Protecting the environment with intelligence
I sat in Westminster Hall on Thursday, waiting to hear Aung San Suu Kyi speak to both houses of Parliament, friends and many advocates who have supported the fight for freedom and democracy in Burma. An extraordinary event in itself, in that she is the first woman from abroad, the first person from an Asian [...]
Steve O. Taylor is an independent filmmaker and the writer/director of the Green Heart trilogy of documentaries about the world’s big tropical forests and the people and species who rely on them. He is currently preparing a new film project on elephant poaching and the ivory trade. In today’s guest blog for EIA, Steve discusses [...]
Only two days into my new job as Visual Communications Officer for EIA, I found myself on a plane to Jakarta, Indonesia. EIA Visuals Specialist Paul Redman, Nanang Sujana, two campaign staff and I travelled to the forest community of Muara Tae, in East Kalimantan, East Borneo, to run workshops in research techniques, photography, film, [...]
Say hello to Chris Moye, who has just joined EIA as part of the Forest team, filling the role of Specialist Investigator. I was born in Brazil, educated in the UK and have previously worked for a number of NGOs on issues ranging from human rights abuses to environmental rights. In 2007, I helped [...]
EIA’s first batch of customised banners for Facebook‘s new Timeline profile proved to be so popular that we thought we’d select a few more images from our extensive archive and convert them as a modest thank-you to our members, followers and supporters. Now you don’t need to search for images that are both striking and [...]
Welcome to the Spring 2012 issue of EIA’s bi-annual newsletter Investigator, giving you an overview of our key campaign activities during the past six months. This issue features an update on our work to help the people of Muara Tae fight off encroaching Big Palm Oil, our successful cetaceans campaign initiative to compel Amazon to [...]