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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: 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.


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.


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


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


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: 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.


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.


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.


13 Feb 08
Sumatran Tiger parts 'openly on sale,' says report.
LAWS are failing to protect the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger, a report by wildlife trade network monitors Traffic, has said.


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.”


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.


Announcement: 3 Sep 07
A Glimmer of Hope for Tigers and Other Asian Big Cats
For the latest news from EIA investigators returning from the Tibetan plateau, read on


Press Release: 26 Jul 07
Disturbing New Images from China Tiger Farm.
Beijing – Disturbing new images of tiger carcasses piled up in cold storage at one of China’s largest “tiger farms” raise questions about enforcement of tiger trade bans in effect in China and internationally.


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’.


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: 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.


Campaign Update: 8 Feb 07
Caught in a Trap
A personal account from a tourist who found a tiger with a steel trap attached to it's paw.


Campaign Update: 4 Jan 07
Joint NGO statement sent to Chinese President
Groundbreaking NGO coalition sends joint statement on tiger farming to Chinese President


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: 6 Oct 06
CITES: Half-hearted Attempt to Save the Tiger
Geneva; Delegates attending the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Standing Committee this week failed to take the maximum measures available to them to save the wild tiger.


Press Release: 27 Sep 06
Wild Tigers on the Brink
Environmentalists Call for China and India to Combat the Illicit Skin Trade


Press Release: 20 Jul 06
EIA Films Chosen as Finalists for Awards at World's Largest Wildlife Film Festival
London; Two films produced by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) to help stop environmental crime have been nominated as finalists for the Wildscreen 2006 Film Festival Awards.


Campaign Update: 17 Mar 06
Neil Parish MEP Joins The Campaign to Stop The Skin Trade


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.


Press Release: 15 Feb 06
European Politicians Call for Action to Stop the Tiger and Leopard Skin Trade
Strasbourg; Leading Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are calling on China, Nepal and India to increase efforts to break the smuggling networks involved in the international illegal trade of tiger and leopard skins.


Announcement: 16 Jan 06
UK Minister Supports New Initiative to Stop Tiger Skin Trade
The UK Biodiversity Minister and MP for South-Dorset, Mr. Jim Knight, has welcomed the announcement of a new multi-NGO awareness campaign aimed at stopping the illegal trade in tiger and leopard skins in Tibet and China, stated Islington-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today.


Press Release: 13 Jan 06
NGOs Rally Together to Stop the Skin Trade
Stop the Slaughter – Stop Wearing Tiger Skins. This is the simple message behind a new initiative started this month by a coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) aimed at raising awareness among the tiger and leopard skin wearers in Tibet and western China, many of whom are unaware of the devastating impact the skin trade is having on big cat populations.


Campaign Update: 19 Oct 05
Tiger Skin Trade Update
Latest News Following EIA and WPSI Skin Trade Expose


19 Oct 05
EIA's Night of the Tiger Fundraising Event - a roaring success!
On October 18th, EIA hosted dinner for 180 guests at 16 different tables generously donated by 12 of the finest Indian restaurants across London – a logistical feat organised to raise much needed funds for our Tiger Campaign.


Press Release: 23 Sep 05
Massive increase in tiger skin trading puts added pressure on already threatened species
Dramatic new findings released today from investigations in China and the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) reveal the previously unknown scale of the trade in tiger and leopard skins. Skins are being openly traded in China and TAR on a scale that triggers real fear over the future of the wild tiger.


Press Release: 18 Apr 05
Wildlife Crime on the Agenda of the UN Crime Congress for the First Time
London, UK; The illegal trade in protected wildlife has, for the first time, made it onto the agenda of the UN Crime Congress which starts in Bangkok next week, announced the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a campaigning organisation committed to investigating and exposing environmental crime.


Announcement: 4 Apr 05
The Third Tiger Crisis
India's Tigers Suffer As System of Governance Fails


Press Release: 23 Mar 05
Environmentalists Welcome New Enforcement Unit in India to Combat Wildlife Crime
London; The Indian Prime Minister’s decision last Friday to approve the creation of a multi-agency enforcement unit to combat wildlife crime, was welcomed by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).


Announcement: 26 Jan 05
CITES and Regional Cooperation to Combat the Skin Trade


Announcement: 26 Jan 05
Encouraging Signs of Action in India


Press Release: 9 Nov 04
Urgent Need For A Specialised Enforcement Unit In India To Deal With The Growing Illegal Trade In Tiger Skins
Delhi; India urgently needs to create a specialised enforcement unit to deal with wildlife crime if it is to tackle the illegal trade in tiger skins and save India’s wild tigers from extinction, said the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today.


