Desperate not to offend the host country, the EU delegates at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ignored a million-strong petition, a resolution from the European Parliament and the views of a large majority of African Range states and failed to give elephants greater protection
… trade in elephant ivory is defeated at the CITES conference Johannesburg South Africa | 3rd October 2016 News CITES Ivory Trading Poaching Elephants … Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ignored a million-strong petition, a …
Poaching of elephants and rhinos for their ivory tusks and horn is fast pushing these beautiful animals to extinction, writes Anneka Svenska. Decisive action is needed at the 17th CITES congress in South Africa to ban all international trade in these products, matched by equally strict laws at a national level.
… Decisive action is needed at the 17th CITES congress in South Africa to ban all … important day: the opening day of the 17th CITES Congress, where Government … Clsing the loopholes on ivory and rhino horn CITES, the Convention on International Trade …
With the conference of the CITES convention limiting international trade in endangered species taking place in South Africa this weekend, Chris Newman & Zhaomin Zhou highlight China's problem of out-of-date species names in its national laws. If they are not updated, it's only a matter of time before illegal wildlife traders escape conviction under under this legal loophole.
… With the conference of the CITES convention limiting international trade … slip off, and also causes discrepancies with CITES , the international convention on … trade, and thus no violation of the CITES treaty. Until they are added to China's …
BRUSSELS - The French Environment Minister Ségolène Royal has signed a decree banning the trade in ivory and rhino horn in France and all overseas French territories.This follows an earlier French governmental move to suspend re-exports of elephant ivory
… Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Humane Society International/Europe's … Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meet in Johannesburg where the African … ivory acquired before the entry into force of CITES in 1975. Between 2011 and 2014, member …
The trade ban on rhino horn is not working, writes Keith Somerville. But non-lethally and sustainably harvested rhino horn can earn income to encourage breeders, pay rangers and anti-poaching teams, provide surveillance and supply wider benefits that will gain the support of people around parks, reserves and ranches.
… subject will be hotly debated at the upcoming CITES conference in South Africa, where some … . Rhino horn stocks Swaziland has applied to CITES for permission to trade. It will request … trafficking. What next? The Swaziland bid at CITES will be rejected. But the start of a …
With 27,000 African savannah elephants a year illegally killed for their ivory, the species is in peril, write Ross Harvey & Alexander Rhodes. Now international action at CITES and the closure of domestic ivory markets are attacking the ivory trade at both ends. But we must also give our full support to 'elephant neighbor' communities.
… Alexander Rhodes. Now international action at CITES and the closure of domestic ivory … World Wildlife Conference, otherwise known as CITES - the Conference of the Parties of the … to the highest level of protection (under CITES Appendix 1), signal a new reality in …
The Reuters news organisation has just sullied its reputation with a disgraceful attack on the WHO's specialist body on cancer, the IARC, writes Claire Robinson. Resorting to smear, innuendo and anonymous critics, it relies heavily on discredited industry sources including tobacco defenders in its attempt to undermine IARC's view that glyphosate probably causes cancer.
… most of the criticisms of the IARC that she cites are from notorious pro-industry sources. … most of the criticisms of the IARC that she cites are from notorious pro-industry sources. …
With industry spinning that glyphosate is harmful to health, if at all, only with co-formulants like tallowamine, the World Health Organisation's cancer agency IARC has just released a Q&A document (below) stating that 'pure' glyphosate poses similar cancer and genotoxicity risks as its formulations. Banning particular co-formulants, as proposed by some EU countries, does not solve the problem.
WHO / IARC: glyphosate itself is the cancer and genotoxicity problem IARC | 11th March 2016 Comment Health Un Pesticides Toxics Regulation EU glyphosate-3d-vdw-cut-2.png With industry spinning that …
Oil giant BP is the UK's single biggest EU lobbyist, spending over £2 million reaching out to European policy makers in 2014, new figures show. But citing hard times, the company has dropped its controversial sponsorship of the London's Tate Galleries - and more such branding deals may bite the dust.
BP doubles EU lobby spend, drops Tate sponsorship Kyla Mandel The Ecologist | 14th March 2016 News Corporations Arts Finance Fossil Fuels Oil Pollution oil-coated dophin-cut.jpg Oil giant BP is …
Gorgeous coral fish are to be seen everywhere, writes Monica Biondo, decorating aquariums in restaurants, doctors' offices and living rooms. The coral fish trade is booming! But it's destroying the reefs themselves, and driving many species to extinction. The Banggai Cardinalfish is among those unlikely to survive as this evil trade lays waste to them and their precious habitat.
… and dying, or already dead. Indonesia blocks CITES listing Unfortunately, an attempt in … 2007 to list the Banggai Cardinalfish under CITES (Convention on International Trade on … underlined by the fact that shortly after the CITES conference in 2007, the IUCN Red List …
In response to a recent article published in the Ecologist, "Are the UK 'biomass sustainability standards' legitimising forest destruction?", SCS has prepared this point-by-point rebuttal to several misleading and inaccurate statements, and invites readers with additional questions to contact us directly.
… Network, Global Forest Risk Registry and CITES), as sources of information to determine …
American NGO advocating for young people's future environmental rights has won a first key legal battle in its fight to force the United States to avoid dangerous climate change by cutting its greenhouse gas emissions, writes Sophie Marjanac. If upheld on appeal in higher courts, the ruling has huge implications for us all.
