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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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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 ...
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by Judy Oglethorpe, WWF-US and Nancy Gelman, Africa Biodiversity Collaborative GroupThe HIV/AIDS pandemic is having large impacts on conservation in Africa through loss of institutional capacity for conservation, and increased use of natural resources including bushmeat.AIDS (Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome), which is the late stage of ...
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By MARGARET EBRAHIM - The Associated Press. ATLANTAWildlife inspector Bryan Landry can spot threats everywhere at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. A backpack carried off a flight from Nigeria contains plastic bags of meat from the bush that could harbor the lethal Ebola virus. Those salted duck eggs from South Korea, a delicacy not easily found here, could carry the ...
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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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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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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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In Africa, the unsustainable bushmeat trade is wiping out wildlife including gorillas, chimpanzees, antelopes and many other species. More than one million tonnes of bushmeat is taken from Central Africa each year - that's the equivalent of more than 9 BILLION quarter pound hamburgers!Recent reports have shown that bushmeat is being illegally imported into North America as well. BCTF ...
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While it may seem to many that the bushmeat crisis is something that happens “over there,” growing evidence shows that bushmeat is also in our own backyard. As BCTF and its members address global bushmeat/ wildlife trade issues in Africa, Asia and other parts of the world, we must also take action on the illegal importation of bushmeat and wildlife products into our own ...
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Conservationists have long argued that the hunting of terrestrial wildlife for food – including mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians – poses a threat to the survival of many tropical forest species and ecosystems. A new study suggests global societies should be equally concerned that the so-called “bushmeat crisis” is also a food security crisis for many ...
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In 2002, the Bushmeat Crisis Task Force worked with the three regional wildlife colleges in Africa (École pour la Formation des Specialistes de la Faune de Garoua, Cameroon [EFG], College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka, Tanzania [CAWM] and Southern African Wildlife College, South Africa [SAWC]) to initiate a process for developing bushmeat education and training programs throughout ...
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A new program connects Adventure Camps at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay to students at Limbe Wildlife Centre in Cameroon and gorilla researchers at Mbeli Bai in Congo. MORE...
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Since 2001, BCTF has worked with Garoua Wildlife College, Cameroon, to develop a bushmeat training program for francophone wildlife managers. Presented to 34 wildlife managers from 8 countries in 2003 and 2004, the program has now been introduced to the regular teaching program of the College, assuring greater capacity of wildlife mangers to address challenges and solutions in the ...
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Columbus Zoo Develops a book for Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary and the Children of CongoBy Rebecca Rose, Field Conservation Director, Columbus ZooIn collaboration with Les Amies des Bonobos du Congo (The Friends of Bonobos of Congo), the Columbus Zoo is developing a children’s book entitled Protegez la faune et la flore precieuses du Congo ...
