Working Group - Bushmeat

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Thousands of pounds of primate parts, rodents and other dry, smoked or raw animals -- so-called "bushmeat" -- are smuggled into the United States as food every year, frequently hidden inside cases of similarly stinky but legal fish. Scientists now warn that the increasing practice may also be bringing deadly disease into the country.

11/01/2012
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The Guardian Post | November 2011

A dealer in protected wildlife species has been arrested in Lomie, in the Upper Nyong division of the East region. The man was arrested in possession of a huge stock of gorilla meat contained in a fridge in his home. Also found in the fridge were parts of De Brazza monkey and agile mangabey, a rare monkey species which belongs to class A and total­ly protected according to the 1994 wildlife law. Within 24 hours of the arrest the trafficker, three others were arrested in the same town — Lomie, with numerous parts of protected wildlife species.

22/11/2011
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Hidden hunger from wildlife loss

In areas where bushmeat is included in the diet, access to wildlife is critical to human health

http://www.eurekalert.org/ | Peter Reuell | November 2011

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How do you balance the need for biodiversity conservation and human health?

For Christopher Golden, '05, a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Harvard University Center for the Environment, that question is at the core of a paper he authored which found that, in societies where people rely on "bushmeat" for important micro-nutrients, lost access to wildlife, arising either from strict conservation enforcement or unsustainable harvesting, could translate into negative impacts on the health of children.

21/11/2011
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The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 11/02/2011 

A report says 691 Borneo orangutans were slaughtered in Kalimantan – most of whom were eaten by residents.

The great apes were killed for several reasons, Suci Utami Atmoko, a field coordinator for report co-author The Nature Conservancy (TNC), said on Tuesday.

“Some [residents] were desperate and had no other choice after spending three days hunting for food,” 
she said.

02/11/2011
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MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada | October 25, 2011 (ENS)

Wild mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians are disappearing from the world due to overexploitation for bushmeat - the legal and illegal trade in the meat and other parts of wild animals.

Now, a new United Nations report says sustainable bushmeat harvesting is possible, but only if governments combine new mechanisms for monitoring and law enforcement with new management models, such as community-based management or game-ranching. Finding alternate means of livelihood for residents of forests and other wild lands also will help conserve vanishing species.

25/10/2011
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Emeka Umejei, Correspondent | Lagos | June 2011

Bushmeat trade is a thriving business in Nigeria and the authorities appear lame to tackle it. The trade thrives on ignorance and culture. Many Nigerians do not know the implication of Bushmeat trade. To them, it is normal to hunt wild animals for food and economic demands.  Also, increase in population has led to higher demands for survival and Bushmeat holds a lot of hope for a majority of Nigerians who see it as viable means of food and economic survival.

 

29/06/2011
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