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News - 6 Sep 2017
Brazil nuts: Savior seeds of the Amazon basin? Re-examining the region’s ‘cornerstone of conservation’
Quiz - 16 Oct 2015
Test your knowledge on forests and food A fun quiz for World Food Day, to see how much you know about the role of trees and forests in food security.
Video - 13 Oct 2015
A pod of gold In "Food Trees", people from Burkina Faso explain why the African locust bean, or néré, is so important to their lives.
Video - 13 Oct 2015
A pod of gold News - 6 Jul 2015
Wild food means good food: CIFOR study Scattered forest bounty is difficult to track but vital for nutrition.
News - 6 Jul 2015
Wild food means good food: CIFOR study 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.
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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