Tag: south-africa

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 […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Environmentalists today questioned whether John Hume will sell rhino horn to the criminal syndicates that currently commission the poachers and smuggle wildlife products out of Africa. Hume recently told a reporter that he was “happy” to supply the criminal poaching networks driving the animals to extinction with a legal alternative. Allan Thornton, […]

In an historic move, 183 governments gathered in South Africa adopted a number of new measures to regulate the global rosewood trade. JOHANNESBURG — The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) adopted new regulations that will subject approximately 80 percent of the multi-billion dollar global trade in precious rosewoods to stricter regulation and […]

183 countries are meeting in Johannesburg next week to save the world’s plants and animals from extinction. This year they have an historic chance to protect some of the world’s most precious trees – and thwart the criminal gangs responsible for their destruction. JOHANNESBURG – As the 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP17) to the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) announced they are petitioning the Obama Administration to impose trade sanctions against Mozambique in response to rampant poaching. Since 2010, Mozambican nationals have slaughtered up to 1,862 rhinos in South Africa, as well as thousands of elephants in Tanzania and […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) applauds Congressman Peter DeFazio, Ranking Member of the Committee on Natural Resources, for supporting a petition that urges the US government to address Vietnam’s failure to halt its role in the illegal rhino horn trade and to impose identified trade sanctions. The petition, submitted to the Department […]