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Open Season
Last Updated: 7 May 10

Environmental Crime - a threat to our future
Organised environmental crime poses a growing threat, yet remains a low priority for the enforcement community. This report shows the scale and impacts of environmental crime and calls for strong political will to tackle it as a matter of urgency.
Last Updated: 10 Oct 08

Made in China.
How China's illegal ivory trade is causing a 21st Century African elephant disaster.
Last Updated: 16 May 08

Environmental Crime – Our Planet, Our Problem
Briefing to the 17th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Last Updated: 24 Apr 08

Upholding The Law - the Challenge of Effective Enforcement
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.
Last Updated: 7 Jun 07

Ivory Trade Flourishing in Tibet (TAR)
New EIA Elephant Campaign briefing produced for the 54th Meeting of the Standing Committee to CITES
Last Updated: 3 Oct 06

The Enforcement Imperative
Combatting the Illegal Trade in Ivory
Last Updated: 4 Oct 04

Conditions for Importing Countries for the Proposed One-Off Sale of Ivory Stockpiles from Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
This document highlights problems that were not addressed for the last one-off ivory sale and calls for stronger scrutiny for a new sale which has been proposed.
Last Updated: 23 Mar 04

Briefing for the EU CITES Management Authorities
Proposals for trade in ivory at the 12th Conference of the Parties to CITES in Chile, November 2002
Last Updated: 1 Nov 02

Back in Business - Elephant Poaching and the Ivory Black Markets of Asia
A report by EIA which is a result of a two-year study involving undercover investigations in the Far East. This report uncovers disturbing evidence that widespread poaching in elephant range states is being driven by resurgent market demand for ivory products in several Asian countries.
Last Updated: 28 Oct 02

Species Issues for the EU Commission Meeting on CITES CoP12
Briefing Prepared for the EU Commission Meeting to discuss Proposals put forward for CoP12
Last Updated: 20 Jul 02

Lethal Experiment
How the CITES-approved ivory sale led to increased elephant poaching.
Last Updated: 1 Apr 00