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ABOUT EIA: EIA NEWS
Latest news from within EIA.
Urgent: 23 Feb 10 Bloody Ivory - Urgent call for help! Ahead of the CITES meeting in March speak out against the ivory trade. Press Release: 1 Feb 10 CHILLING FACTS: SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION SCANDAL UNCOVERED Report exposes damage caused by supermarket refrigeration in the UK. 29 Jan 10 EIA wary of China's latest Tiger tactics EIA 's skeptical of China's recent move to back down from legalising Tiger trade. 27 Jan 10 WHO and FAO discuss health risks to consumers of whale, dolphin and porpoise meat for the first time – Japan is one of the most affected countries Geneva/Tokyo: This week the World Health Organisation WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are holding an expert consultation on the risks of fish consumption and – encouraged by a coalition of environmental groups – for the first time the health risks associated with consuming contaminated meat and blubber from whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans). Press Release: 24 Nov 09 New Japanese government urged to ban poisonous whale and dolphin products A worldwide alliance of environmental and consumer organisations today called on the Japan’s new government to take urgent action to stop the hunt of toothed cetaceans and ban the sale of contaminated whale, dolphin and porpoise products for human consumption in Japan. Announcement: 26 Oct 09 EIA's 2010 Calendar is being well received Environment Secretary Hilary Benn receiving our 2010 calendar from Faith Doherty one of EIA's Forest Team Press Release: 30 Jul 09 New footage of rare Baird’s beaked whale landing in Chiba, Japan For immediate release, Wednesday 29th July 2009. Campaigners from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) witnessed and filmed Japanese whalers landing a Baird’s beaked whale after a hunt that occurred Friday. The 10 metre whale was landed in Wada, near Tokyo, early on Saturday morning. Announcement: 8 Jun 09 25th Anniversary Publication EIA has published a special commemorative book highlighting 25 years of 'protecting the environment with intelligence' Press Release: 1 Jun 09 Vital refrigerant gas phase-out will be discussed at Bonn climate talks Success for EIA campaign to phase out massively global warming HFC chemicals in chiller cabinets and cars Press Release: 29 May 09 Animal welfare groups condemn Faroese pilot whale hunt London, 29 May 2009 – Twenty-two animal welfare groups from around the world today fiercely condemned the Faroese government for allowing a grisly hunt for 188 pilot whales this week – putting both the whales and Faroese consumers in danger. Campaign Update: 15 May 09 EIA Advises UK Government Consultation on EU Illegal Timber Regulation Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) Submission to the UK Government’s Consultation on Illegal Timber Campaign Update: 11 May 09 TIGER FARMS: A TICKET TO EXTINCTION Washington DC, 08 May 2009: The International Tiger Coalition calls for an end to tiger farming Press Release: 20 Apr 09 EIA warns that revised European regulation on ozone-depleting chemicals leaves loopholes for illegal trade AS the European Union enters the final phase of revising its ozone depleting substances (ODS) regulation. EIA is cautioning that the new regulation does not take account of past mistakes and continues to allow loop holes for illegal trade in controlled chemicals. It also allows for production and export of large quantities of ODS to developing countries precisely at a time when efforts are underway to try to creduce and eliminate consumption of these chemicals. Campaign Update: 7 Apr 09 Jakarta to be hit by moves on illegal logging Pressure is building on the Indonesian government to clamp down on the illegal timber trade in advance of a crucial European Parliament vote later this month Press Release: 6 Apr 09 U.S. PILOTS MAJOR NEW ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR WOOD IMPORTS Declaration requirements under the Lacey Act will be enforced beginning May 1st Press Release: 19 Mar 09 Economic downturn no excuse for EU's failure to ban trade in illegal timber London, March 18th 2009: As a United Nations body warns that the economic downturn could undermine forest protection policies, resulting in increased illegal logging, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is calling on the European Union to ban trade in stolen timber and not to use the recession as an excuse for weak regulation. Urgent: 27 Feb 09 SAVE NIYAMGIRI TIGER FORESTS TAKE ACTION AGAINST HABITAT DESTRUCTION AND UNSUSTAINABLE MINING IN INDIA. Announcement: 17 Feb 09 EU agrees to bolster weak timber bill BRUSSELS: MEMBERS of the Environment Committee of the European Parliament today voted to bring in a landmark law to combat illegal logging and the associated illegal trade in timber and wood products. Press Release: 11 Feb 09 BLACK market in illegal gas could flourish, warns EIA. A BLACK market in banned ozone-depleting gases could thrive following their Europe-wide phase-out, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has warned. Press Release: 28 Jan 09 VISITING Chinese Premier told: 'Take action on tiger crisis.' UK MPs sign motion calling for end to trade and controversial tiger ‘farms’ Press Release: 26 Jan 09 PROVIDE more resources to fight global environmental crime, EIA tells governments. TO MARK International Customs Day, the Environmental Investigation Agency today challenges governments to provide adequate resources to police, customs and enforcement agencies throughout the world to follow up ‘green’ rhetoric with real commitment and to tackle the growing threat of organised crime against the environment. Campaign Update: 19 Jan 09 WORLD'S glaciers - most melted by 2050, say scientists. MOST of the world’s glaciers could vanish in the next 40 years, scientists have warned – yet the causes could be much nearer to home say EIA. 12 Jan 09 FOREST communities use latest technology to fight to preserve their way of life. (read article) Aggressive logging companies are threatening the future of people living in forest areas they are targeting. Campaign Update: 11 Jan 09 ‘WARMER sea absorbing less C02’, scientists find. EIA’s recent call for the urgent tackling of a ‘gas timebomb’ has been highlighted by a new scientific study uncovering a sudden and dramatic drop in carbon dioxide being absorbed by the sea. Campaign Update: 4 Dec 08 'SATELLITE technology & money not enough to stop deforestation.' Vital lessons can be learnt from illegal logging, says a new briefing by EIA. 1 Dec 08 ACT now to tackle 'gas timebomb.' DELEGATES from almost every country in the world gather today for the start of crucial talks aimed at creating an ambitious international climate pact. 20 Nov 08 EU illegal timber proposal is seriously flawed, says EIA. Announcement: 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 STOP Japan's Commercial Whaling Take Action Now 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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