Environmental Investigation Agency

In the countdown to EIA’s 40th anniversary later this year, we are featuring previous editions of our newsletter, highlighting our work exposing environmental crime and abuse. Today, we share an edition from 2001 detailing our efforts to protect Indonesia’s forests in the face of violence and kidnapping Get the full story at https://loom.ly/RlcE4uQ #illegallogging #deforestation #forests #Indonesia #orangutans

On International Leopard Day, these shy big cats need us to end their commercial exploitation Secretive and almost ghostlike, leopards are seldom seen or heard, but are the widest-ranging of the big cats, having historically thrived throughout much of Africa and Asia. Powerful, intelligent and adaptive, these remarkable cats manage to persist in habitats spanning deserts to tropical rainforests, across grasslands, high mountains, wetlands and the snow-filled expanses of the Russian Far East. Particularly in South Asia, they have managed to survive in close proximity to human beings, nowhere being as astonishing an example as the high-density population of leopards in the heart of Mumbai, one of the world’s busiest megalopolises. Notwithstanding their adaptability, leopard populations are in decline globally, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature having downgraded their conservation status from Near Threatened to Vulnerable in 2016 – and anticipating future population declines ... 🐆 Read our special blog now at https://loom.ly/r3neTIU #illegalwildlifetrade #TCM #leopards #InternationalLeopardDay #loveleopards

Here's the low down on everything that has happened at INC-4, the Global Plastics Treaty, this week in Ottawa, Canada. #plastics #treaty #campaign

Drum roll ... 🥁 Your nature stories are in! Are you sitting comfortably? Congratulations to our three winners: John Bell, Alyth Allen and Mat Dale, who produced fantastic stories of their experiences in nature. Read extracts from of their stories above - their full tales are available to read on our website:https://loom.ly/7v5Q8hM We had lots of amazing stories sent it to us, so thank-you so much if you entered - we read every single last one of them and we were truly spoiled for choice! Congrats to the winners! #competition #story #nature

BREAKING: Global Plastics Treaty negotiating countries fail to respond to the magnitude of the crisis The fourth round of talks for a Global Plastics Treaty has wrapped up in Canada with a hugely disappointing decision to exclude discussions on the production of primary plastic polymers – a key root source of plastic pollution. EIA Ocean Campaigner Jacob Kean-Hammerson, who is at the talks, said: “The INC has once again failed to ask the most fundamental question to the success of the future treaty – how do we tackle the unsustainable production of plastics? “While it is important to discuss the financial aspects, how can we discuss means of implementation without knowing what we are implementing? “If we continue to ignore the calls of progressive countries and allow blocker countries to hold the talks hostage, we will fail to reach our shared ambition of ending plastic pollution.” Get the full story now at https://loom.ly/jKqP__Q #INC4 #plastics #pollution #oceans #climatechange

New CatByte data project aims to strengthen responses to big cat poaching and trafficking In 2023, EIA and data specialist Go Insight identified a major gap in the analysis of big cat crime trends and the convergence in the supply chain of Asian big cats with other big cats including lions, cheetahs and jaguars. Through engagement with EIA and Go Insight’s networks, it became clear that there was a great appetite for an aggregated analysis relating to the poaching, trade and trafficking of big cats and the similarities and differences in trade dynamics across those species. Plans developed quickly and in late 2023 we were thrilled to receive seed funding from The Ho Family Foundation to create a big cat data centre called CatByte ... 🐯 Full story at https://loom.ly/7EyhG1U #illegalwildlifetrade #tigers #leopards #data

EIA has a team at the intergovernmental Global Plastics Treaty negotiations (INC-4) in Ottawa, Canada and here's what's happening there. Here's the link to our most recent report on plastics: https://lnkd.in/ez6TrrRh #canada #plastics #ocean #INC

Here's an update as to what is going on in Ottawa, Canada at INC-4! Benjamin Von Wong, an artists and activities has created this impressive sculpture... See our latest report on plastics here: https://loom.ly/qEvXm90 #plastics #ocean #inc #art #artist #canada

Huge thanks to supporter Tom Caul, who completed last weekend's London Marathon in an impressive 4h 16m to raise £753 for EIA! His efforts for us continue in July when he tackles his first ultra-marathon – 32 miles over 1,095m of elevation. The very best of luck, Tom! #LondonMarathon

Uganda: Judicial impartiality questioned as life sentence for possession of ivory is reduced to 6.5 years at High Court 🐘 Read the full story in our guest blog from barrister Shamini Jayanathan at https://loom.ly/F5duBT8 #Africa #Uganda #justice #law #illegalwildlifetrade #elephants #ivory