# ERU.eco — Ecological Response Unit
## Machine-readable site content · 2026-07-29
## Source: https://eru.eco/llms.txt

ERU.eco is a public-interest environmental accountability platform.
It publishes verified case files documenting ecological wrongdoing,
tracks public pledges against their deadlines, runs community petitions,
and funds field monitors in the Global South through direct grants.

Contact: contact@eru.eco
Twitter / X: @ERUeco
GitHub: github.com/ERU-eco
Locale: en_GB

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## What ERU does

ERU turns environmental evidence into the permanent public record.
It works across four pillars:

1. CASE FILES — verified investigations documented with satellite data,
   supply-chain tracing, FOI returns, and field witness accounts.

2. PLEDGE TRACKER — every public ecological commitment is logged with
   its deadline and checked against the public record. Missed pledges
   are flagged and linked to the responsible entity.

3. PUBLIC PETITION — verified signatures attached to each live case file
   create a quantified public record of demand.

4. FIELD MONITOR GRANTS — petition proceeds fund direct grants to
   communities in the field to compensate their monitoring work.

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## Navigation

The site is a single-page application. Key sections:

- / or /atlas    — Globe and live case map
- WITNESS        — Submit field evidence (voice, text, file upload)
- AGENTS         — Eight-agent investigation pipeline (AI-assisted)
- PLEDGES        — Full pledge ledger with deadline tracking
- SUPPORT        — Field monitor grant programme

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## Live Case Files (13 cases)

### RIAU — GR-2026-0398
Title:   Tracing the palm-oil chain behind cleared Riau peatland.
Region:  Riau · Sumatra
Theme:   Supply chain / Palm oil
Status:  Verified
URL:     https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0398
Text:    https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0398/text

Riau province contains some of the most extensive tropical peatland in Southeast Asia. Published data from the Trase supply-chain platform and the RSPO's own public complaints register document ongoing connections between palm-oil concessions on drained Riau peat, RSPO-certified trading streams, and European import markets. Drainage of peat for oil-palm cultivation causes subsidence of 2–4 cm per year and significantly elevates fire risk — effects documented in peer-reviewed literature and by the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

Supply-chain analysis traces documented product flows from Riau peat concessions through RSPO-certified trading streams to European retail markets, producing a confidence-scored chain of custody grounded in customs records and corporate filings.

Key data:
  Mill: PT ••• · Riau Province
  Claim: RSPO-segregated (disputed)
  Import stream: EU retail · Rotterdam customs
  Confidence: 0.79

Sources:
  · Trase — Indonesia palm oil supply chain insights
    https://trase.earth/insights
  · RSPO Complaints Panel — public dispute register
    https://rspo.org/who-we-are/complaints/
  · Landscape Alliance (CIFOR-ICRAF) — tropical peat subsidence and fire risk
    https://www.landscapealliance.org/
  · Global Forest Watch — Indonesia deforestation data
    https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/country/IDN/
  · SPOTT — palm oil transparency assessment (ZSL)
    https://www.spott.org/palm-oil/

### GARAMBA — GR-2026-0417
Title:   Clearance events inside Garamba's protected corridor.
Region:  Garamba · DR Congo
Theme:   Deforestation / Satellite
Status:  Under investigation
URL:     https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0417
Text:    https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0417/text

Garamba National Park — a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering 4,900 km² in northeastern DR Congo, managed by African Parks since 2005 — has faced documented pressure from agricultural encroachment, illegal charcoal production, and access-track construction across multiple monitoring periods. Global Forest Watch GLAD alerts have flagged deforestation events within and adjacent to the park's protected boundaries.

A weekly satellite delta has flagged 3.2 hectares of new bare-earth within a no-activity corridor. Field corroboration and right of reply are underway.

