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Analysis
- 12 Oct 2015
Forests and food: Get your facts straight!
A nutritionist debunks some myths about forests, food security and nutrition.
News
- 7 Sep 2015
Wild food from dry forests: A recipe for health?
Research suggests better management of dry forests may reduce malnutrition and improve food security.
Analysis
- 4 Sep 2015
The forest detectives: Searching for proof about forests and disease
Research suggest forest fragmentation increases the likelihoods of Emerging Infectious Diseases being transmitted to humans.
News
- 18 Aug 2015
Grubs in tubs: Cameroon’s larvae love just got so much better
“Palm weevil grubs are considered a special delicacy...”
News
- 20 Apr 2015
Health is in the dish: bush meat or tinned meat?
Traditional dishes are increasingly reserved only for special occasions and festivals.
News
- 20 Apr 2015
Health is in the dish: bush meat or tinned meat?
News
- 3 Mar 2015
Link between wildlife, human nutrition is food for thought for development in Africa
Researchers call for greater balance between conservation and nutrition when it comes to hunting.
News
- 3 Mar 2015
‘Boom’ and gloom: Forest-based wildlife feel brunt of Asia’s appetite for meat, medicine
Bushmeat is big business thanks to growing middle class in China, but is it sustainable?
Interview
- 13 Jan 2015
Ambitious study maps species’ vulnerability to overhunting across Central Africa
For these researchers, Ebola is not the biggest long-term threat to the region.
Video Q&A
- 25 Dec 2014
Best of 2014: Making sense of a crisis as Ebola flares in Africa
CIFOR sorts facts from fiction among the panic and punditry.
News
- 19 Nov 2014
Eat the beetles? Rural people losing their taste for a crucial food source
Forest communities shift to western sources of protein - but at what cost?
Analysis
- 21 Oct 2014
‘Let them eat cake’: A dangerous approach to bushmeat and Ebola
Nobody called for the end of chicken consumption after H5N1. Why is Ebola different?
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