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Eating to extinction: how to tackle the 'wild meat' crisis?










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    Sustainable Wildlife Management and Wild Meat 2015
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    Wildlife makes an essential contribution to food security for many people worldwide, and wild meat may be the only available source of animal protein for many people. At the same time, current policies usually focus on the pressures posed by the overexploitation of wildlife and ignore the contribution of wild meat to food security. Wild meat may also carry health risks related to diseases transmitted to humans through the handling and consumption of animals. How is it possible to maintain food s ecurity while reducing the ecological and health risks associated with wild meat consumption?
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    Wild meat and the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: highlights from the Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme 2022
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    In this exciting side-event, the Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme will present how the Decision 14/7 on sustainable wildlife management and the Voluntary Guidance for a sustainable wild meat sector adopted by CoP14 can be implemented in different contexts. The SWM Programme is an initiative of the Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) funded by the European Union and co-financed by the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and the French Development Agency (AFD). This 7-year programme (2017–2024) is being implemented in 15 OACPS member countries by a consortium of partners including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Centre for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS

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