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The spreading of diseases from animals to humans—also called zoonotic—is a public health concern in light of the current pandemic. COVID-19 that has now spread to more than 100 countries worldwide is also suspected to be originated from pangolin or bat sold in market in Wuhan, China. As the efforts to curb pandemic accelerate, many conservationists are welcoming China’s move to outlaw hunting and consumption of wild animals. And yet, the reality is not that simple. The ban may put millions of forest dwellers at risk of food insecurity, as Indigenous or rural communities often consume wild meat as their sole source of protein. How do we address this challenge? Can we find the middle ground to this complex reality? This webinar is organized with the support of the TRADE HUB, SWM, FTA projects and the Bushmeat Research Initiative of CIFOR.

Wild meat includes over 500 wild vertebrate species traded and consumed throughout Oceania, South America, South and Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. In remote rural communities, it is an important source of protein, but increases in urban population and trade between rural and urban areas, where it is considered a luxury food, are pushing some wild meat species populations to the point of extinction. A new book by CIFOR and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),"Towards a sustainable, participatory and inclusive wild meat sector" gathers all available literature on sustainable wild meat management strategies and includes best-practice recommendations for designing and implementing solutions. CIFOR Senior Associate and Manchester Metropolitan University Professor John Fa talks about the new publication. #forestsmatter #wildmeat

Wild animals have been hunted for their meat, hides & other body parts since prehistoric times. In the tropics hunting of wildlife serves to feed many families & is also a source of income. Get introduced to the issues facing wildlife as food and people consuming it, and ways in which socially-responsible science must find a way of solving what is probably the greatest challenge affecting tropical forests throughout the world. #glfbonn2018 #thinklandscape #climateaction

Despite being illegal, bushmeat trade is a reality that contributes to many people\'s livelihoods. Bushmeat trade in Colombia only occurs at a relatively local scale, with the surplus being sold in the village or sent to the nearest town. Urban indigenous people consume bushmeat and consider this as their ancestral right that cannot be removed from them just because they have adopted a urban lifestyle.

Despite being illegal, bushmeat trade is a reality that contributes to many people\'s livelihoods. Bushmeat trade in Colombia only occurs at a relatively local scale, with the surplus being sold in the village or sent to the nearest town. Urban indigenous people consume bushmeat and consider this as their ancestral right that cannot be removed from them just because they have adopted a urban lifestyle.

Bushmeat use contributes to food security in forested regions of Colombia. As many other wild foods, bushmeat is part of people\'s culture and culinary tradition.

Bushmeat use contributes to food security in forested regions of Colombia. As many other wild foods, bushmeat is part of people\'s culture and culinary tradition.

Hunting was reduced a lot, because the presence of illegal armed group in the forest.

Chaotic and illegal gold mining is a major threat to forests and to biodiversity in some regions of the country. Gold mining empties forests and river. People have nothing to fish, nor to hunt, and this has clear implications on the food security of people living close to gold mining areas.

Despite being invisible from a urban perspective, bushmeat use is a reality in all regions of Colombia.