Items tagged:
Bushmeat
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New decision support tool launched for wild meat alternatives project development
IIED and partners have released a tool, available in multiple languages, to support practitioners to find sustainable alternatives to wild meat that work for rural people
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Why eat wild meat? Insights from Africa and lessons for COVID-19 responses
This IIED Debates on Wednesday, 4 August explored why people eat wild meat and how to design interventions that can help improve sustainability and safety
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Exploring why people eat wild meat – and designing better alternatives
New research from Cameroon investigating drivers for wild meat consumption will help find sustainable alternatives that work for rural people
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Wild meat: is there an appetite for alternatives?
The age-old tradition of hunting wild meat has, in many cases, become unsustainable. Efforts to change local habits have had little effect. Ahead of this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity, guest blogger Stephanie Brittain argues that to protect biodiversity, without compromising health and livelihoods, we need to understand much more about why people eat wild meat
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Why eat wild meat?
There is growing concern that hunting for wild meat consumption is unsustainable and threatening biodiversity conservation and food security across sub-Saharan Africa. But for initiatives that promote alternatives to succeed, they must be based in a strong understanding of why people eat wild meat
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Conservation works better with social justice
Poverty threatens wildlife conservation despite widespread efforts to integrate conservation and development so that local communities benefit. So what's going wrong? Our research suggests it's social justice that's missing.
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Bushmeat stew: complexities of a shadowy trade
It’s hard for some to imagine sitting down to a meal of baboon, green monkey and warthog meat.
