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Striking a balance in bushmeat studies
For many living in rural parts of the world, hunting wild animals offers both a vital source of protein and…
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Colombia’s bushmeat black market comes to light
The night her husband went hunting and brought home a large tapir, Elsa Vargas* was relieved. After she fed the family,…
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Test your knowledge on forests and food
From beetles and Brazil nuts, to pollinators and pest control, to wood fuel and wild fruits: forests and trees contribute…
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‘Forests are well and truly on the global food security agenda’
The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted last month by the UN General Assembly, include goals on ending hunger, promoting good nutrition…
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A pod of gold
The African locust bean grows across the Sudan and Sahel, from Senegal to Burkina Faso to Uganda. This food tree…
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Forests and food: Get your facts straight!
Forestry research is complicated. So is nutrition. When people from these two fields start talking, as they do more and…
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Grubs in tubs: Cameroon’s larvae love just got so much better
Palm weevil grubs are, to many eyes, the sort of creature you would stamp on if you saw it wriggling…
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Wild food means good food: CIFOR study
In Tanzania, women supplement their families’ diets by collecting foods that grow wild near their homes. They gather edible species…
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Monty Python and tropical forests. Really?
In your best John Cleese voice: “All right… all right… but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and…
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Feed the world: New global report highlights forests’ role
BOGOR, Indonesia – Forests and trees must be considered essential in global food security and dietary diversity, according to a…
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Health is in the dish: bush meat or tinned meat?
LIMA, Peru—In the rural border areas where Colombia, Peru and Brazil converge, bushmeat provides nutrition and a strong connection with…
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In hunt for resources, Congo forest communities feel the squeeze, early research shows
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon—The narrative used to be straightforward: Rural communities in tropical countries battled logging companies in a zero-sum competition for…
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