A wild meat symposium on ‘’Evidence-informed interventions from the forest to the fork - sustainable wild meat management in Central Africa’’, co-organized by the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme and the Trade, Development and Environment Hub took place at the 2023 International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2023) on July 23-27 in Kigali, Rwanda.

In case you missed it, an article about the event including the video of the ten presentations delivered has been published at the link below:

https://brussels.wcs.org/Media/News/ID/21565/ICCB-2023

On 12 October 2023, CIFOR-ICRAF presented a session on Bushmeat at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)’s Nairobi conference.

The focus was namely on teasing out complex conservation and livelihood challenges in the bushmeat sector.

The article clearly explains the challenge of low-income rural countries and regions in coping with food insecurity and the sustainable use of wildlife resources.

How can we strike a balance between conservation and the well-being of local populations?

Insights from the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme were shared highlighting the importance of developing a deep understanding of what’s happening in each ecosystem, community, and country.

To read the full article click here: https://forestsnews.cifor.org/84612/can-wild-meat-be-hunted-sustainably-in-tropical-forests?fnl=en

The Guyana Newsletter, Issue 13 (February - June 2023) is now online and offers a concise overview of recent SWM Programme activities in Guyana.

This latest issue includes an exciting interview with Yusuf Abraham, a key member of Visit Rupununi (VR), and project updates including an important achievement concerning inland fisheries.

In fact, the SWM Programme, the Department of Fisheries, and the Ministry of Agriculture have successfully developed a proposed draft aquaculture bill to support the regulation and management of the aquaculture sector as well as proposed amendments to the Fisheries Act (2002) to include inland fisheries and co-management.

Enjoy your reading!

Le bulletin d’information du Project RESSOURCE - numéro 10 (juillet 2022 - mars 2023) est maintenant disponible.  Ce dernier numéro regorge de nouvelles passionnantes sur nos projets dans la région du Sahel en Afrique.

Découvrez le bulletin d’information ici:

• Français: https://www.fao.org/3/cc6703fr/cc6703fr.pdf
• Anglais: https://www.fao.org/3/cc6703en/cc6703en.pdf 
• Arabe: http://www.fao.org/3/cc6703ar/cc6703ar.pdf 

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The RESSOURCE Project newsletter - Issue 10 (July 2022 to March 2023) is now available. This latest issue is full of interesting news and updates on our projects in the Sahel region of Africa. 

Read the newsletter here:

• French: https://www.fao.org/3/cc6703fr/cc6703fr.pdf
• English: https://www.fao.org/3/cc6703en/cc6703en.pdf 
• Arabic: http://www.fao.org/3/cc6703ar/cc6703ar.pdf 

We hope you enjoy this update!

We are very pleased to share with you the latest issue of the SWM CC project Newsletter, now featuring the four countries where we are promoting the CC model within the Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) landscape!

We hope you enjoy this update!