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Don’t add to the demandWhether you live in a country where bushmeat is eaten or not, you can avoid buying products made from endangered wildlife. Find out more
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Keep it on the AgendaRaise awareness of this issue by talking about it to anyone who’ll listen, getting it mentioned in the media, or by badgering the people in power about it. Get inspiration from this creative campaign in Cameroon by musician Vicky Brown.
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Buy Good WoodsWhenever you buy anything made of wood, make sure it has come from a sustainably managed forest so you can be sure that local people and wildlife have not been harmed. Learn more
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Support forest-based communitiesFundraise for community wildlife management projects in the Congo Basin.
Contact Siren
Lebialem Hunters Bee-keeping Initiative: http://www.bee4bushmeat.org/
Projet Grandes Singes: http://webh01.ua.ac.be/crc/pgs/PGS_home.html
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Fish are wild tooMost fish are hunted in the wild oceans, and there are huge concerns over sustainability of stocks. Consult the Good Fish Guide
Great song by Stornoway: Good Fish Guide (youtube video link)
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News
Schools against illegal bushmeat
23rd November: Cherwell school's Chicken Project is helping to promote poultry as an alternative to bushmeat in Cameroon. More details
31 March: Video link conference between 3 UK and 3 Cameroon schools
11 March: Divine Tanyi from Limbe Botanic Gardens, Cameroon speaks about the bushmeat crisis at Cherwell School, Oxford
27 January: Juliet Wright from the Lebialem Hunters Bee-keeping Initiative talks to students at Lord Williams and Holmer Green schools
15th January: Silent Forests schools forum held in Yaounde, Cameroon View video on youtube
23rd November: Janvier Mondoa, Forest Manager from Cameroon tells students at Oakgrove School, Milton Keynes about Bimbia Bonadikombo Community Forest Watch video on youtube
