Collaborative Action Planning Meeting Proceedings

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 BCTF, its Supporting Member organizations, and other partners.

The meeting included several primary objectives: (1) to finalize the BCTF Action Plan for 2001-2004; (2) to communicate priority solutions and their implementation to a wide audience of potential partners; and (3) to facilitate support for development and implementation of priority solutions to the bushmeat crisis in Africa.

The Proceedings from the CAP meeting can be saved or printed out in sections, or as one large file. To open a section at a time, select the links below. To open the whole document to your computer, select the title or button below. The Proceedings are about 330 pages long, and 1.7 MB in size.

BCTF Collaborative Action Planning Meeting Proceedings

Some reports include complete versions in French and English and are linked separately; where a report is only available English, a summary in French is included.

INTRODUCTION

Proceedings Cover
BCTF Summary
BCTF Collaborative Action Plan Meeting
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents

CITES BUSHMEAT WORKING GROUP

Discussion Summary
John Hart - CITES MIKE pilot study ( French / English )
Marcellin Agnagna - Central Africa ( French / English )
Nigel Hunter - Role and Mandate ( French / English )
Marceil Yeater - Secretariat Overview ( French / English )

THE BUSHMEAT CRISIS ACROSS AFRICA

BCTF and General Bushmeat Overview (Hutchins) ( French / English )

Central Africa Bushmeat Perspective

The Bushmeat Network In The Large Cities Of The Central African Republic - Ngongba-Ngouadakpa (  French /  English /  Q & A  )
Republic of Congo (Agnagna) ( French / English )
The Issue of Bushmeat in Cameroon - Koulagna Koutou ( French / English / Q & A )
Gabon (Mamfoumbi) ( French / English / Q & A )
Marketing and Consumption of Bushmeat in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Status and Perspectives - Kiyulu ( French / English )
Equatorial Guinea ( under revision )

West, East, and Southern Africa Bushmeat Perspective

West Africa: Regional Overview of the Bushmeat Crisis (Bakarr et al.) ( French / English )
East and Southern Africa: Regional Overview of the Bushmeat Crisis (Barnett) ( French / English )
East Africa: Regional Overview of the Bushmeat Crisis (Gamassa) ( French / English )
Southern Africa: Regional Overview of the Bushmeat Crisis (Taylor) ( French / English )
Regional Bushmeat Perspectives: West, East, and Southern Africa  ( Q & A )

BCTF SUPPORTING MEMBER EFFORTS ON BUSHMEAT

Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (Steklis et al.) ( French / English )
The Jane Goodall Institute – Congo Basin Project (Ellis) ( French / English )
Conservation International’s Strategy to Address the Bushmeat Crisis in Africa (Bakarr et al.) (  French /  English )
Hunting and Bushmeat: A Global Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society [WCS] (Bennett et al.) (  French /  English )
World Wildlife Fund (Toham) ( French / English )

SOLUTIONS TO THE BUSHMEAT CRISIS

Long Term Solutions to the Bushmeat Trade

International, National, and Local Policies (Fotabong and Gartlan) ( French / English / Q & A )
Strengthening Protected Areas in Africa [Forest Ecosystems] (Bakarr and Fotso) ( French / English / Q & A )
Sustainable Financing and the BCTF Action Plan (Kumari) ( French / English / Q & A )
Bushmeat Education In Africa’s Regional Wildlife Colleges (Eves and Gelman) ( French / English )
CEC-BCTF Education Support Project (Croney and Eves) ( French / English )
Community-based Bushmeat Education in Africa (Bailey & Eves) ( English )
Bushmeat Education: ( Q & A / )

Short Term Solutions to the Bushmeat Trade

Hunter and Urban Market Seller Associations/Access Route Control and Monitoring (Ellis et al.) ( French / English / Q & A )
Effective Wildlife Management in Logging Concessions in Central Africa Through Linkages Between International NGOs, the Private Sector, Local Communities, and Governments (Elkan et al.) ( French / English / Q & A )
Public Outreach/Media/Raising Awareness (Wolf) ( French / English / Q & A )
Alternative Protein and Income (Wilkie and Some) ( French / English / Q & A )

ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Interafrican Forest Industries Association – Overview of Activities (Landrot) ( French / English )
Address to Bushmeat Crisis Task Force Collaborative Action Planning Meeting (Topfer) ( French / English )
International Initiative to Save Great Apes Launched by UNEP as Experts Warn That Humankind’s Closest Relatives Doomed Without Urgent Action [UNEP Press Release] ( English )
FRAME and NRM Tracker (Neme and Page) ( French / English )
Sky Calypso Conservation Airship (Amelink) ( English )

CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE ACTIONS

Hutchins/Wolf Closing Remarks ( French / English )
BCTF Business Meeting Summary ( French / English )
Powers Press Club ( French / English )
BCTF Action Plan Table ( English )

Participants:
Invitees included: BCTF Steering Committee (10), BCTF Supporting Members (25), BCTF Contributing Members (4), BCTF General Members (25), CITES Bushmeat Working Group and Bushmeat Experts from Africa (25), Other Bushmeat Working Groups (10), African Ambassadors to the US (17), US Ambassadors to Africa (17), US Government Personnel (25), University Leaders (10), Industry Representatives (10), Funding Institution Representatives (10), Members of the Media (10), and NGO Representatives (20).