The Dirty Secrets of Japan’s Illegal Ivory Trade
Recent Blog Posts
Outcomes from the 71st meeting of the CITES Standing Committee and 18th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES
08/28/2019
Outcomes from the 71st meeting of the CITES Standing Committee and 18th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES
EIA Wildlife Campaign at CITES CoP18
08/18/2019
Follow updates from the EIA Wildlife Campaign at CITES CoP18 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Recent Reports
EIA 2018 Impact Report
09/09/2019
In 2018 the Environmental Investigation Agency continued to confront the greatest environmental threats facing the world today. The EIA team pursued, documented and exposed the activities of syndicates that threaten endangered species, damage the climate and ozone layer, and drive the trade in timber stolen from the world’s most important remaining forests.
Scheduled Extinction: Our Last Chance to Protect the Threatened African Mukula Trees
08/15/2019
Scheduled Extinction: Our Last Chance to Protect the Threatened African Mukula Trees
Recent Press Releases
EIA Supports Investigative Efforts into Ghana’s Illicit Rosewood Trade and Commits to Enhance Publicly Available Rosewood Data
09/04/2019
EIA Supports Investigative Efforts into Ghana’s Illicit Rosewood Trade and Commits to Enhance Publicly Available Rosewood Data
Decision by Yahoo! Japan to End Ivory Sales Celebrated by Elephant Advocates
08/28/2019
Decision by Yahoo! Japan to End Ivory Sales Celebrated by Elephant Advocates
Recent Videos
Authorized Plunder
12/12/2018
A new report by EIA, Authorized Plunder, documents the sale of 180,000 rosewood logs in Guinea-Bissau, enabled by the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), is fueled by high-level corruption, encourages illegal logging, and threatens local communities.