Key data:
  Area of interest: Protected corridor · no activity zone
  Change detected: +3.2 ha bare-earth
  Baseline date: 11 May 2026
  GLAD confidence: 0.86

Sources:
  · UNESCO World Heritage — Garamba National Park listing
    https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/136
  · African Parks — Garamba
    https://www.africanparks.org/the-parks/garamba
  · Global Forest Watch — DRC forest change data
    https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/country/COD/
  · IUCN World Heritage Outlook — explore all sites
    https://worldheritageoutlook.iucn.org/explore-sites

### CYMRU — GR-2026-0418
Title:   The bureaucracy planting Sitka spruce on Welsh deep peat.
Region:  Cymru · Wales
Theme:   Forestry / Carbon
Status:  Action open — petition live
URL:     https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0418
Text:    https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0418/text

The Welsh Government's Woodland for Wales strategy commits to 43,000 hectares of new woodland by 2030 — requiring around 2,000 hectares planted each year. Published Welsh Government statistics show annual delivery has consistently fallen well short of that pace, leaving a gap that is now placing pressure on NRW's Woodland Creation Grant approval process.

Published research and parliamentary scrutiny have documented cases where NRW-approved planting plans specify non-native Sitka spruce monoculture on, or adjacent to, peat exceeding 50 cm depth — ground designated Class 1 under the UK Forestry Standard, on which planting runs contrary to published guidance and undermines the carbon-accounting rationale for the scheme itself.

Key data:
  Site: Cambrian Mountains
  Species mix: 94% Picea sitchensis
  Peat depth: > 50 cm · UKFS Class 1
  Scheme: NRW · Woodland Creation Grant

Sources:
  · Woodland for Wales Strategy · Welsh Government (2022)
    https://www.gov.wales/woodland-for-wales
  · NRW Woodland Creation Grants · Welsh Government forestry guidance
    https://www.gov.wales/trees-and-woodlands
  · UK Forestry Standard — peat and planning guidance · Forestry Commission
    https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/fthr/uk-forestry-standard/
  · Senedd Research — woodland creation progress in Wales (2023)
    https://research.senedd.wales/research-articles/how-is-wales-performing-on-woodland-creation/
  · Woodland Carbon Code — standard and guidance (view the code)
    https://woodlandcarboncode.org.uk/view-the-code

### OGONI — GR-2026-0419
Title:   HYPREP's decade of delay: the Ogoniland clean-up that wasn't.
Region:  Niger Delta · Nigeria
Theme:   Oil / Remediation
Status:  Action open — petition live
URL:     https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0419
Text:    https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0419/text

A 2011 UNEP environmental assessment of Ogoniland — the most comprehensive study of its kind ever conducted — documented 50 years of Shell/SPDC oil contamination across more than 1,000 km² and recommended an emergency response and long-term clean-up estimated to take 25 to 30 years. The Nigerian government established HYPREP (Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project) in 2016 with a stated five-year remediation timeline. Published reports from Amnesty International, the Stakeholder Democracy Network, and UNEP follow-up assessments document progress as severely inadequate over a decade after the original assessment.

Satellite spectral analysis continues to detect persistent hydrocarbon signatures at the sites identified in the 2011 UNEP inventory. The accountability subject is the remediation commitment made by HYPREP and its government sponsors, now a decade overdue.

Key data:
  Area assessed: > 1,000 km² · Ogoniland
  HYPREP established: 2016 · 5-yr timeline stated
  Satellite persistence: 12/19 sites showing hydrocarbon signature
  UNEP recommendation: Emergency response + 25–30 yr clean-up

Sources:
  · UNEP — Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland (2011)
    https://www.unep.org/resources/report/environmental-assessment-ogoniland
  · Amnesty International — Nigeria environmental accountability
    https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/africa/west-and-central-africa/nigeria/
  · Stakeholder Democracy Network — HYPREP monitoring
    https://stakeholderdemocracy.org
  · Global Witness — oil, gas and mining accountability
    https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/oil-gas-and-mining/

### RIVERS — GR-2026-0420
Title:   Water company sewage overflows: 3.6 million hours. Zero prosecutions.
Region:  England · United Kingdom
Theme:   Water quality / Sewage
Status:  Action open — petition live
URL:     https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0420
Text:    https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0420/text

The Environment Agency's Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data — a legally mandated, publicly accessible record — shows that England's water companies discharged raw or partially treated sewage via storm overflows for 3.6 million hours across 464,056 events in 2023. Water companies hold statutory obligations under the Water Industry Act 1991 and their operating licences to ensure overflows are used only in exceptional circumstances of heavy rainfall. Surfers Against Sewage and the Rivers Trust maintain public near-real-time overflow monitors corroborating the EA's own data.

