Reports
- Forest Liquidators & Timber Smugglers: The Full Story
Forest Liquidators & Timber Smugglers: The Full Story
EIA summarizes the federal case against Lumber Liquidators for violating the U.S. Lacey Act.
- EIA Briefing to the UNFCCC COP22
EIA Briefing to the UNFCCC COP22
In October 2016, Parties to the Montreal Protocol adopted the Kigali Amendment on HFCs, which marks an historic achievement as the Paris Agreement comes into force in November.
- Traditional Chiefs Call for an End to Oil Palm Project on Their Lands
Traditional Chiefs Call for an End to Oil Palm Project on Their Lands
The SGSOC oil palm project has disrupted the livelihoods of many communities in Southwest Cameroon. Village leaders have written to the president, calling for a stop to the project...
- Heavy Fuel Oil: A Priority Threat to Arctic Cetaceans
Heavy Fuel Oil: A Priority Threat to Arctic Cetaceans
An EIA briefing on the threat of heavy fuel oil in the Arctic...
- EIA, others send letter to Prime Minister of Romania on forest sector transparency
EIA, others send letter to Prime Minister of Romania on forest sector transparency
EIA and the World Wide Fund for Nature and Greenpeace submitted a letter to the Prime Minister of Romania Dacian Ciolos, requesting transparent public access to key forest sector data within the country.
- Averting Climate Catastrophe: Our obligation to adopt an ambitious Kigali HFC amendment to the Montreal Protocol
Averting Climate Catastrophe: Our obligation to adopt an ambitious Kigali HFC amendment to the Montreal Protocol
As the 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol gets underway in Kigali, Rwanda, the momentum to tackle dangerous climate change has never been greater.
- The Dirty Secrets of Japan’s Illegal Ivory Trade
The Dirty Secrets of Japan’s Illegal Ivory Trade
EIA's report, The Dirty Secrets of Japan's Illegal Ivory Trade, reveal a 20-year history of broken commitments by Japan to enact effective controls to prevent poached tusks from being sold domestically or for illegal export.
- Lost Years in the Fight Against Trafficking Malagasy Woods
Lost Years in the Fight Against Trafficking Malagasy Woods
The government of Madagascar has failed to fulfill its commitments under the 2013 Action Plan accompanying the listing of its populations of ebonies, palisanders, and rosewoods to Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)...
- Cycles of Destruction: Unsustainability, Illegality, and Violence in the Hongmu Trade
Cycles of Destruction: Unsustainability, Illegality, and Violence in the Hongmu Trade
EIA has produced a new briefing ahead of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species on the trade of a rare and valuable "red wood" known commonly as hongmu...
- Transitioning HFCs in India: The Opportunity for Climate Friendly Cooling in the Fast Food Industry
Transitioning HFCs in India: The Opportunity for Climate Friendly Cooling in the Fast Food Industry
Transitioning HFCs in India, studies some of the fastest growing multinational fast food chains in India – a country with significantly increasing HFC emissions due to its expanding market. Eight fast food chains in India...
- LETTER: U.S. House Of Representatives letter to Japan Regarding Ivory
LETTER: U.S. House Of Representatives letter to Japan Regarding Ivory
On September 9, 2016 a bipartisan coalition of 16 members of the United States House Representatices sent a leter to Japanese Ambassador Kenichir Sasae urging the government of Japan to enact a ban...
- The Need for Smarter Standards and Codes in Cooling
The Need for Smarter Standards and Codes in Cooling
As Parties to Montreal Protocol negotiate a global agreement for an HFC phase-down this year, several safety standards and building codes are threatening to limit...
- Bringing the U.S. Fridge Market into the 21st Century
Bringing the U.S. Fridge Market into the 21st Century
HFC-134a, a type of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerant with a high global warming poten- tial (GWP) 1,430 times that of carbon dioxide, is used in virtually all new U.S. domestic refrigerators and freezers...
- Missing the Forest for the Carbon? EIA Analysis of the FCPF Carbon Fund
Missing the Forest for the Carbon? EIA Analysis of the FCPF Carbon Fund
Launched in 2008, the FCPF was among the first multilateral funds to support countries in their efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+). After eight years of financial support for...
- The Importance of Ambition in the 2016 HFC Phase-Down Agreement
The Importance of Ambition in the 2016 HFC Phase-Down Agreement
Following the adoption of the Dubai Pathway on HFCs, Parties to the Montreal Protocol are set to negotiate and adopt an HFC amendment in 2016, the first major...
- Petition to Certify Mozambique as Diminishing the Effectiveness of CITES
Petition to Certify Mozambique as Diminishing the Effectiveness of CITES
Petition to Certify Mozambique as Diminishing the Effectiveness of CITES
- Built on Lies: New Homes in Japan Destroy Old Forests in Europe
Built on Lies: New Homes in Japan Destroy Old Forests in Europe
The indiscriminate sourcing practices of Japanese companies are fueling illegal logging in Europe's last remaining virgin forests. Since arriving in Romania in 2002...
- LETTER: Members of Maroon 5 Letter to President of Romania
LETTER: Members of Maroon 5 Letter to President of Romania
On June 5, 2016, Members of Maroon 5, James Valentine and Jesse Carmichael, sent a letter to the president of Romania offering their support to Romania's fight against illegal logging...
- LSE Financing Illegal Deforestation in Peru via AIM-listed United Cacao Ltd. SEZC
LSE Financing Illegal Deforestation in Peru via AIM-listed United Cacao Ltd. SEZC
In a briefing by the Environmental Investigation Agency, evidence reveals that United Cacao Limited SEZC, traded on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM), financed over 11,100 hectares of illegal deforestation...
- LETTER: EIA, Indigenous Groups Write Letter, Calling for Removal of United Cacao Ltd. from LSE
LETTER: EIA, Indigenous Groups Write Letter, Calling for Removal of United Cacao Ltd. from LSE
In a sign-on letter sent to the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM), over 60 indigenous organizations and NGOs from Peru, Europe, and the United States raise grave concerns related to ongoing illegal...
- Avoiding Illegal Timber in China: Due Diligence Recommendations
Avoiding Illegal Timber in China: Due Diligence Recommendations
A new EIA investigation shows that many Japanese companies are not conducting due diligence to avoid sourcing illegal wood products in China. Due diligence is key...
- Using Every Tool to Protect the World’s Wildlife: How the U.S. Pelly Amendment can help stop poaching
Using Every Tool to Protect the World’s Wildlife: How the U.S. Pelly Amendment can help stop poaching
EIA's brief overview of the Pelly Amendment and its uses and potential impacts.
- Putting the Freeze on HFCs: 2016 Update
Putting the Freeze on HFCs: 2016 Update
The Dubai Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in November 2015 marked a major turning point in the global movement toward phasing down hydrofluorocarbons...
- Pathway to Adoption of a Global HFC Phase-Down
Pathway to Adoption of a Global HFC Phase-Down
2015 was the hottest year on record and 2016 is expected to be even warmer. Fifteen of the last sixteen hottest years since records began have occurred since 2001, and January and February 2016 have already...
- LETTER: Musicians, Reverb, EIA send letter to Guatemalan President
LETTER: Musicians, Reverb, EIA send letter to Guatemalan President
Inspired by a recent trip to Guatemala with EIA and partner Reverb, Jesse Carmichael and James Valentine of Maroon 5 and Adam Gardner of Guster, have sent a letter to the President of Guatemala, asking him to support...