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This #BlackFriday, put your money towards a cause that matters. If you still need to get ready for the holidays, you can even make your donation to EIA in honor of a loved one: https://eia.org/giving-tuesday/
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This #BlackFriday, put your money towards a cause that matters. If you still need to get ready for the holidays, you can even make your donation to EIA in honor of a loved one: https://eia.org/giving-tuesday/
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November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#GivingTuesday - the biggest celebration of generosity of the year - is coming up on December 2nd! Stay tuned to learn more of the ways that EIA US is protecting our environment with intelligence. We can't do what we do without your support: https://eia.org/giving-tuesday/
One of the big stories at CITES #CoP20 is Namibia's push to resume rhino horn and ivory sales, despite the fact allowing legal commercial trade in even one country has serious repercussions for wild rhinos and elephants around the world. eia.org/report/weve-...
We've Been Here Before - EIA
Allowing legal trade in rhino horn or ivory from one country has serious repercussions for all wild rhinos and elephants. Namibia’s proposals to CoP20 to trade in rhino horn and ivory stockpiles threa...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One of the big stories at CITES #CoP20 is Namibia's push to resume rhino horn and ivory sales, despite the fact allowing legal commercial trade in even one country has serious repercussions for wild rhinos and elephants around the world. eia.org/report/weve-...
Yahoo! Japan has taken some important steps to prevent illegal ivory sales on its platforms, but there are limits to what a private company can do. Ahead of CITES #CoP20, we continue to urge Japan's government to close its domestic ivory market for good.
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Yahoo! Japan Closes Ivory Fraud Loopholes – Government Action Still Needed - EIA
Yahoo! Japan has shown that progress is possible, but there are limits to what a private company can do. It’s time for the Japanese government to implement reforms that close the door on illegal ivory...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Yahoo! Japan has taken some important steps to prevent illegal ivory sales on its platforms, but there are limits to what a private company can do. Ahead of CITES #CoP20, we continue to urge Japan's government to close its domestic ivory market for good.
eia.org/blog/yahoo-j...
eia.org/blog/yahoo-j...
Private companies implement new measures to combat online ivory trade in Japan:
https://www.wwf.or.jp/activities/opinion/6114.html
https://www.wwf.or.jp/activities/opinion/6114.html
企業による野生生物のオンライン取引対策：象牙
違法性の疑われる象牙製品が取り扱われるなど、課題が指摘されてきたオンラインでの象牙取引において、主要なCtoCプラットフォームを運営する複数の企業が、象牙にかかわる出品ルールを改定。自主的な取り締まりの強化に踏み切りました。2025年11月24日から開催されるワシントン条約第20回締約国会議に向けて、日本の象牙市場が注目される中、この業界による取り組みは歓迎すべき内容です。どのような改訂が行なわれたのか、詳細を解説します。
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November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Private companies implement new measures to combat online ivory trade in Japan:
https://www.wwf.or.jp/activities/opinion/6114.html
https://www.wwf.or.jp/activities/opinion/6114.html
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From 24 November to 5 December 2025, governments from around the world will gather for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (#CoP20) to the Convention on International Trade in #Endangered Species (#CITES).
Here are the key issues: https://loom.ly/_Tdi7X8
Here are the key issues: https://loom.ly/_Tdi7X8
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
From 24 November to 5 December 2025, governments from around the world will gather for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (#CoP20) to the Convention on International Trade in #Endangered Species (#CITES).
Here are the key issues: https://loom.ly/_Tdi7X8
Here are the key issues: https://loom.ly/_Tdi7X8
What happens at CITES #CoP20 will determine whether decades of progress against poaching and illegal wildlife trade will continue. EIA campaigners will be there to ensure that the voices of wildlife, communities, and frontline defenders are heard.
https://eia.org/blog/standing-at-a-crossroads/
https://eia.org/blog/standing-at-a-crossroads/
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What happens at CITES #CoP20 will determine whether decades of progress against poaching and illegal wildlife trade will continue. EIA campaigners will be there to ensure that the voices of wildlife, communities, and frontline defenders are heard.
https://eia.org/blog/standing-at-a-crossroads/
https://eia.org/blog/standing-at-a-crossroads/
As #COP30 continues, 180 civil society organizations with the Notre Terre Sans Pétrole campaign urge the DRC to back up its commitment to being a climate solution country by protecting the Congolese people and environment from the threat of oil expansion.
https://ow.ly/gl3P50XtK8U
https://ow.ly/gl3P50XtK8U
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
As #COP30 continues, 180 civil society organizations with the Notre Terre Sans Pétrole campaign urge the DRC to back up its commitment to being a climate solution country by protecting the Congolese people and environment from the threat of oil expansion.
https://ow.ly/gl3P50XtK8U
https://ow.ly/gl3P50XtK8U
A delegation of 35 Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon are at UNFCCC #COP30 with AIDESEP to share a comprehensive proposal to build a better future for all life on Earth, based on human rights, self-determination, and ancestral wisdom.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A delegation of 35 Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon are at UNFCCC #COP30 with AIDESEP to share a comprehensive proposal to build a better future for all life on Earth, based on human rights, self-determination, and ancestral wisdom.
