Beekeeping and breeding animals such as cane rats for food are needed to help tackle the unsustainable trade in bush meat in central Africa, conservation experts said on Friday.
Local populations rely on birds, reptiles and mammals including apes in the vast Congo Basin for food, but overhunting for so-called bush meat is leading to 'empty forest syndrome', according to a statement issued by a
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/rats-bees-protect-african-wildlife-experts
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jonny-hogg
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/honey-bees
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/reptiles
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mammals
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cites
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/convention-biological-diversity-cbd
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife-management
