Environmental Investigation Agency – Forests for the World Campaign
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| EIA | |
|---|---|
| Founded: | 1984 |
| Scope: | Global |
| Policy area: | Environment |
| Type of institution: | Non-governmental |
| Field of work: | Research, Other |
| Language: | English |
| URL: | EIA website |
| Format: | html |
| Access: | Free |
| Publisher: | EIA |
| Country(ies): | United Kingdom |
| Date: | 2/11/2011 |
The Environmental Investigation Agency - Forests for the World Campaign (EIA) is an independent campaigning organisation committed to bringing about change that protects the natural world from environmental crime and abuse. EIA focuses on the ransacking of precious forests and on species threatened with extinction due to the devastating impact of illegal trade in body parts, over-hunting and the destruction of habitats.
| Objective | To conduct research and investigations in the environmental area in order to expose environmental crimes and abuses of the natural world |
| Thematic priority(ies) | Ecosystems and biodiversity, environmental crime and governance, global climate |
| Functions | Forest investigations and lobbying, engagement in the REDD debate |
| Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions | UNFCCC, REDD, FLEGT, EU Timber Regulation |
| Keywords | Forest loss, forest conversion, forest governance, forests and carbon, illegal logging |
| FOREST EUROPE criteria | FOREST EUROPE indicators | ToSIA indicators |
| Forest resources and carbon, Productive functions, Socio-economic functions | Carbon stock, Forest damage, Trade in wood | Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon stock, Forest resources, Forest damage |
