Wildlife
Campaign Focus Areas
- Rhinos
- Belugas and Other Whales
Belugas and Other Whales
EIA is working to ensure protection for the white beluga whale, a species that faces an uncertain future in a rapidly warming and increasingly industrialized Arctic.
- Elephants
Resources
- Second Postcard from the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee
Second Postcard from the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee
EIA returned from the 71st Marine Environment Protection Committee meetings with some positive updates
- Japan's Rakuten Closes the Door on Ivory Sales
Japan's Rakuten Closes the Door on Ivory Sales
As Japan's largest online retailer ends its ivory sales, EIA takes a look back on how we got here.
- Japan's Internet Retail Giant Rakuten Ichiba Ceasing Ivory Sales
Japan's Internet Retail Giant Rakuten Ichiba Ceasing Ivory Sales
Japan's largest internet retailer, Rakuten, has announced it will cease all sales of ivory products on its sites.
- IMO Member States Urged To Back Action On Heavy Fuel Oil Risks
IMO Member States Urged To Back Action On Heavy Fuel Oil Risks
As part of the Clean Arctic Coalition, EIA and others have issued this statement in the lead up to the MEPC71 meetings.
- Charting the Future for Cetaceans and Polar Shipping
Charting the Future for Cetaceans and Polar Shipping
A new briefing prepared for the MEPC71
- EIA Demands Closure of Japan’s Ivory Market Following New Evidence of Illegal Ivory Trade
EIA Demands Closure of Japan’s Ivory Market Following New Evidence of Illegal Ivory Trade
EIA is calling for the closure of Japan’s domestic ivory market after new evidence of illegal trade in ivory tusks was linked to the Ministry of Environment’s tusk registration scheme.
- Waking Up to Climate Change
Waking Up to Climate Change
EIA staffer traveled to Antarctica to learn about climate change and recounts the expedition in our blog
- Japan's Plan to Increase Ivory Trade Poses Threat to Success of China's Domestic Ivory Ban
Japan's Plan to Increase Ivory Trade Poses Threat to Success of China's Domestic Ivory Ban
EIA has accused the government of Japan of increasing its ivory trade.
- Environmentalists Commend China for Closing Ivory Stores and Factories, Urge Japan to Take Similar Steps to End Ivory Trade
Environmentalists Commend China for Closing Ivory Stores and Factories, Urge Japan to Take Similar Steps to End Ivory Trade
Following news that China is taking steps to close its domestic ivory trade, EIA calls on Japan, the largest remaining ivory market, to also end the trade.
- MEPC 70: IMO Moves Towards Arctic Phase Out of World’s Dirtiest Fuel
MEPC 70: IMO Moves Towards Arctic Phase Out of World’s Dirtiest Fuel
EIA welcomed the progress made by member countries towards a phase out of the use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) by vessels operating in the Arctic.