A recent
report by the
Overseas Development Insititute estimates that
150 million people - 1 in 8 of the world's poor -
depend on wildlife for both protein + income.
In the Congo basin alone, the harvest of "
bushmeat" now amounts to
5,000,000 tonnes per annum and concern is growing that these
unsustainable + unregulated levels of trade will soon threaten the survival of several endangered species, including
elephants + great apes.
According to this BBC
report, the environment minister of Cameroon,
Chief Clarkson Oben Tanyi-Mbianyor, is currently in London to attend a conference organised by the
Bushmeat Campaign, and asking the UK to assist his country by funding the
recruitment + training of eco-guards, and the development of
alternative sources of income which will keep local people out of the forest.
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