Steve Trent

With over 25-years of experience in environmental advocacy, Steve has undertaken field research and undercover investigations, and trained environmental advocates in Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Vietnam.

Steve has pioneered EJF’s campaigns on ending forced labour in cotton production in Uzbekistan, protecting human rights in seafood production, and reducing the impacts of toxic pesticides on people and wildlife. He has presented evidence to national governments, including the US Department of State, and the European Commission and Parliament, UN agencies and the World Bank. Steve also co-founded, and was President of WildAid where he managed programmes tackling illegal wildlife trade in China and India.