EIA Deutschland — EIA
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EIA Deutschland

EIA is an award-winning NGO internationally renowned for its unrelenting pursuit to expose and stop environmental crime and for its achievement of long-lasting tangible changes in the global economy that make local and sustainable management of the world’s natural resources possible. For over forty years, EIA has identified and implemented specific solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental problems. EIA operates sister institutions in Washington DC, London, and the Hague.

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EIA Germany was founded in 2013 to expand EIA’s ability to pursue work and support in Germany.

Mission: EIA’s mission is to protect the environment by exposing environmental crimes and campaigning for the protection of the natural world via progressive policy-making, improved law enforcement, and behavior change. EIA uses innovative techniques, including investigations, data analysis, and cutting-edge communications, to create positive, lasting change to address the biggest global environmental challenges of our time. EIA partners with Indigenous and local communities to defend their territories, protect their rights, and increase protection for climate and biodiversity.

Date of Incorporation: Environmental Investigation Agency e.V was established in Berlin on May 28, 2013.

Governance: EIA Germany’s Board of Directors plays a key role in the entity’s governance and oversight, guiding key operational, financial, and strategic aspects to ensure effectiveness and efficiency, continued impact, and alignment with the mission of protecting the natural world from environmental crimes. Board members and organizational affiliation: EIA US: Allan Thornton, Alexander Von Bismarck (chairman), Ghaya Hassairi, Susanne Breitkopf; EIA UK: Julian Newman, Mary Rice.

EIA Germany engages in five campaigns:

Our Forests Campaign is dedicated to exposing large-scale illegal deforestation and associated international trade, amplifying the voices of impacted local peoples, and shifting demand toward sustainable timber and wood products.

Our Wildlife Campaigns deliver lasting protections for some of the world’s most iconic species – notably elephants and rhinos – threatened by poaching, illegal trade, and habitat destruction.

Our Climate Campaign focuses on international and domestic policies to phase-down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – potent greenhouse gases (GHGs) used primarily in refrigeration, air conditioning, and foam applications.

Our Ocean Campaign is pursuing new global policies to reduce underwater noise pollution from commercial shipping, as well as protections for beluga whales across their range – especially for Alaska’s critically endangered Cook Inlet population.

Our Extractive Industries Campaign aims to reduce mining impacts and injustices around the world by amplifying the voices of frontline communities and advocating for policy shifts that ensure the energy transition is transparent and equitable.

Read more about EIA’s activities here:

Rumänien, 2015 – Present
EIA Doku-thriller “Wood – Der Geraubte Wald”, 2022
Illegales Leder, 2024
ZDF – Das Grüne Gold, 2023
ZDF – Umweltkriminalität, 2021