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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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BCTF represents the interests of a diverse membership, with animal welfare groups well represented since inception. The Fund for Animals, Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Human Society International, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Greenpeace, and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) are among the organizational signatories to the ...
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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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Africa is suffering deforestation at twice the world rate and the continent's few glaciers are shrinking fast, according to a UN atlas on Tuesday.Satellite pictures, often taken three decades apart, showed expanding cities, pollution, deforestation and climate change were damaging the African environment despite glimmers of improvement in some areas. "Africa is losing more ...
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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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UK Government ReportFebruary 2005 'POSTnote' by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), a non-partisan arm of the UK Parliament. This POSTnote summarizes the causes and effects of the bushmeat trade, discusses if and how it could be regulated, and evaluates different policy options available to government.Link:
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(FAO) A West Africa Bushmeat Conference was held in Accra, Ghana from 22-24 February 2005, organized by FAO, the Ghana Wildlife Society, Conservation International-Ghana, and WWF International. As a result of the conference, a West Africa Bushmeat Network (WABN) was formed. Their website includes numerous documents of interest, including the proceedings of the ...
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With the assistance of the Canadian Association for Bushmeat Awareness and several individual donors, we are now in the process of translating our fact sheets into French. MORE...
