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21/08/2026

A five-year-old girl on holiday in Thailand developed life-threatening sepsis after being scratched by a tiger during her visit to a park in Pattaya which houses ‘photo prop’ tigers.

(news source: https://loom.ly/8N_8pRA)

EIA Asian Big Cats Campaign Leader Debbie Banks said: “We’re glad to hear that this young person has recovered, but this is just one more reason why these captive tiger operations should be phased out. They do not serve any conservation purpose and put people and animals at risk.

“Additionally, some of these facilities masquerade as zoos or centres for education and entertainment, but in reality are involved in trafficking tigers and their parts and derivatives.

“We encourage governments to follow the guidelines laid down in our ‘Roadmap to Closing Captive Tiger Facilities of Concern’ to ensure the phase-out of such operations – not least because their efforts in this regard will come under scrutiny at an international meeting in Geneva in November.”

Read and download our Roadmap now at https://loom.ly/aPJk8dg

19/08/2026

Nature wins when we act together. 💚

Join EIA's Win for Nature Lottery for just £1 per entry, per week. Every ticket helps support our work protecting wildlife, defending forests, fighting climate change and caring for our ocean.

🎟️ Chance to win 🌍 Chance to make a difference

Please gamble responsibly. The Win for Nature Lottery is open to people aged 18+ living in Great Britain.

18/08/2026

Kinda Chic, EIA addition! ✨

17/08/2026

📸 The EIA 2027 Calendar Competition is now open!

We want to see the natural world through your eyes.

Whether you're heading off on holiday this summer, exploring your local surroundings or travelling further afield, keep your camera close and look out for the moments that capture the landscapes, species and environmental stories that inspire action for our planet.

This year's competition features four categories:
Wildlife – elephants, pangolins and Asian big cats, including tigers and leopards
🌳 Forests – natural forest landscapes and their biodiversity
🌊 Oceans – marine ecosystems and ocean wildlife of whales, dolphins and porpoise
🌍 Climate – images showing the causes or effects of climate change, or the beauty of the environments threatened by it.

Selected photographs will be featured in our 2027 calendar, helping bring these important stories and places to supporters throughout the year. One overall winner will be chosen for the cover, with 12 additional images featured across the calendar.

Whether you're a seasoned photographer or simply love capturing moments in nature, we'd love to see your images.

Good luck, and we can't wait to see what you capture! 📷💚

14/08/2026

Vietnamese authorities have seized approximately 1.2 tonnes of ivory, the country’s largest known ivory seizure since March 2024.

The shipment originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, before being transhipped through Republic of the Congo, Sri Lanka and Singapore.

The incident is yet another reminder that ivory trafficking is a transnational organised crime – and tackling it means following the networks, not just stopping at seizures.’

Image credit: Vietnam Customs

12/08/2026

🐘 On this World Elephant Day, follow the networks, not the headlines.

Is elephant poaching really in decline or are we looking at only part of the picture?

EIA Executive Director Mary Rice examines what the seizure data tells us about the persistent, organised trafficking of ivory, from Africa to Asia.

Since 2023, about 29 tonnes of ivory have been seized globally – equivalent to at least 4,000 elephants. More than 60 per cent was intercepted in consignments exceeding 500kg, pointing to large-scale, organised trafficking.

And the geography continues to shift. Southern Africa is back at the centre of global ivory trafficking, even as some governments continue to advocate for renewed international ivory trade.

Seizures matter. But protecting elephants doesn't end at the seizure.

To understand whether trafficking is actually being disrupted, we need to follow the networks, the money and the ivory – through intelligence-led investigations, regional and international cooperation, prosecutions, financial investigations and forensic analysis.

Ivory trafficking has not disappeared. It has evolved.

Mongabay.com

11/08/2026

Bycatch is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of whales, dolphins, porpoises and other marine mammals every year.

But what happens to an animal caught in fishing gear before it dies? And what happens to those left behind?

A new review explores the severe welfare impacts of entrapment in fishing nets, from injury and stress to asphyxiation, social disruption and death. It also highlights emerging evidence that family or pod members may be affected by these traumatic events.

Understanding these impacts is important. Preventing bycatch is not only a conservation issue, it is an animal welfare issue too.

Read more via the link in captions ⬇️

09/08/2026

🌿 Nature sustains more than life. It sustains knowledge.

On the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we honour Indigenous midwives whose wisdom, experience and connection to nature help safeguard generations of mothers, children and communities.

From the Mama Biang of Maluku to Indigenous communities around the world, traditional knowledge continues to nurture health, culture, and resilience.

✨ Protecting nature also means protecting the knowledge that sustains life.

Kaoem Telapak

07/08/2026

Plastic pollution doesn't start with waste. It starts with production.

Recent reporting on benzene emissions at a plastics manufacturing facility in Teesside is a reminder that plastic production can affect communities long before plastic reaches our rivers, oceans and beaches.

As Global Plastics Treaty negotiations resume, governments must not lose sight of the source of the crisis: ever-growing plastic production.

Read our latest blog at: https://loom.ly/RUevc8U

06/08/2026

The ongoing struggle of the Indigenous Indonesian community of Muara Tae against evictions and land-clearing operations by palm oil interests has been given an international platform in a new report by Mongabay.

In recent weeks, EIA and our Indonesian partner Kaoem Telapak reported that PT Borneosurya Mining Jaya (BSMJ) – a subsidiary of giant palm oil firm First Resources – carried out new evictions and land-clearing, prompting villagers to form human barricades to defend their land.

The company previously halted clearing in 2012 after community action and complaints and community leaders have warned that without urgent intervention they now risk losing the last remaining forest in their customary territory.

EIA Forests Campaign Leader Faith Doherty said: “The Indonesian state has utterly failed in its responsibility in recognising the legitimacy of the Muara Tae community.

“As Masrani, who was the Muara Tae village chief during the previous peak of the dispute, says in the story, it’s a fundamentally unequal situation whereby corporations receive legitimacy from the state through permits, while Indigenous communities are treated as having no rights simply because they lack formal state recognition.”

Read the Mongabay story in full at https://loom.ly/1kkf1ss

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