The 78th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC78) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) kicked off in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday.
We've summarised the illegal trade threats that Asian elephants in the Greater Mekong Subregion have faced in recent years. This literature review was a first step in a multiyear project to understand ...
The vaquita, a tiny porpoise species found only in the upper Gulf of California, Mexico, is the world’s most endangered marine mammal, with fewer than 10 individuals remaining. The vaquita is not ...
African elephants are at risk of extinction, primarily due to the poaching that feeds the ivory trade. The savannah elephants in East and Southern Africa, as well as the forest elephants of West and ...
EIA’s Tiger Campaign works for the recovery of wild tiger populations by advocating the dismantling of transnational criminal networks involved in illegal trade, pressing for better legislation and ...
Banks and governments must do much more to detect suspicious transactions linked to wildlife crime and use anti-money laundering laws to prosecute the culprits and seize the fruits of their crimes.
Deforestation in Asia through illegal logging and forest conversion to cash-crop plantations is a major crisis, overseen by large international companies or transnational criminal gangs. Working with ...
Fluorinated gases, or F-gases, are synthetic substances used in a range of applications such as refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump systems. However, a new generation of F-gases is being ...