The accountability subjects are the water companies as corporate entities and the regulatory body that holds their licences. Every figure in this case file is government or company data published under statutory obligation.

Key data:
  Discharge hours (2023): 3.6 million
  Events (2023): 464,056
  Source: EA Event Duration Monitor (statutory)
  Obligation: Water Industry Act 1991

Sources:
  · Environment Agency — Water company environmental performance report 2024 (incl. EDM data)
    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/water-and-sewerage-companies-in-england-environmental-performance-report-2024
  · Surfers Against Sewage — sewage map and event data
    https://www.sas.org.uk/water-quality/sewage-pollution-alerts/
  · Rivers Trust — riverfly and water quality monitoring
    https://theriverstrust.org
  · Ofwat — water company licence conditions
    https://www.ofwat.gov.uk/regulated-companies/company-obligations/

### CERRADO — GR-2026-0421
Title:   The Cerrado Manifesto signatories and the soy they shouldn't have bought.
Region:  Cerrado · Brazil
Theme:   Forest / Supply chain
Status:  Under investigation
URL:     https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0421
Text:    https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0421/text

The Cerrado Manifesto — signed in 2017 by more than 60 food companies including major international retailers and traders — commits signatories to eliminating deforestation and vegetation conversion in the Brazilian Cerrado from their supply chains. MapBiomas annual land-use and land-cover data (publicly downloadable) documents continued conversion of native Cerrado vegetation within municipalities that supply soy to Manifesto signatories. Trase supply-chain data traces soy flows from specific Cerrado municipalities to named trading companies and exporting countries.

The investigation maps the overlap between MapBiomas-documented conversion events and the supply sheds of Cerrado Manifesto signatories, cross-referenced against Trase exporter data and shipping records.

Key data:
  Pledge: Cerrado Manifesto · 2017 · 60+ signatories
  Monitoring source: MapBiomas annual LULC (public)
  Conversion detected: Figures under §02 verification
  Status: Pre-publication · no name published

Sources:
  · Cerrado Manifesto — background and corporate commitments · Trase Earth insights
    https://trase.earth/insights
  · MapBiomas — annual Cerrado land use / land cover data
    https://brasil.mapbiomas.org/en/estatisticas/
  · Trase — Brazil soy supply chain transparency
    https://trase.earth/
  · Mighty Earth — Cerrado deforestation monitoring
    https://www.mightyearth.org/cerrado/

### CALEDONIA — GR-2026-0422
Title:   Grouse moor drainage and the unfavourable SSSIs nobody is counting.
Region:  Scottish Highlands · Scotland
Theme:   Peatland / SSSI
Status:  Under investigation
URL:     https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0422
Text:    https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0422/text

NatureScot's Site Condition Monitoring (SCM) database — a publicly accessible annual record — classifies multiple upland SSSI units in the Scottish Highlands as "unfavourable" or "unfavourable recovering", with management burning and drainage listed as causative factors. Many of these sites lie within or adjacent to grouse-shooting estates. Scotland's Muirburn Code and SSSI protection obligations under the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 set out management standards that are documented by NatureScot but inconsistently enforced.

The investigation cross-references NatureScot SCM condition data with Registers of Scotland land ownership records and Sentinel-2 peat moisture analysis — a pattern of decline that is public, quantified, and attributable to a documented land-use category.

Key data:
  SSSI condition: Unfavourable / unfavourable recovering
  Cause cited: Management burning · drainage
  Source: NatureScot SCM database (public)
  Status: Pre-publication · no name published

Sources:
  · NatureScot — Site Condition Monitoring database
    https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/national-designations/sites-special-scientific-interest/sssi-condition-monitoring
  · RSPB Scotland — driven grouse moor and peatland research
    https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/our-positions-and-casework/our-positions/wildlife-crime/driven-grouse-shooting/
  · Scottish Wildlife Trust — peatland condition reports
    https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/our-work/our-projects/peatland-action/
  · Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 — SSSI obligations
    https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/6/contents

### REEF — GR-2026-0423
Title:   Reef 2050 water quality targets: missed again.
Region:  Queensland · Australia
Theme:   Marine / Water quality
Status:  Action open — petition live
URL:     https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0423
Text:    https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0423/text

The Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan sets measurable targets for reductions in nitrogen, sediment, and PSII herbicide loads from agricultural catchments flowing onto the Great Barrier Reef. The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) publishes annual water quality and coral monitoring reports. Published AIMS and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) data document that nitrogen reduction targets — including a 60% reduction target nominally due by 2025 — have not been met. Queensland Government report cards published under the Reef Plan framework confirm target non-delivery.

