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YouTube hunting videos offer scientists invaluable insight
The shaky camera footage depicts torch-lit woodland and the fuzzy outline of a gun barrel as the shot is fired.…
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Mapping Ebola
The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,000 lives since March 2014. Yet we still…
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From the Congo to the Amazon, hunters speak the same language
Although continents apart, hunters in the forests of Africa and Latin America can learn from each other’s experiences in wildlife…
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Why reports of the duiker’s demise were greatly exaggerated
In the mid-1990s, things looked grim for the blue duiker, a species of small antelope found predominantly in the forests…
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Game hunting in the Amazon? There’s an app for that
A mobile phone is as much a part of Milton Pinto’s hunting equipment as rubber boots or a shotgun. And…
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On the trail of Colombia’s bushmeat trade
Striding through the forest, beneath trees still dripping pre-dawn dew, Diomedes Silva suddenly veered off the path and into the…
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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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Ambitious study maps species’ vulnerability to overhunting across Central Africa
BOGOR, Indonesia–An innovative new model has mapped the potential sustainability of bushmeat hunting across the Congo Basin, shedding light on…
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10 things you didn’t know about bushmeat in Africa
What is bushmeat? Bushmeat is defined as any terrestrial mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians harvested for food. 10 facts about…
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Amazon degraded lands prompt new bushmeat hunting trends
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (19 August, 2013) – Hunting patterns are changing in the Peruvian Amazon, according to an expert…
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Indonesia brings new hope for rhino conservation
BOGOR, Indonesia (29 August, 2012)_There has been little good news for rhino conservation in recent years. Increasing demand for rhino…
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Multiple-use forest saves turkey from being hunted to death
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 March, 2012)_For US$3,000, sport hunters can spend four days hunting the Ocellated Turkey in multiple-use community forest…
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