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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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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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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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This unique gathering was attended by more than 150 participants from over 20 countries who collectively represented dozens of government agencies, non-governmental organizations, funding institutions, media, universities, and private industry. It was an extremely important and productive gathering of bushmeat experts and interested professionals, which identified numerous action items for ...
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Nearly half of all primate species are now threatened with extinction, according to an evaluation by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The study, which drew on the work of hundreds of scientists and is the most comprehensive analysis for more than a decade, found that the conservation outlook for monkeys, apes and other primates has dramatically ...
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With just 300 individuals left in the wild, Cross River gorillas have found new conservation support from the governments of Cameroon and Nigeria, the only two countries where these great apes live.Representatives from the two nations agreed last week to improve trans-boundary cooperation to protect the critically endangered species, as well as other endangered wildlife.The ...
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Just three years after it was discovered, a new species of monkey is threatened with extinction according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which recently published the first-ever census of the endangered primate. Known as the "kipunji," the large, forest-dwelling primate hovers at 1,117 individuals.The authors also discovered that much of the monkey's remaining habitat ...
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Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if urgent action isn't taken, a new study says. The declines in Indonesia and Malaysia since 2004 are mostly because of illegal logging and the expansion of palm oil plantations. The survey found the orangutan population on ...
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A rare monkey species, the Tana River Red Colobus only found in Kenya, faces extinction due to encroachment on their habitat by human activities. The Tana River Red Colobus monkey is among 25 primates which have been included on IUCN’s list of endangered species. The Kenya Wildlife Services official has confirmed that farming, grazing and logging were the main cause of the declining ...
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The Forests of the Congo Basin: A Preliminary Assessment/ Les Forets du Bassin du Congo: Evaluation Preliminaire" (2005) and Forests of the Congo Basin: State of the Forest (2006) are available in English and French. These reports provides a natural history of the Congo Basin, along with current threats to wildlife and forests, and opportunities to conserve and sustainably manage ...
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(ATIBT Report)Within the context of the Central African World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI), the Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux (ATIBT) has developed several manuals for forest management regarding social and wildlife aspects of practical forest management plans for tropical forests in Africa. The authors surveyed innovative projects inside and ...
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Dr. Rebecca Hardin (BCTF SC) represented BCTF at the workshop “Biodiversity and the Oil and Gas Industry: Central and West Africa" in Luanda, Angola. MORE...
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by Andrew Tobiason, BCTFFor more than 20 years, international conservation groups have worked with counterparts in local communities and governments to save wildlife in Central Africa. Poverty, corruption, AIDS and war plague the region, and arguments for protecting wild animals and places are usually secondary to hunger relief and economic development. Meanwhile, ...
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The Bushmeat Information Management and Analysis Project (Bushmeat IMAP) is an initiative developed by BCTF to create a central repository of information on the causes and solutions of bushmeat hunting, consumption and trade in sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on Central Africa and protected areas. BCTF and the Global Forest Watch (GFW) program of World Resources Institute (WRI) ...