Young Americans' legal victory could force climate change action Sophie Marjanac ClientEarth | 19th April 2016 Comment Law Climate Change Human Rights Youth USA Emissions Politics 350-kidz-cut.jpg …
Just as climate change deniers leap from scientific uncertainty over the precise impacts of greenhouse gas emissions to certainty of little or no impact at all, so 'pro-nuclear environmentalists' conflate uncertainty of the mortality arising from Chernobyl and other nuclear disasters to certainty of few if any deaths, writes Jim Green. Their position is equally indefensible.
Radiation harm deniers? Pro-nuclear environmentalists and the Chernobyl death toll Dr Jim Green | 7th April 2016 News Nuclear Health Science Radiation WMD Ukraine Belarus doll.jpg Just as climate …
Austrian timber giant Schweighofer claims to be working hard to ensure that the huge volumes of timber it buys from Romania's mountain forests are strictly legal, writes Katy Jenkyns. But an Ecostorm investigation has uncovered its purchase of illegally cut wood, its acceptance of fraudulent paperwork from suppliers, and the deep shadow of fear it casts over local communities.
Illegal loggers levelling Romania's Carpathian mountain forests Katy Jenkyns | 30th March 2016 News clear-cut - ecostorm-cut.jpg Austrian timber giant Schweighofer claims to be working hard to ensure …
Thirty years ago, there was no evidence that badgers spread bovine TB among cattle, writes Lesley Docksey. Nor is there now. Yet badgers are still being slaughtered in a futile attempt to control the disease. This timely republication of Richard Meyer's 1986 book reveals the belligerent ignorance of the officials, politicians and farmers driving the failed policy.
… by Professor Wyn Grant, in which Grant cites several pronouncements by government …
After a run of low quality GM cotton crops with unusually short fibres, Burkina Faso has ended its love affair with Monsanto's Bt cotton, writes Claire Robinson. In a further blow to the company, growers are demanding $280 million compensation for their losses.
Burkina Faso calls time on Monsanto's GM cotton, demands $280m damages Claire Robinson GMWatch | 1st February 2016 News Burkina Faso Gm Cotton Africa Burkinabè Monsanto dadjan wassinatou, 34, holds a …
The huge marquee for VIP nuclear guests was already erected at the Hinkley site; champagne was already on ice; VIPs were en route to Somerset to party at the final breakthrough, when hundreds of thousands of contractual pages were due to be authorised with co-signatures of the contracting parties. Suddenly, everything was off. So what really happened asks DAVID LOWRY
The Nuclear Sieve: why Hinkley C is on hold (yet again) Dr David Lowry | 29th July 2016 Comment Hinkley C Nucelar Power Nuclear Energy Theresa May British Government Energy hinkley c.jpg The huge …
Investment analysts say Oxitec's GM mosquito technology 'won't work, is way too expensive, and is many years from generating even minuscule revenue', writes Claire Robinson. As shares in its owner, Intrexon, slump, three law firms have announced they are investigating.
… violating US securities law. The law firm cites allegations in a new report on …
Demolishing 'sink' council estates is no way to solve social problems, writes Loretta Lees. All it does is force low income communities out of affordable housing, and open valuable urban sites up for profitable redevelopment. But then, maybe that's the point?
Cameron's 'sink estate' strategy - social cleansing by another name? Loretta Lees | 24th January 2016 Comment Cities Society Development UK Politics Community council-estate-cut.jpg Demolishing …
The International Energy Agency's latest World Energy Outlook is calling for increased investment in new oil and gas, writes Oliver Tickell, while minimising the fast-growing and ever lower-cost contribution to world energy supply of renewables like wind and solar.
Climate? What climate? IEA backs fossil-fuelled future Oliver Tickell | 30th November 2016 News Energy Climate Change Oil Gas Coal Fossil Fuels Renewables Wind Solar Nuclear flaring-cut.jpg The …
With the UK's Hinkley Point deal hanging in the balance, a new study casts fresh doubts over future of nuclear energy in Europe, writes JAMES HAKNER
New study suggests pro-nuclear countries are making much slower progress on climate targets James Hakner | 24th August 2016 News Nuclear Energy Renewables Climate Action hinkley c.jpg With the UK's …
Last time the Earth was this warm, 130,000 years ago, England's Thames Valley was home to hippos and elephants, write Emma Stone & Alex Farnsworth. But the closest climate analogue is actually the Miocene Climate Optimum, 11 million years ago, when CO2 levels were similar to today's. As for the ice age that's due, scientists believe it will be postponed for at least 100,000 years.
The last time Earth was this hot, Britain was a land of hippos and elephants Emma Stone Alex Farnsworth | 22nd January 2016 Comment Climate Change Science elephants-bully-hippos-cut.jpg Last time the …
Tate and now the Edinburgh International Festival have dropped BP sponsorship, writes Chris Garrard, with BP citing unspecified 'challenging conditions'. As indigenous campaigners accuse BP of 'sponsoring death in our communities', it's high time for the British Museum to follow their lead.
Is it the end? BP's arts sponsorship runs aground Chris Garrard | 7th April 2016 Comment Arts Media Oil Campaigning Economics canned-cut.jpg Tate and now the Edinburgh International Festival have …
The chemical industry and the European Food Safety Authority are refusing to disclose key scientific evidence about glyphosate's risks, citing 'trade secrets' protection, writes Corporate Europe Observatory. They must be compelled to publish the 'mysterious three' scientific studies EFSA used to assess glyphosate as 'unlikely' to cause cancer to humans - contradicting the IARC's view.
Key evidence in EU's risk assessment of glyphosate must not remain 'trade secret' Corporate Europe Observatory | 22nd February 2016 News Health Law Regulation Corporations EU Science Toxics Farming …