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Martha Cuba - 3 Aug 2012
Quirks of the market mean forest communities trade wild foods for little more than processed sugars.
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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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