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🧐 Una investigación revela qué hay detrás del tráfico ilegal de mercurio desde #México hacia #Perú, #Bolivia y #Colombia. Este delito, que beneficia al crimen organizado y a grupos armados en la Amazonía, genera graves impactos ambientales y sociales. es.mongabay.com/2025/08/traf...
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🧐 Una investigación revela qué hay detrás del tráfico ilegal de mercurio desde #México hacia #Perú, #Bolivia y #Colombia. Este delito, que beneficia al crimen organizado y a grupos armados en la Amazonía, genera graves impactos ambientales y sociales. es.mongabay.com/2025/08/traf...
Despite pledging to reform Tokyo's elephant ivory trade, the city government continues to subsidize and support leading ivory industry stakeholders.
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Tokyo Continues to Miss the Mark in Addressing Ivory Industry Subsidies
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November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Despite pledging to reform Tokyo's elephant ivory trade, the city government continues to subsidize and support leading ivory industry stakeholders.
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While Japanese kotos historically were made using ivory bridges and plectrums, the Japan Wildlife Conservation Society recently hosted a performance that demonstrates that Japanese traditional music can still sound great using ivory-free alternative materials:
https://www.jwcs.org/en/event/936/
https://www.jwcs.org/en/event/936/
【Event Report】 “Ivory-Free Koto Concert” proved tradition can be passed down without ivory | Japan Wildlife Conservation Society (JWCS)
The Japan Wildlife Conservation Society (JWCS), a certified NPO tackling issues in endangered wildlife trade, held an “Ivory-Free Koto Concert: An Evening with a View of Koto Music Horizon” on October 31, 2025.The performance using a newl
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November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
While Japanese kotos historically were made using ivory bridges and plectrums, the Japan Wildlife Conservation Society recently hosted a performance that demonstrates that Japanese traditional music can still sound great using ivory-free alternative materials:
https://www.jwcs.org/en/event/936/
https://www.jwcs.org/en/event/936/
Though Yahoo! Japan has banned trade in ivory products since 2019, some users continued to sell genuine ivory by falsely labeling the products as ivory imitations. New restrictions aim to close that loophole and prevent illegal trade:
www.alterna.co.jp/163572/
www.alterna.co.jp/163572/
LINEヤフーが「象牙風」など象牙類似品を規制、抜け穴ふさぐ - オルタナ
記事のポイント LINEヤフーが11月10日に自社ECで「象牙類似品」の規制を強化する 同社は2019年11月
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November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Though Yahoo! Japan has banned trade in ivory products since 2019, some users continued to sell genuine ivory by falsely labeling the products as ivory imitations. New restrictions aim to close that loophole and prevent illegal trade:
www.alterna.co.jp/163572/
www.alterna.co.jp/163572/
You know what's REALLY scary? Climate change. Deforestation. Mass extinction.
We've turned that fear about the future of our planet into determination to protect it. This #Halloween donate to help us shine a light on dark environmental crimes: https://eia.org/donate
We've turned that fear about the future of our planet into determination to protect it. This #Halloween donate to help us shine a light on dark environmental crimes: https://eia.org/donate
October 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You know what's REALLY scary? Climate change. Deforestation. Mass extinction.
We've turned that fear about the future of our planet into determination to protect it. This #Halloween donate to help us shine a light on dark environmental crimes: https://eia.org/donate
We've turned that fear about the future of our planet into determination to protect it. This #Halloween donate to help us shine a light on dark environmental crimes: https://eia.org/donate
As the planet passes its first climate tipping point faster than expected, global action to reduce super-pollutant emissions is more crucial than ever. One of the best ways to pull the emergency brake on near-term warming: phasing out super potent GHGs like HFCs.
October 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
As the planet passes its first climate tipping point faster than expected, global action to reduce super-pollutant emissions is more crucial than ever. One of the best ways to pull the emergency brake on near-term warming: phasing out super potent GHGs like HFCs.
