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A screenshot from part one of the Bushmeat series, featuring footage from an interview with Dr. Eves.BCTF Director Dr. Heather E. Eves was one of several experts consulted for two stories on bushmeat, now available on Current TV. In the first story, journalist Mara Schiavocampo travels to the ...
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The authors examine connections between projects aimed at conserving biodiversity and alleviating poverty, including the conceptual background and an analysis of field projects with these dual goals. Project sub-categories include community-based wildlife management, extractive reserves and ecotourism. Arun Agrawal and Kent Redford, Poverty, development, and biodiversity ...
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(Chapter 9 of "Gaining Ground: In Pursuit of Ecological Sustainability")The results of the June 2004 IFAW forum in Limerick, Ireland which brought together experts from around the world who shared perspectives on wildlife conservation and the pursuit of ecological sustainability have been published in a complete volume. The papers cover general issues ...
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(Published in Human Ecology)Statements regarding the taste preferences of bushmeat consumers are common in many publications and discussions regarding the bushmeat trade in Central Africa. This paper presents results from five two-choice taste tests conducted in Gabon. The paper is available online (for purchase) or from David Wilkie, the corresponding author.
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(UMD Master's Thesis)UMD Masters student Lynsey White interned for BCTF in the summer of 2005 and produced her scholarly thesis on potential partnerships between conservation and development efforts to address the bushmeat crisis. White examines the overlap between goals these agendas and identifies opportunities for collaboration, including: human health impacts, decline in ...
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(Ape Alliance & WSPA Report)The Ape Alliance, funded by WSPA, has recently completed a review of bushmeat related activities worldwide. The final report (5MB) is now on-line. This pdf file does not include the detailed appendices, but these are available on the Ape Alliance site, www.4apes.com/bushmeat. BCTF is acknowledged in the paper for its assistance in ...
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(Working Paper #23, Wildlife Conservation Society)This paper examines the viability and conservation role of wildlife farming in tropical forest countries. Farming of wildlife species for their meat is often suggested as a way to provide protein and income to people that are engaged in the illegal, commercial bushmeat trade. The authors analyze biological, economic, law ...
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Research by intern Lynsey White, and meetings in June and July with FAO, Peace Corps, Heifer International and others, are helping BCTF craft solutions and identify opportunities for reconciling conservation and development goals and activities. Prominent foundations are taking a closer look at the connections between poverty and conservation as well.
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On January 31, 2003, students from the University of Maryland Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology (CONS) program presented the results of research they conducted on behalf of BCTF. The quality of the research and presentations was excellent, and results and analysis are already helping shape BCTF priorities. After an overview of BCTF’s mission and ...
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Summarized from two reports to BCTF, Extracting Hope for Bushmeat and Timber Certification, by Rina Aviram, Margot Bass, and Keri Parker. For the full reports, please visit
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Establishing protected areas and promoting better wildlife management in and around them is a key part of addressing the bushmeat crisis. The 2003 IUCN 5th World Congress on Protected Areas, or World Parks Congress (WPC), taking place in Durban, South Africa from 8-17 September, will spotlight the urgent need for new protected areas (PAs) as well as better management of existing ones. 2,500 ...
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Executive summary of Monkey Business in Gabon: A Case Study of Bushmeat in Central Africa (IFAW 2003). Reprinted by permission from IFAW. For the full report, visit http://www.ifaw.org/page.asp?unitid=459 Boxed text was written by BCTF. Graphics and box-text information is attributable to ...
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by Andrew Tobiason, BCTFThe bushmeat crisis in West and Central Africa will continue as long as there are individuals who rely on wildlife for protein or income. No amount of enforcement or awareness will curb this trade in the absence of realistic alternatives. However, wildlife conservation efforts have traditionally focused on creating and strengthening ...
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by Andrew Tobiason, BCTFBased on information in Playing in Counterpoint: Bushmeat Users and the Possibility of Alternatives, by Becky Archer, Jim Beck, Karen Douthwaite and David Ruppert of the Fall 2002 ‘Problem Solvers’ course in the University of Maryland graduate program in Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology (the CONS ...
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by Dr. Janette Wallis, BCTF Steering Committee(Content in text boxes adapted from information provided by John Fa and Lise Albrechtsen, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust)In the fall of 2003, I had the unique opportunity to live and work on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (E.G.), Africa, as part of Arcadia ...
