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PRESS RELEASES
The following items may be of particular interest to media professionals. Most are press releases although we do occasionally include some of the briefer news stories from this site if we judge them to be of potential interest to the media. This page contains the 30 most recent press releases, for older stories please use the search option below.
ILLEGAL logging baron's move to palm oil receives top brass backing EIA is calling for an urgent inquiry into how a notorious illegal logging baron’s move into the booming palm oil plantations business has been backed by the highest levels of Indonesian government.
STOP Japan's Commercial Whaling Take Action Now
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.
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.
FOREST films scoop two international awards. EIA films examining the human stories behind illegal logging and deforestation in Indonesia have picked up two prestigious awards at the International Wildlife Film Festival.
UK seafood consumers unwittingly support Japanese whaling British seafood consumers are unwittingly supporting Japan's killing of whales by buying from its three largest seafood corporations.
MOVE to outlaw illegal timber: New UK law proposed ILLEGALLY logged timber could be banned in the UK following the tabling of a proposed new Bill in Parliament.
VIETNAM: How the country has become a hub for the region's illegal timber trade. Vietnam is operating as a centre for processing huge quantities of unlawfully-logged timber from across Indochina, threatening some of the last intact forests in the region, a major new report reveals.
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: 11 Mar 08 SOLD OUT: Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture Tickets for this year's event featuring psychologist Steven Pinker and the re-union of the original cast of the Hitchhiker's Guide have now sold out.
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.
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.
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.”
Listen to BBC Radio 4 show on EIA's and Telapak's undercover forest work The head of our Forests Campaign Julian Newman tells Libby Purves about his 10 years work with EIA.
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.
Companies Linked to Japanese Whaling; Conservationists Call for Action
Papua's governor cites EIA in support of move to sustainable forestry THE GOVERNOR of Papua Province in Indonesia, Barnabas Suebu, singled out the work of EIA and Telapak on illegal logging for a special mention in his statement to the Bali climate change conference.
Chiller cabinet and air-con chemicals will fuel global warming. BALI phase-out of HFC chemicals in chiller cabinets and cars will prevent the release of massive quantities of global warming gases, says EIA.
TACKLING deforestation vital part of climate change action, says Government TACKLING deforestation is vital if the world is serious about climate change action, a Government minister said today.
The untold story: Footage from the Papuan Rainforest UNIQUE films are launched today showing the impact of forest exploitation upon the people of Papua, Indonesia.
Court fiasco as fugitive timber boss evades jail. The latest illegal logging court case shambles reveals the need for urgent forest law reform in Indonesia
Whaling fleet sets off on Humpback kill. Japan’s whaling fleet sets sail with Humpbacks in its sights for first time in more than 40 years. Announcement: 13 Nov 07 Marvellous Moustache Month money-raiser. Mama Mia! It's Marvellous Moustache Month at Don Matteo's London sandwich bar as staff sprout hair in aid of EIA.
U.S timber law clears first hurdle. EIA campaigners in the United States celebrate key victory in battle against illegal logging and deforestation.
Dolphin hunt protesters in violent clash with Japanese fishermen. Campaigners trying to stop the secret killing of thousands of dolphins have been involved in violent confrontations with Japanese fishermen.
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.
Call to End World's Largest Whale Hunt. LONDON 25th September: ENVIRONMENTAL groups and members of the public will protest outside the Japanese Embassy in London today against Japan’s annual slaughter of 20,000 small whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Limited Edition EIA T-Shirt & Bag Range Launched October sees Revolting Ltd and the Environmental Investigation Agency unveil their exclusive limited run of tees and bags.
Montreal: Top awards for our work exposing illegal chemicals trade Environmental Investigation Agency is ‘best of the best’ for ground-breaking work to reveal international smuggling of banned ozone-depleting chemicals
Montreal: an early freeze on HCFCs to stop the warming An accelerated phase-out of HCFCs by the Montreal Protocol would have a decisive impact on global warming and climate change, says the Environmental Investigation Agency
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