The accountability subjects are the Queensland and Australian federal governments. All figures are published under statutory reporting obligations by AIMS, GBRMPA, and Queensland government agencies.

Key data:
  Nitrogen target: 60% reduction by 2025 · missed
  Monitoring source: AIMS / GBRMPA (statutory)
  Reef Plan status: Targets: not met (report card 2025)
  Reef area affected: Inshore reefs · 2,300 km reef tract

Sources:
  · AIMS — Annual Summary Report on Coral Reef Condition
    https://www.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/annual-summary-report-coral-reef-condition
  · Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan
    https://www.reefplan.qld.gov.au
  · GBRMPA — Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report
    https://elibrary.gbrmpa.gov.au/jspui/handle/11017/3635
  · Queensland Government — Reef water quality report cards
    https://www.reefplan.qld.gov.au/tracking-progress/report-cards

### MEKONG — GR-2026-0424
Title:   Chinese dam operations and the Mekong's vanishing dry-season flow.
Region:  Upper Mekong · SE Asia
Theme:   Rivers / Dams
Status:  Under investigation
URL:     https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0424
Text:    https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0424/text

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) — a treaty body comprising Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam — has frameworks for data sharing with upstream riparians including China. The Stimson Center's Eyes on the Mekong project, using publicly available satellite and gauge data, documented statistically significant correlations between operations of China's Lancang cascade dams and extreme low-flow events downstream during 2019 and 2020, with downstream flows among the lowest on record despite adequate upstream rainfall. MRC gauge data and Stimson Center analyses are both publicly available.

The investigation compares MRC gauge data with satellite-derived water surface extent and Lancang operational records where available. The accountability subject is the data-sharing commitment made under the Mekong Agreement and subsequent bilateral communications.

Key data:
  Downstream countries affected: Cambodia · Laos · Thailand · Vietnam
  Low-flow anomaly: 2019–2020 · below record lows
  Upstream dams: 11 operational (Lancang cascade)
  Data source: MRC public gauges · Stimson Center

Sources:
  · Stimson Center — Eyes on the Mekong: damming the Mekong's future
    https://www.stimson.org/project/mekong-infrastructure-tracker/
  · Mekong River Commission — hydrological data portal
    https://www.mrcmekong.org/our-work/topics/hydrology-and-water-quality/
  · Global Forest Watch — water surface monitoring
    https://www.globalforestwatch.org
  · IUCN — Mekong river system freshwater biodiversity
    https://www.iucnredlist.org

### MONARCH — GR-2026-0425
Title:   Illegal logging in the monarch butterfly's last stronghold.
Region:  Michoacán · Mexico
Theme:   Forest / UNESCO WHC
Status:  Verified
URL:     https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0425
Text:    https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0425/text

The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve — a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Michoacán and Mexico State — protects the overwintering habitat of the monarch butterfly's eastern North American population. CONABIO publishes annual overwintering population counts showing a long-term decline. WWF Mexico's annual monitoring reports document illegal logging within the reserve's core zone, and satellite analysis corroborates canopy loss at specific locations. Mexico holds protection obligations under its national environmental legislation (NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010) and under the CUSMA environmental chapter.

This case applies ERU's protected-area monitoring workflow to a UNESCO World Heritage Site with well-documented, publicly reported illegal logging events. Satellite analysis confirms canopy loss within the core zone where no logging is permitted under any circumstance. The accountability subjects are the relevant Mexican federal and state authorities. No individual logger or landowner is named at this stage.

