Resources

Video

Happy Earth Day 2023

 We invite you to be a part of EIA’s efforts to protect the planet by supporting our Forest, Climate, and Wildlife conservation work. Your contribution can play a crucial role in protecting the natural world from illegal logging, poaching, and other environmental crimes. By working together, we can help preserve old-growth forests, safeguard endangered […]

Press Release

We reject the U.S. Ambassador’s regrettable public endorsement of the company Ocho Sur’s operations in the Peruvian Amazon

4 April, 2023 Joint Statement In solidarity with the response of indigenous organizations in the Amazon, the afore-signed organizations strongly reject the recent Tweet by the U.S. Ambassador in Peru, Lisa Kenna, that was propaganda for the controversial palm oil company Ocho Sur, which operates with US investments. Our main reasons for doing so are […]

Press Release

Rechazamos lamentables declaraciones de la embajadora estadounidense en favor de empresa Ocho Sur en la Amazonía peruana

4 Abril 2023 Pronunciamiento conjunto Las organizaciones firmantes y en solidaridad con la respuesta de las organizaciones indígenas amazónicas, rechazamos tajantemente el reciente tuit de la embajadora de los Estados Unidos en el Perú, Lisa Kenna, mediante el cual hace propaganda a favor del polémico Grupo Palmicultor Ocho Sur, de capitales estadounidenses.[1] Nuestras principales razones […]

Blog

Japan’s Elephant Ivory Trade: Where Are We Now?

As long as the demand for ivory continues, elephants will be poached for their ivory. Japan’s legal ivory market remains a threat to a mostly consensus approach among the global community that closing domestic markets is essential to protect elephants from poaching.

Press Release

On Human Rights Day Conservationists Call for Prosecution of Senior Member of South African Judiciary for Corruption Linked to Rhino Poaching and Human Rights Abuses

The Washington DC-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is calling on the Government of South Africa to prosecute Sibusiso Eric Nzimande, Regional Court President of KwaZulu-Natal, for soliciting bribes and committing other acts of corruption that benefitted rhino poachers and the perpetrators of other violent crimes. EIA has submitted evidence of Mr. Nzimande’s corruption to the […]

Blog

How China can help save the Amazon via the leather trade

Aside from Brazil itself, there is perhaps no other country with as great an opportunity to help prevent this deforestation than China, Brazil’s biggest customer for the two agricultural commodities that are the main drivers of deforestation: soy and cattle.