This week, our colleagues at JWCS are hosting an ivory-free music event in Tokyo to promote using alternative materials for Japanese musical instruments. Sera Creations has developed an alternative that creates a sound nearly identical to ivory. https://www.jwcs.org/en/now/913/
October 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This week, our colleagues at JWCS are hosting an ivory-free music event in Tokyo to promote using alternative materials for Japanese musical instruments. Sera Creations has developed an alternative that creates a sound nearly identical to ivory. https://www.jwcs.org/en/now/913/
🎧 Escucha a Digna Barsallo de León, Directora de Costas y Mares de Panamá, hablar sobre las amenazas del ruido submarino y cómo Panamá está abordando el problema como colíder de la Coalición de Gran Ambición por un Océano Tranquilo 🌊 https://ow.ly/p73I50XhxG9
Coalición por un océano silencioso - 2025
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October 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🎧 Escucha a Digna Barsallo de León, Directora de Costas y Mares de Panamá, hablar sobre las amenazas del ruido submarino y cómo Panamá está abordando el problema como colíder de la Coalición de Gran Ambición por un Océano Tranquilo 🌊 https://ow.ly/p73I50XhxG9
Both industry and environmental groups expressed opposition to major aspects of the EPA's proposed reconsideration of global warming potential (GWP) limits for refrigerants in the Technology Transitions Rule at the public hearing: naturalrefrigerants.com/news/many-st...
Many Stakeholders Oppose Delays to U.S. EPA’s Technology Transitions Rule
Many Stakeholders Oppose Delays to U.S. EPA’s Technology Transitions Rule
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October 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Both industry and environmental groups expressed opposition to major aspects of the EPA's proposed reconsideration of global warming potential (GWP) limits for refrigerants in the Technology Transitions Rule at the public hearing: naturalrefrigerants.com/news/many-st...
In June, executives from Daigo Ivory were arrested for ivory trade fraud – the company and key executives were accused of advertising elephant ivory as mammoth ivory on Yahoo! Auctions, an internet auction platform that banned elephant ivory sales in 2019.
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In June, executives from Daigo Ivory were arrested for ivory trade fraud – the company and key executives were accused of advertising elephant ivory as mammoth ivory on Yahoo! Auctions, an internet auction platform that banned elephant ivory sales in 2019.
Illegal cattle ranching is not only destroying Nicaragua's rainforests and violating the rights of Indigenous communities - lax oversight of the country's cattle sector is also fueling a deadly parasite outbreak.
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Deforestation and disease spread as Nicaragua ignores illegal cattle ranching
Illegal cattle ranching has torn through Nicaragua’s rainforests in recent years, supplying a growing international market for meat despite calls for better oversight of the industry. Now, the country...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Illegal cattle ranching is not only destroying Nicaragua's rainforests and violating the rights of Indigenous communities - lax oversight of the country's cattle sector is also fueling a deadly parasite outbreak.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/defo...
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NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body @imohq.bsky.social Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution
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NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution
As a special meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC/ES.2) closes in London, the Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC) expressed its huge disap...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body @imohq.bsky.social Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution
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“The IMO has today squandered an important opportunity to tackle global shipping’s contribution to climate breakdown," says John Maggs of Clean Shipping Coalition. "Kicking this decision down the road is simply evading reality."
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October 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“The IMO has today squandered an important opportunity to tackle global shipping’s contribution to climate breakdown," says John Maggs of Clean Shipping Coalition. "Kicking this decision down the road is simply evading reality."
https://ow.ly/hRXT50Xemzo
https://ow.ly/hRXT50Xemzo
The Fall edition of our quarterly newsletter just dropped 🍂
From tracking wildlife trafficking networks to exposing mercury smuggling operations, check out the highlights from our last three months of tackling environmental crime and injustice around the world: https://ow.ly/q43e50XcFI0
From tracking wildlife trafficking networks to exposing mercury smuggling operations, check out the highlights from our last three months of tackling environmental crime and injustice around the world: https://ow.ly/q43e50XcFI0
October 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The Fall edition of our quarterly newsletter just dropped 🍂
From tracking wildlife trafficking networks to exposing mercury smuggling operations, check out the highlights from our last three months of tackling environmental crime and injustice around the world: https://ow.ly/q43e50XcFI0
From tracking wildlife trafficking networks to exposing mercury smuggling operations, check out the highlights from our last three months of tackling environmental crime and injustice around the world: https://ow.ly/q43e50XcFI0
A new report from @patrolthemovie.bsky.social and @rewildorg.bsky.social exposes how Nicaraguan slaughterhouses are sourcing cattle from illegal ranches in protected areas and Indigenous territories - and how US household name companies may be serving up this "conflict beef" to unwitting consumers.
October 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A new report from @patrolthemovie.bsky.social and @rewildorg.bsky.social exposes how Nicaraguan slaughterhouses are sourcing cattle from illegal ranches in protected areas and Indigenous territories - and how US household name companies may be serving up this "conflict beef" to unwitting consumers.
Cylinders used to transport refrigerant gases like HFCs are an important part of the supply chain, but counterfeits and unauthorized cylinders are a growing concern that can pose major safety risks.
October 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Cylinders used to transport refrigerant gases like HFCs are an important part of the supply chain, but counterfeits and unauthorized cylinders are a growing concern that can pose major safety risks.