Key data:
  Reserve designation: UNESCO World Heritage Site (2008)
  Canopy loss detected: 143 ha · core zone · 2023–26
  Population trend: Long-term decline (CONABIO)
  Obligation: NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010 · CUSMA Ch.24

Sources:
  · CONABIO — annual monarch butterfly population monitoring
    https://monarch.conanp.gob.mx
  · WWF Mexico — monarch forest monitoring reports
    https://www.wwf.org.mx/que_hacemos/programa_bosques/monarca/
  · UNESCO World Heritage — Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
    https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1290
  · Global Forest Watch — Mexico forest loss data
    https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/country/MEX/

### CETACEAN — GR-2026-0426
Title:   Iceland's commercial whaling: 38 years after the IWC moratorium.
Region:  North Atlantic · Iceland
Theme:   Species / IWC moratorium
Status:  Action open — petition live
URL:     https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0426
Text:    https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0426/text

The International Whaling Commission's moratorium on commercial whaling has been in force since 1986. Iceland lodged a formal objection and resumed commercial whaling of fin whales and minke whales under self-issued annual quotas. Per the IWC's own public catch database, Iceland's commercial fin whale catch reached 148 animals in both 2021 and 2022. Fin whales are listed on CITES Appendix I, which prohibits international commercial trade in their products — a prohibition Iceland also disputes via a separate CITES reservation.

The accountability subject is the Icelandic government's active quota under its formal IWC objection. The IUCN Red List classifies the North Atlantic fin whale population as Vulnerable. The European Union — Iceland's primary trading partner — has issued formal demarches but has not applied trade measures under its CITES obligations, a gap this case file documents.

Key data:
  IWC moratorium: In force since 1986
  Iceland status: Formal objection lodged · self-issued quota
  Fin whale catch (IWC data): 148 animals (2021) · 148 animals (2022)
  Fin whale CITES: Appendix I · international commercial trade prohibited
  IUCN Red List: North Atlantic fin whale — Vulnerable

Sources:
  · IWC — catch database (commercial whaling records)
    https://iwc.int/management-and-conservation/whaling/catches
  · CITES — Appendix I species: fin whale
    https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php
  · IUCN Red List — fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
    https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2478
  · WDC — Iceland whaling monitoring
    https://uk.whales.org/our-4-goals/create-healthy-seas/whaling/

### ACEH — GR-2026-0427
Title:   Aceh's logging moratorium and the forest it promised to keep.
Region:  Aceh · Indonesia
Theme:   REDD+ / Forest moratorium
Status:  Under investigation
URL:     https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0427
Text:    https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0427/text

The Governor of Aceh declared a logging moratorium in 2007 as part of a multi-donor REDD+ framework. Norway committed approximately US$1 billion to Indonesia's REDD+ programme under a bilateral partnership, which explicitly referenced the Aceh moratorium as a model commitment. Eyes on the Forest — a coalition of Indonesian NGOs including WWF Indonesia, Jikalahari, and WALHI — publishes satellite-based monitoring reports that document deforestation and logging road incursions within the moratorium boundary. Global Forest Watch GLAD alerts corroborate these findings.

Satellite analysis has flagged GFW GLAD clearance alerts within the moratorium boundary. Two-source field corroboration is underway.

Key data:
  Moratorium declared: 2007 · Governor's decree
  REDD+ funder: Norway (~$1bn bilateral partnership)
  GLAD alerts 2023–26: Figures under §02 verification
  Status: Pre-publication · no name published

Sources:
  · Eyes on the Forest — Aceh deforestation monitoring reports
    https://www.eyesontheforest.or.id
  · Global Forest Watch — Indonesia GLAD alerts
    https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/country/IDN/
  · Norway–Indonesia REDD+ Partnership — annual reports
    https://www.nicfi.no
  · WALHI — Aceh forest monitoring
    https://www.walhi.or.id

### MACARENA — GR-2026-0428
Title:   Colombia's peace deal contained environmental pledges. The Amazon didn't keep them.
Region:  Caquetá · Colombia
Theme:   Forest / Peace pledges
Status:  Under investigation
URL:     https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0428
Text:    https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0428/text

The 2016 peace agreement between the Colombian government and FARC contained environmental commitments including programmes to address deforestation in territories formerly controlled by FARC — areas where armed group presence had previously suppressed land clearance. IDEAM (Colombia's national environmental institute) publishes annual deforestation bulletins. Published IDEAM data and Global Forest Watch GLAD alerts show that deforestation in departments including Caquetá, Meta, and Guaviare accelerated significantly in the years following the 2016 agreement, as vacated territory became accessible to land speculators and cattle ranchers.

