“Unite Behind The Science,” cries 16 year-old climate activist, Greta Thunberg, “that is our demand”. Ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit this week, Greta, along with millions of others, participated in the global climate strike last Friday. The strike called on our leaders to take action on climate change as they meet in New […]
By Taylor Tench, Policy Analyst Wild rhinos have it rough just about everywhere they are found. In Africa, rhino poaching has been at crisis levels for more than a decade with more than 9,200 rhinos poached since 2006. From 2012 to 2017 the continental white rhino population declined by 15 percent to approximately 18,000 rhinos. […]
Yahoo! Japan and Ivory: A Win for Elephants After years of leading Japan’s online sales of elephant ivory products, on August 28, 2019, Yahoo! Japan announced that all sales of elephant ivory would be ending effective November 1, 2019. After campaigning for a decade to urge Yahoo! Japan to cease all ivory sales, EIA is […]
The 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) wrapped up today in Geneva, Switzerland. Campaigners from our UK and US offices were in attendance throughout the meeting, pushing for adoption of strong decisions to combat illegal and unsustainable […]
Follow EIA’s Wildlife Campaign at the 18th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties as our campaigners work to ensure protections for some of the world’s most at-risk wildlife populations. August 17, 2019 Deputy Director of Forest Campaigns Susanne Breitkopf gives an update on EIA’s forest priorities on Day 1 of CITES Cop18. August […]
Follow EIA’s Wildlife Campaign at the 18th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties as our campaigners work to ensure protections for some of the world’s most at-risk wildlife populations. August 17, 2019 Wildlife Policy Analyst, Taylor Tench, gives an update on EIA’s wildlife priorities on Day 1 of CITES Cop18. August 18, 2019 […]