Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Washington, DC

EIA’s work on illegal logging featured in The New Yorker magazine.
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Best-of-the-Best Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award, 2007
Awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Montreal Protocol Partners Award, 2007
Awarded by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in recognition of ten years undercover work on illicit trade in chemicals that damage the ozone layer.

BBC TV Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003
Awarded to EIA’s president for his work to protect whales.

Global 500 Roll of Honor, 2001
Awarded by the United Nations Environment Program for “outstanding contributions to the protection of the environment.”

Albert Schweitzer Award, 1991
Awarded by the late U.S. Senator John Heinz to EIA’s co-founders for exposing the trade in poached elephant ivory.

The non-profit Environmental Investigation Agency is an international campaigning organization with offices in Washington, DC, and London, UK. Since 1984, EIA has used pioneering investigative techniques to expose environmental crimes and campaign against illegal wildlife trade and threats to our global environment.



		Press Release: MUSICIANS, CEOS, AND FORMER BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS OPPOSE EFFORTS TO WEAKEN LACEY IN HIGH PROFILE HEARING Pledge: TURN UP THE VOLUME ON ILLEGAL LOGGING May 8, 2012

		Press Release: Petitions Filed to Eliminate Half of Climate Damaging HFCs in US: EPA Action Sought to Phase Out Use of Super Greenhouse Gas Supplemental Petition to Remove HFC-134a April 26, 2012

		Interactive Report: The Laundering Machine: How Fraud and Corruption in Peru's Concession System are Destroying the Future of its Forests (Online Report with additional links and information) April 20, 2012

		Press Release: US GOVERNMENT REQUESTED TO USE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT TO TAKE ACTION ON ILLEGAL TIMBER EXPORTS FROM PERU [Español] EIA PIDIÓ AL GOBIERNO DE EEUU QUE ACTIVE LOS MECANISMOS DEL TLC PARA LAS EXPORTACIONES DE TALA ILEGAL DE PERÚ April 19, 2012

		Press Release: Multi-Year Investigation Finds Illegal Wood from Peruvian Amazon Entering US in Violation of Laws and Trade Agreement April 11, 2012

		Report: The Laundering Machine: How Fraud and Corruption in Peru's Concession System are Destroying the Future of its Forests Informe (Español): La Máquina Lavadora: Cómo el Fraude y la Corrupción en el Sistema de Concesiones están Destruyendo el Futuro de los Bosques de Perú April 10, 2012

		Press Release: Amazon.com Removes Whale Products from Japan Website February 22, 2012

		Press Release: Amazon.com Profits from Slaughter of Whales February 21, 2012

		Report: Amazon.com's Unpalatable Profits, Cashing in on the Killing of Whales in Japan February 21, 2012

		Press Release: Musicians and Environmentalists Unite in Opposition to Music Industry’s Lobbying Offensive Endangering Rainforests and Jobs January 19, 2012

		Compilation of Responses to H.R. 3210 January 17, 2012

		Press Release : International Environmental Organizations Call on Japan to Stop Buying Illegal Timber December 15, 2011

		Report: The Montreal Protocol in 2011: Winning the Ozone Battle, Losing the Climate War November 16, 2011

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