.”


Announcement: 9 Jan 08
Listen to BBC Radio 4 show on EIA's and Telapak's undercover forest work
The head of our Forests Campaign Julian Newman tells Libby Purves about his 10 years work with EIA.


8 Jan 08
Wal-Mart wood products threaten Siberian tiger habitat
Washington, DC : GLOBAL retail giant Wal-Mart is selling products made from illegally logged timber – in turn threatening the habitat of the highly endangered Siberian tiger, new EIA evidence has found.


Press Release: 18 Dec 07
Companies Linked to Japanese Whaling; Conservationists Call for Action


Press Release: 3 Dec 07
Chiller cabinet and air-con chemicals will fuel global warming.
BALI phase-out of HFC chemicals in chiller cabinets and cars will prevent the release of massive quantities of global warming gases, says EIA.


Press Release: 29 Nov 07
TACKLING deforestation vital part of climate change action, says Government
TACKLING deforestation is vital if the world is serious about climate change action, a Government minister said today.


Press Release: 28 Nov 07
The untold story: Footage from the Papuan Rainforest
UNIQUE films are launched today showing the impact of forest exploitation upon the people of Papua, Indonesia.


Press Release: 21 Nov 07
Court fiasco as fugitive timber boss evades jail.
The latest illegal logging court case shambles reveals the need for urgent forest law reform in Indonesia


Press Release: 18 Nov 07
Whaling fleet sets off on Humpback kill.
Japan’s whaling fleet sets sail with Humpbacks in its sights for first time in more than 40 years.


Announcement: 13 Nov 07
Marvellous Moustache Month money-raiser.
Mama Mia! It's Marvellous Moustache Month at Don Matteo's London sandwich bar as staff sprout hair in aid of EIA.


Campaign Update: 7 Nov 07
U.S timber law clears first hurdle.
EIA campaigners in the United States celebrate key victory in battle against illegal logging and deforestation.


1 Nov 07
Dolphin hunt protesters in violent clash with Japanese fishermen.
Campaigners trying to stop the secret killing of thousands of dolphins have been involved in violent confrontations with Japanese fishermen.


Announcement: 26 Oct 07
EIA undercover work to feature in TV special
MAKE a note in your viewing schedule; EIA’s undercover work exposing the illegal ivory trade is to feature in a television special.


Press Release: 25 Sep 07
Call to End World's Largest Whale Hunt.
LONDON 25th September: ENVIRONMENTAL groups and members of the public will protest outside the Japanese Embassy in London today against Japan’s annual slaughter of 20,000 small whales, dolphins and porpoises.


Press Release: 20 Sep 07
Montreal: Top awards for our work exposing illegal chemicals trade
Environmental Investigation Agency is ‘best of the best’ for ground-breaking work to reveal international smuggling of banned ozone-depleting chemicals


Press Release: 14 Sep 07
Montreal: an early freeze on HCFCs to stop the warming
An accelerated phase-out of HCFCs by the Montreal Protocol would have a decisive impact on global warming and climate change, says the Environmental Investigation Agency


Press Release: 10 Sep 07
Beetham Towers Investigation
UK's Tallest Residential Towers use Rainforest Timber from Illegal Logging Hotspot, warn EIA


Announcement: 3 Aug 07
U.S introduces landmark law in battle against illegal logging.
A milestone in the fight against illegal logging - an historic forest bill - has been introduced in the U.S Senate, EIA is delighted to announce.


Press Release: 20 Jul 07
British MPs urged to legislate against trade in illegal timber
As MPs prepare for the summer break, the Environmental Investigation Agency is asking for all-party support in a new campaign to outlaw sales of illegally logged or traded timber in the UK – and calling on holidaymakers to ask if their patio chairs are ‘stolen goods’.


Announcement: 22 Jun 07
A fantastic first outing for The Future Museum
EIA’s vision of the future captured the public’s imagination with the unveiling of its novel museum.


14 Jun 07
IVORY TRADE: Deal Provokes Mixed Feelings
African countries have finally agreed on ivory sales – though not without controversy


Announcement: 13 Jun 07
Victory in Tiger Farm Fight
GOVERNMENTS gathered from across the world have united in a call to end controversial tiger ‘farms’.


12 Jun 07
'Orang-utans' homes will be gone by 2022'
Orang-tans could have nowhere left to live within a decade, a report has revealed.


