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Bushmeat displayed for sale in Cameroon © A. Walmsley / TRAFFIC

Bushmeat Livelihood alternatives for the unsustainable use of Bushmeat

Bushmeat displayed for sale in Cameroon © A. Walmsley / TRAFFIC

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Published 26 October 2011

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New report identifies innovative solutions for resolving bushmeat crisis

Montreal, 26th October 2011—A new United Nations report says resolving the crisis in the harvesting of bushmeat is possible if governments combine new management models, including community-based management, game-ranching and hunting tourism, with new mechanisms for monitoring and law enforcement. 

Livelihood alternatives for the unsustainable use of Bushmeat

Report author(s):
UNEP, CBD, TRAFFIC

Publication date:
October 2011

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