EIA documented the ongoing illegal transnational trade in totoaba swim bladders on social media platforms in our 2024 report, ...

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 ...

A new species of pangolin has been discovered, but already it is deemed to be threatened by illegal trade. The Indo-Burmese ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fluorinated gases, or F-gases, are a range of greenhouse gases widely used in refrigeration and air-conditioning, most notably hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). They are governed in the European Union by the ...

For anyone interested in discovering detailed, credible and verified information about different types of international environmental crime. There was no central public database that provides analysis ...

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 ...

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 ...

Saving pangolins has been at the core of our Wildlife programme for many years. These extraordinary creatures are the world’s most trafficked wild mammal. The pangolin is prized for its meat, which is ...

Only about 4,500 wild tigers survive worldwide, largely due to persistent poaching for their body parts to feed demand in China and South-East Asia. Meanwhile, more than 8,900 tigers are kept in ...