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The meat of wild animals, or wild meat, is a big part of the diets of millions of people in central Africa.
Rare and endangered wild animals in Togo are going viral online for all the wrong reasons - they are being sold on TikTok as meat.
As many as three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases originate from wildlife.
Strategies to beat a disease outbreak like mpox must start with the root causes.
Reducing risk requires moving beyond heavy-handed solutions like banning bushmeat, and instead focusing on making markets safer.
Scientists exploring the possibility of an animal origin for Covid-19 are still investigating the missing link between bats and human beings.
The virus responsible for Covid-19 can infect different species and scientists are still looking for the animal that provided the link. All eyes are turning to mink farming.
Indigenous people in rural Borneo associate the coronavirus with modern life, not their traditional hunting.
Enforcement at protected areas is key way to prevent bushmeat poaching, but it’s also important to recognise the contribution bushmeat makes to livelihoods, incomes and food security.
If South Africa’s proposed Meat Safety Act gets passed in its present form it opens up the possibility of massive consumption of wildlife.
As the world deals with COVID-19, the sustainable use of wild species is a critical coping and resilience strategy.
A full ban on eating wildlife in China probably isn’t possible, and could encourage unregulated underground markets.
Illegal wild animal meat is found in cities right across the world and poses a very real threat of infecting people.
Wild animals and animal parts are bought and sold worldwide, often illegally. This multibillion-dollar industry is pushing species to extinction, fueling crime and spreading disease.
COVID-19 is not the first – nor likely the last – to emerge from the two continents.
Wildlife trade is a threat to human health.
In the absence of animals to help larger trees reproduce, forests are suffering.
Many poachers continue to poach to improve their incomes, rather than just make ends meet.
Consuming bushmeat is thought to have contributed to the outbreak of Ebola in west Africa. Countries in the region are trying to slow down consumption.
Top contributors
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Veterinarian epidemiologist, Cirad
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Directeur régional Asie du Sud-Est, vétérinaire et épidémiologiste, Cirad
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Saint Mary’s University
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Senior Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation, University of Kent
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Lecturer in Medical Anthropology with focus on Ebola burials and Communication, Njala University
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Associate Senior Lecturer, Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
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Research Assistant, University of Basel
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Research Analyst at the Colorado Hospital Association, Colorado Hospital Association
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Salford
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Research Fellow, Zoological Society of London
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Reader in Conservation Science, University of Kent
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Professor of Anthropology, Durham University
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Professor of Biodiversity Conservation, University of Kent
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Research associate, Griffith University
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Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Anthropology, Durham University