Announcement: 7 Jun 07
Roll up roll up…. your chance to step into the future
It’s the year 2090 and the planet is in a bit of a state. Thanks to global warming, breaks in Devon are now marketed as desert treks, and ski holidays? Forget it!


Press Release: 7 Jun 07
Upholding The Law - Call for Crackdown on Eco Crime Gangs
ENVIRONMENT and wildlife crimes - such as illegal logging, ivory poaching and trading in tiger parts and rare animals - are now so rife they should be treated as serious transnational organised crime, says EIA.


30 May 07
All Eyes on China in New Film
A powerful, short film urging China to keep its ban on the tiger trade has been launched.


Press Release: 30 May 07
Japan's Whaling Loses Support From Commercial Fisheries Companies
Japan’s fourth largest fisheries company, Kyokuyo, has pledged to stop its sale of whale meat in Japan. Its decision follows a campaign led by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Humane Society International (HSI) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). Kyokuyo is thought to have sold at least 10 million cans of whale meat each year in Japan, plus frozen whale products.


Announcement: 28 May 07
Daily blog from IWC 59
EIA campaigners report back from 59th annual meeting of the IWC in Alaska


Press Release: 23 Apr 07
Dismay At Tiger Meat on Chinese Menu
British TV crew delivers dramatic DNA evidence of tiger meat on the menu at China's largest tiger farm


Announcement: 2 Apr 07
Conservationists Call on China to Support Law Over Tiger Farms
EIA partners with international colleagues are calling upon China to maintain its domestic trade ban outlawing the use of tiger parts and derivatives.


Urgent: 19 Mar 07
EIA needs help to protect newly discovered species


Campaign Update: 13 Oct 06
Daily Blog - Organised Crime: Tiger Campaign Team at the UN.


Campaign Update: 9 Oct 06
Daily Blog from the Tiger Campaign Team at the CITES Standing Committee


Press Release: 29 Sep 06
EU-Malaysia Plan for Legal Timber Trade Fails to Tackle Massive Wood Smuggling
Plans by the European Union and Malaysia to negotiate an agreement to ensure they only trade in legal timber will be fundamentally undermined unless strict measures are taken by the two sides to clamp down on smuggled stolen wood, environmental groups warned today.


Campaign Update: 20 Jun 06
News from the IWC
EIA campaigners reflect on the 58th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission


Urgent: 23 Feb 06
Help save wild tigers - write to your MEP
A Written Declaration on the illegal trade in tiger and leopard skins has been put before the European Parliament. We need your help to ensure that a majority of MEPs sign in support


Urgent: 23 Feb 06
Write to the Chinese Ambassador in London to express support for Tibetan animal skin burning
Tibetan people are making a valuable contribution to tiger conservation by burning their skin decorated costumes. EIA needs your help in supporting this bold initiative.


14 Nov 05
Let's Crack the Ivory Cartels Lottery Winners
Congratulations to first prize winner Ms Jepheart of Essendon, also to second prize winner Mr Hook of Protishead.


7 Oct 05
Ask U.S. Supermarket to Protect the Ozone Layer and Human Health
Ask your supermarket to stop selling food that destroys the ozone layer. Supermarkets can protect human health and global environment by ensuring that the produce they sell is not grown with methyl bromide, a chemical that eats away the Earth’s protective ozone layer. Increases in ultraviolet radiation due to a thinning ozone layer may cause skin cancer, cataracts, harm the immune system and upset the fragile balance of entire ecosystems.


Announcement: 20 Sep 05
Continued Production of CFCs in Europe
EIA has contacted the Environment Ministers of Spain, Greece France and the UK to urge them to call for a halt of the production of CFCs which exploits a loophole in the Montreal Protocol.


Campaign Update: 5 Jul 05
EIA Plans Ivory Enforcement Training Workshops for Africa
EIA campaigners have recently returned from a trip to Zambia and Malawi where they were tentatively laying the grounds for two proposed Ivory Enforcement Training workshops.


Announcement: 14 Mar 05
Environmental Investigation Agency – recipients of United Nations Environment Award
In 2001 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) awarded the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) with the prestigious Global 500 Roll of Honour for outstanding contributions to the protection of the environment.


14 Mar 02
Environmental Investigation Agency – recipients of United Nations Environment Award
In 2001 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) awarded the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) with the prestigious Global 500 Roll of Honour for outstanding contributions to the protection of the environment.


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