Protecting the environment with intelligence
We all know how hard it is to stick to New Year’s resolutions – so we at EIA would like to give you a little extra incentive this year. Raising money for charity is a great motivator when it comes to training for challenges or abstaining from something, so why don’t you Give It [...]
Arriving on the heels of what appears to be yet another record haul of smuggled ivory, this time in Malaysia, the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency is pleased to welcome today the release of the new study Fighting Illicit Wildlife Trafficking. The study has been prepared by Dalberg Global Development Advisors, commissioned by WWF/Traffic, and its [...]
Your generosity has helped EIA to raise more than £20,000 through the Big Give Christmas Challenge to fund our cutting-edge investigations into the illegal trade in tiger skins and derivatives. Here, Tiger Campaign head Debbie Banks gives a personal message of thanks on behalf of the team …
One year ago, almost to the day, I had just left an air-conditioned conference centre in South Africa where international climate negotiators were still working on a deal to take one more arduous step forward in the effort to reign in global warming. Fast-forward to the present and I’m on another continent but otherwise experiencing [...]
DOHA, QATAR: The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today issued an open letter to global leaders meeting at the international climate negotiations in Doha, Qatar, urging them to act now to eliminate hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – one of six classes of greenhouse gases (GHG) controlled under the climate regime. Among the issues being discussed by delegates [...]
At EIA, we were thrilled to hear the remarks of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the need for renewed international efforts to combat wildlife crime. It has been 12 years since the United Nations first recognised wildlife crime as a form of serious transnational organised crime, deserving of a commensurate organised enforcement [...]