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Discussion Meeting - Wildlife Wood: Timber and Bushmeat
Dates: 9 Jan 2007
Times: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
The decline of forest-dwelling species in West and Central Africa has been raised as a major conservation concern, and a livelihoods concern for people who rely on bushmeat.
A range of management interventions has been suggested to reduce the shooting and trapping of wildlife, but the effectiveness of different management options depends on the habitat being considered: farm-fallow areas, or forests.
© Björn Schulte-HerbrüggenThis meeting will focus on production forests that supply timber to African, Asian and European markets. New logging roads open areas to hunters, rapidly increasing bushmeat consumption. Prohibiting hunting in these forests is problematic as local people have long relied on this resource and have a livelihood need for bushmeat, and many mammal species are not protected in these areas. The focus will be on the political context for reducing international trade in illegal timber, timber management systems and marketing to support certification, and forest certification systems that support wildlife management.
Guest Chair: Barry Gardiner MP
Organised by Dr Glyn Davies, Conservation Programmes, ZSL.
Wildlife wood: timber and bushmeat Discussion Meeting abstracts (60 KB)
Please note that this event was part of the 2006-07 Scientific Meetings programme
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