Zoonotic pathogens and parasites that are transmitted from vertebrates to humans are a
major public health risk with high associated global economic costs. The spread of these …

The contributions that non-timber forest products (NTFPs) can make to rural livelihoods, and
the fact that their use is less ecologically destructive than timber harvesting, have …

Protein from forest wildlife is crucial to rural food security and livelihoods across the tropics.
The harvest of animals such as tapir, duikers, deer, pigs, peccaries, primates and larger …

Understanding the emergence of new zoonotic agents requires knowledge of pathogen
biodiversity in wildlife, human-wildlife interactions, anthropogenic pressures on wildlife …

Hunting of wild animals is an important component of household economies in the Congo
Basin. Results from the growing corpus of quantitative studies show that: a) bushmeat …

From the snub-nosed monkeys of China to the mountain gorillas of central Africa, our closest
nonhuman relatives are in critical danger worldwide. A recent report, for example, warns that …

Wild meat or 'bushmeat'has long served as a principal source of protein and a key
contributor to the food security of millions of people across the develo** world, most …

Recent progress in the field of wildlife disease ecology demonstrates that infectious disease
plays a crucial role in the lives of wild animals. Parasites and pathogens should be …

Bat hunting for consumption as bushmeat and medicine is widespread and affects at least
167 species of bats (or c. 13% of the world's bat species), in Africa, Asia, across the islands …

Road density is closely linked to market accessibility, economic growth, natural resource
exploitation, habitat fragmentation, deforestation, and the disappearance of wildlands and …