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THE DEADLY TRADE IN IVORY ESCALATES Proposed ivory sales a major threat to elephant conservation JAPAN’S SEAS RUN RED IN ANNUAL PORPOISE HUNT New footage of the largest cetacean hunt in the world Bloody Ivory - Urgent call for help! Ahead of the CITES meeting in March speak out against the ivory trade. CHILLING FACTS: SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION SCANDAL UNCOVERED Report exposes damage caused by supermarket refrigeration in the UK. EIA wary of China's latest Tiger tactics EIA 's skeptical of China's recent move to back down from legalising Tiger trade. 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). 8 Jan 10 No Title NGO community calls on Ministers to take action to eliminate one of six greenhouse gases As Ministers meet in Copenhagen desperately seeking to find a set of meaningful mitigation actions negotiators have provided the ray of hope in the form of a draft agreement to work with the Montreal Protocol to eliminate a group of greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). EU’s Failure to Ban Imports of Stolen Timber Undermines Efforts to Tackle Deforestation at Copenhagen Copenhagen, 14th December 2009: Lack of political will from the Swedish Presidency of the European Union and the majority of other member states to prohibit trade in illegal timber in the EU threatens plans to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) warned today. Announcement: 8 Dec 09 Putting the Brakes on Drivers of Forests Destruction: A Shared Responsibility The briefing explains how a proposed UN mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) will not work without efforts to address and regulate the global markets that act as drivers of deforestation.
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