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Some of the seized bushmeat on display following markets raids inCameroon, including parts of gorillas, monkeys, pangolins, turtles,tortoises, crocodiles, snakes, antelopes, monitor lizards, hornbills androdents…
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Bushmeat consumption soars as forest cover declines
19 October 2009
The scale of bushmeat trade in Central Africa may be much larger thanoriginally thought.Cambridge, UK - New analytical techniques have revealed that the scaleof bushmeat…
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Carbon finance is key to better protection of gorillas and elephants to maintain health of African rainforests says UN Ambassador
13 October 2009
(Media-Newswire.com) - Washington/Bonn, 13 October 2009 - The United Nations Ambassador for the Year of the Gorilla, Ian Redmond, has called for the inclusion of…
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Sigourney Weaver still committed to gorilla rescue
10 October 2009
ATLANTA - Actress Sigourney Weaver said Saturday that orphaned gorillas desperately need a permanent rescue and rehabilitation center that's currently being built in the Congo.…
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‘Dancing With the Stars' decided not to use footage of a performing chimp following complaints
9 October 2009
US TV show ‘Dancing With the Stars' decided not to use footage of a performing chimp following complaints. The chimpanzee "actor" was filmed supposedly…
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Bushmeat Workshop DRC
8 October 2009
Wild meat workshop held in KinshasaKinshasa, 8 October 2009-Some 50 participants from across the DemocraticRepublic of Congo (DRC) met in Kinshasa this September to formulate…
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Ape Alliance campaign opposing the use of a macaque in a TV advert by the European Commission successful
6 October 2009
An Ape Alliance campaign opposing the use of a macaque in a TV advert by the European Commission has been successful! The anti-smoking commercial…
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David L A Gaveau, SergeWich, Justin Epting, Daniel Juhn, Markku Kanninen and Nigel Leader-Williams Abstract. Payments for reduced carbon emissions from deforestation (RED) are now…
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