Satellite analysis has identified active deforestation fronts in former FARC-territory departments that significantly exceed pre-agreement baselines. The investigation tracks the environmental commitments embedded in the 2016 peace agreement against published IDEAM data.

Key data:
  Peace agreement: 2016 · FARC-Colombia · environmental chapter
  Deforestation trend: Accelerated post-2016 (IDEAM / GFW)
  Departments affected: Caquetá · Meta · Guaviare
  Status: Pre-publication · no name published

Sources:
  · IDEAM — Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (Colombia)
    https://www.ideam.gov.co/
  · Global Forest Watch — Colombia deforestation data
    https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/country/COL/
  · UNODC — alternative development and forest protection programmes
    https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/alternative-development/index.html
  · Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas (SINCHI)
    https://www.sinchi.org.co

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## Pledge Tracker (6 commitments logged)

• 43,000 ha new woodland · Wales
  Who: Welsh Government
  Deadline: 31 Dec 2030
  Status: Off-track
  ID: PLD-2024-077  |  Case: https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0418
• Zero-deforestation palm oil sourcing
  Who: Tesco PLC
  Deadline: 31 Dec 2025
  Status: Missed
  ID: PLD-2024-219  |  Case: https://eru.eco/case/GR-2026-0398
• 30% of land & sea protected by 2030
  Who: UK Government · Defra
  Deadline: 31 Dec 2030
  Status: Watching
  ID: PLD-2023-001
• Eliminate sewage from storm overflows
  Who: UK Water & Sewerage Cos.
  Deadline: Rolling
  Status: Missed
  ID: PLD-2023-088
• Phase out ivory market activity
  Who: European Commission
  Deadline: 31 Dec 2026
  Status: Off-track
  ID: PLD-2022-114
• £11.6bn International Climate Finance
  Who: UK Government · FCDO
  Deadline: 31 Mar 2026
  Status: On track
  ID: PLD-2021-005

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## Investigation Pipeline (8 agents)

ERU provides an eight-stage AI-assisted investigation pipeline.
Each agent completes a specific task; outputs feed the next agent.

01 / VOICE  — Local-to-Global Translator
  Translates and consent-checks a frontline witness account.
  Input: submission text or voice recording (30+ languages).

02 / DM     — Decision-Maker Resolver
  Identifies the named, accountable individual — elected minister,
  appointed director, regulator chair — from public records.

03 / SAT    — Satellite Sentinel
  Weekly change-detection over an area of interest.
  Uses GFW alerts, NASA VIIRS fire data, and Sentinel-2 analysis.

04 / CHAIN  — Supply-Chain Tracer
  Barcode in, chain-of-custody out. Confidence-scored links citing
  Open Food Facts, customs records, OpenCorporates.

05 / PLEDGE — Pledge Tracker
  Extracts dated commitments from documents, scores compliance,
  flags missed milestones.

06 / WATCH  — Comment-Period Watchdog
  Catches open government consultations and drafts technical objections
  citing the correct statute, habitat class, or scientific standard.

07 / FOI    — Filing Agent
  Drafts formal access-to-information requests under the correct
  national ATI statute (EIR, FOIA, RTI, LAI and 20+ others).

08 / BRIEF  — Receipts Compiler
  Assembles every pledge, satellite event, FOI return and field report
  into a one-page brief.

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## Evidence standards

ERU applies a two-source verification standard before a case reaches
the "Verified" status. Evidence types accepted: satellite imagery analysis,
supply-chain customs records, FOI returns, peer-reviewed science, field
witness accounts (consent-checked), and regulatory dataset cross-reference.

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## Machine-readable endpoints

/llms.txt                      — This file (plain text, all 13 cases with full body text)
/case/:id/text                 — Single case full text, e.g. /case/GR-2026-0418/text
/sitemap.xml                   — Full URL sitemap
/api/health                    — { ok: true }
/api/witness/stats             — Public submission statistics
/api/petition/:caseId/count    — Verified petition signatures per case

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