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- The Lie Behind the Ply
The Lie Behind the Ply
European Consumers of Tropical Plywood have been the Unwitting Drivers of Threatened Forest Degradation
- Carne Contaminada
Carne Contaminada
Un nuevo informe de la Agencia de Investigación Ambiental (EIA por sus siglas en inglés) revela cómo la carne que se vende en los supermercados colombianos está alimentando la deforestación ilegal en los bosques amazónicos protegidos y contribuyendo al financiamiento de grupos armados.
- Tainted Beef
- Tainted Beef
Tainted Beef
A new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals how beef sold in Colombian supermarkets is fueling illegal deforestation in protected Amazon forests and contributing to financing armed groups.
- Press Release: Tainted Beef
Press Release: Tainted Beef
A new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals how beef sold in Colombian supermarkets is fueling illegal deforestation in protected Amazon forests and contributing to financing armed groups.
- Carne Contaminada
- Shipping Industry: Where There is a Will There is a Way
Shipping Industry: Where There is a Will There is a Way
66 Containers of Stolen Illegal Timber Return to Mozambique
- Respaldo de Sociedad Civil a Defensora Ambiental en Perú
Respaldo de Sociedad Civil a Defensora Ambiental en Perú
60 instituciones y miembros de la sociedad civil y organizaciones indígenas en Perú emitieron hoy un comunicado respaldando a la Defensora Ambiental Lucila Pautrat ante los ataques que viene recibiendo de parte de una empresa investigada por la instalación no autorizada de monocultivos agroindustriales en Tamshiyacu, en la Amazonía peruana.
- ORAU Statement on the murders of two indigenous Cacataibo leaders in Peru
ORAU Statement on the murders of two indigenous Cacataibo leaders in Peru
EIA joins ORAU in expressing outrage at the murders of human rights defenders who are protecting the Amazon region and their communities, and echoes ORAU’s calls for urgent and immediate actions. Here is an EIA-translated version in English of ORAU’s original letter in Spanish.
- Escazu Agreement Offers Hope but is Only the Beginning
Escazu Agreement Offers Hope but is Only the Beginning
2020 was a terrible year across the globe, but particularly for Latin America’s environmental defenders. After record numbers of murders in 2019, the perils for environmental and human rights defenders did not decline in 2020. In fact, these threats remained high and even increased during the pandemic, as illegal loggers, miners, and other land grabbers had free reign to encroach upon remote communities. And this time, the intruders brought with them the deadly coronavirus.