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ELEPHANTS CAMPAIGN NEWS
To view news from other campaigns use the dropdown below. For all news from EIA visit the main Latest News page.
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. Photo Story: 13 Mar 08 IMAGES from the sell-out Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture. A big 'thank you' to all those who attended this year's event headlined by Dr Steven Pinker and the cast from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 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: 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. 14 Jun 07 IVORY TRADE: Deal Provokes Mixed Feelings African countries have finally agreed on ivory sales – though not without controversy 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. Campaign Update: 5 Apr 07 Elephant Debate at the UN: The Need to Think BIG As the elephant debate heats up for COP14 and the one-off ivory sales loom, levels of illegal ivory trade continue to rise, prompting new calls for the adoption of an holistic appraoch to elephant conservation and ivory trade Campaign Update: 6 Oct 06 Daily Blog from the Elephant Campaign Team. Elephant Campaigner Rachel Noble provides a daily update from the floor of the 54th CITES Standing Committee in Geneva. Announcement: 3 Oct 06 Ivory Trade Flourishing in Tibet (TAR) A new Elephant Campaign briefing documents the widespread illegal trade in ivory in Tibet (TAR) 2 Nov 05 Kaziranga – Karbi Anglong Elephant Corridor Update Back in July 2005, we posted an article urging our supporters to write to the Indian Prime Minister asking him to help put a stop to stone quarrying in the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong Elephant Reserve in Assam, India. Find out what happened next. Urgent: 7 Oct 05 Help Stop Downgrading of Amboseli National Park! On the 28th September 2005 the President of Kenya announced that Amboseli National Park, which lies at the base of Mount Kilamanjaro and is home to over 1,200 elephants, is to be downgraded from its status of National Park to that of National Reserve. Urgent: 11 Jul 05 Appeal to help stop stone quarry in Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong Elephant Reserve EIA is seeking the assistance of our supporters to help put a stop to stone quarrying in a vital elephant reserve and corridor in Assam, India. 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. Campaign Update: 1 Jul 05 Opening of New SLCS Base Camp During a recent trip to Zambia, EIA helped host a celebration evening at the South Luangwa Conservation Society’s (SLCS) new base camp. Campaign Update: 21 Oct 04 CITES Update - Worrying Trend in Ivory Trade Continues The future of the elephant was placed in jeopardy once again in October after permission was granted for limited trade in ivory and other elephant products. Announcement: 4 Oct 04 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of CITES EIA's campaigners attending the CITES meeting are working hard to protect the following species: Tigers, Elephants and an endangered tree species called Ramin. Press Release: 1 Jun 04 Hong Kong Applies a Heavy Sentence to Illegal Ivory Case London; A shop located in Kowloon, Hong Kong, was fined over £2,000 for possessing 0.863kg of ivory products without a license. Based on information provided by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), and following an investigation by Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), conviction was secured on the 5th May 2004. Press Release: 15 Mar 04 Major Breakthrough in China’s Fight against Illegal Ivory Trade London; Nearly 300 kilograms of ivory has been seized in Guangzhou, China, during joint enforcement operations carried out by China’s Endangered Species Import and Export Management Office and State Forestry Administration. The operation was based on information provided by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Campaign Update: 9 Mar 04 African Nations Unite to Uphold a Ban on Ivory Trade Kenya, formerly a lone African voice defending the ban, won the support from others- Representatives from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Tunisia and Uganda pledged support to Kenya’s firm stance on keeping the ban at a two-day meeting in March. Press Release: 26 Jan 04 Environmentalists Applaud Hong Kong's Efforts to Combat Illicit Ivory Trade London; Over 100 kilograms of illegal ivory was seized during enforcement actions carried out by Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) on the 5th and 13th January, following information provided by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Campaign Update: 8 Jul 03 New: Elephant Campaign In Japanese (“ú–{Œêj Contains background of ivory trade and summary of EIA's elephant campaign. To read this page, you need to have a Japanese reading system or software. Campaign Update: 3 Jun 03 November 2002: A Second One-Off Sale Agreed At the last meeting of CITES, another one-off sale of ivory was agreed. The sale is expected to take place after May 2004. Campaign Update: 3 Jun 03 Positive News: China Promises to Crack Down on Illegal Trade The Chinese Government is now making efforts to combat illegal ivory trade, as China emerges as a major consumer country of ivory products. Campaign Update: 3 Jun 03 Local Heroes on the Frontline EIA provides support for two field projects in Zambia- Dedicated officers of RATZ and KANTIPO have made a significant contribution to the elephant conservation. Campaign Update: 15 Nov 02 Stop Press: CITES Update EIA campaigners report back from the 12th Conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Santiago, Chile. Announcement: 28 Oct 02 NEW EIA REPORT - Environmental Investigators Uncover Asia's Thriving Illegal Ivory Markets Embargo 00:01GMT 28.10.02 London (EIA): - Growing demand for ivory in the Far East is fuelling a surge in illegal smuggling and elephant poaching, according to a new report released today by the Environmental Investigation Agency. Press Release: 26 Dec 01 Environmental Hero Honoured by BBC London; Allan Thornton, chairman of the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency has won a unique BBC Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding services to wildlife over the past quarter century. Press Release: 5 Jun 01 Environmental Investigation Agency Receives United Nations Environment Award The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will today award the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) with the prestigious Global 500 Roll of Honour for outstanding contributions to the protection of the environment. Press Release: 15 Apr 00 Environmental Investigators Reveal Resurgent Ivory Trade As UN Conference Prepares To Decide Fate Of Elephants London, 4th April 2000 (EIA): - The decision to overturn the international ivory ban in 1997 has led to renewed elephant poaching and a series of major illegal ivory seizures, according to a new report published by the Environmental Investigation Agency containing exclusive information from Zimbabwe and China. Press Release: 17 Jan 00 Upsurge in elephant poaching overshadows tenth anniversary of international ivory ban A decade after the international ivory trade ban came into force one of the most important conservation successes of the 1990s is being undermined as elephants across Africa and Asia are once more falling prey to poachers.
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