Press Release: 6 Oct 04
Environmental Investigators Reveal Alarming Rise in Illegal Tiger Skin Trade at CITES Meeting in Bangkok
Bangkok; The illegal trade in tiger skins has surged to alarming levels over the last five years, and poses a direct threat to the world’s dwindling population of wild tigers, according to new evidence released by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today.


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.


Campaign Update: 17 Mar 04
Sundarbans threatened by mega tourism project
The largest contiguous population of wild tigers in the world is at risk from a mega tourism project that is threatening to destroy a large area of the Sundarbans mangrove swamps in West Bengal, India.


Campaign Update: 5 Mar 04
Threat to India's Endangered Tiger Population Highlighted in Early Day Motion 773
MP John Mann has tabled Early Day Motion 773 in the House of Commons. It calls for the Chief Minister and the Forest Department of Rajasthan to ensure that the illegal mines at Jamwa Ramgarh Wildlife Sanctuary remain closed, that the area is rehabilitated and that the companies responsible for the destruction are held accountable for their actions.


Announcement: 15 Dec 03
Sri Racha Tiger Farm Busted!
EIA welcomes the recent spate of enforcement activity in Thailand to crackdown on the illegal tiger trade. Read on for more information and what you can do to help.


Press Release: 21 Jun 03
UK Cosmetics Industry Risks Tiger Forests
London: Talc mined illegally in a protected forest that is home to endangered tigers has been supplied to international cosmetics manufacturers, including UK/Dutch multinational Unilever, an investigation by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Friends of the Earth has revealed in the Observer newspaper today.


Press Release: 9 Jun 03
We Don't Want Tigers' Blood on Our Stone - UK Stone Buyers Reject Andhi Marble
London: Importers and buyers of marble and stone products in the UK have declared that they will not purchase or use material that has been sourced from tiger habitat in India.


Press Release: 31 Mar 03
Undermined - Destruction of Tiger Habitat in India
Delhi: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), an international campaigning organisation, have today launched a new report titled Undermined - Destruction of Tiger Habitat in India . This report highlights the devastation of vital tiger habitat by mining companies for luxury items consumed in India and abroad.


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.


Press Release: 14 Nov 02
Asia's Big Cats Win At CITES
CITES Parties voted yesterday in favour of increasing conservation action for Asia´s endangered big cats as a proposal from India won wide-spread support.


Press Release: 29 Aug 02
Thailands Tiger Trade Under The Spotlight
While delegates at the Earth Summit consider the impact of environmental crime on the world’s natural resources, Thailand comes under the scrutiny of the international community for its role in pushing tigers further towards extinction.


Press Release: 5 Feb 02
New Hope for Neglected Indian Wildlife.
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) cautiously welcome the historic directives recently issued by the Prime Minister of India at the 21st meeting of the Indian Board for Wildlife.


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: 28 Sep 01
Against All Odds Indian Tigers Bounce Back
Press Conference: It will be revealed today how and why the critically endangered tiger is making a remarkable comeback in the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, India, and how this must act as an inspirational test case for India's remaining wild tigers.


Press Release: 12 Jun 01
Thailand's Tiger Economy: Trading Tigers into Extinction
Press Conference: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) will today hold a press conference to launch a new report,


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: 23 Nov 00
Prime Minister Vajpayee responsible for tiger deaths
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today blamed the Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for the wholesale slaughter of India's wild tigers.


Campaign Update: 31 Aug 00
Jude Law, Sadie Frost, Vivienne Westwood and others back EIA's Tiger Campaign
The Tiger collection is launched in TOPSHOP with support from stars, and designers, in aid of EIA's Tiger Campaign


Press Release: 15 May 00
The Tiger Debate at CITES CoP11
EIA Tiger Campaigner Peter Richardson describes the heated debate at CITES which led to the adoption of positive measures for tiger conservation.


Press Release: 20 Apr 00
EIA Applauds UN Adoption of Task Force for the Tiger
CITES adopts the Tiger Enforcement Task Force, to help save the critically endangered tiger


Press Release: 23 Mar 00
Tigers Poached as Clinton visits Showcase Reserve
A new EIA report higlights India's Failure to curb endangered cat poaching and trading of their parts


Press Release: 22 Apr 99
Investigators Expose Illegal Tiger Parts For Sale in New York City
A filmed undercover survey of Chinese pharmacies, herbalists and general stores in New York's Chinatown district revealed today that over 60% of the premises visited sold claimed tiger parts or products. These were available despite new federal legislation aimed at ending this illegal trade.


Press Release: 16 Mar 99
Tigers Seriously Threatened in Last Stronghold
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), released


Press Release: 1 Oct 98
Rhino and Tiger Park Devastated by Floods
One of the most important wildlife reserves in the world - Kaziranga National Park in the Indian state of Assam - has been devastated by floods, according to an Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) team which has just returned from the disaster.

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