Related Organizations and Links

There is increased awareness of the Bushmeat Crisis as reflected at these related sites. Please inform us of any others you might be aware of or if any of these links becomes disfunctional. And please let other related sites know about us so that they may link to our site.

Bushmeat Project Partners and Supporters

• The Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund is saving orphan apes and educating the people of Cameroon about the value of their living natural heritage.
• Conservation International promotes biodiversity conservation in tropical rain forests and other endangered ecosystems and has launched a Center for Applied Biodiversity Science.
• The Goldray Consulting Group develops our website and other websites involved in wildlife conservation and bushmeat issues.
• The Great Ape Project International has been a leader fostering international awareness and concern for our great ape relatives.
• Karl Ammann is the foremost photographer documenting endangered bushmeat; he brings us graphic photographs showing the bushmeat process from hunting through marketing and preparation.
• The Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation provides grants for the study and conservation of primates in the wild, and has supported many innovative projects worldwide for decades.
• Newmans Own Foundation donates to causes related both to human welfare and the protection of wildlife and nature, and is a model for charitable business practices.
• The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA), is an alliance of sixteen primate sanctuaries from all over Africa.
• Save the Species Foundation is a private charity which supports innovations in conservation education and wildlife protection, focused mainly on the great apes.
• The Wasmoeth Wildlife Foundation has been established to help save those animal species that are threatened with extinction.
• The Wildlife Protector's Fund // Gorilla Foundation supports innovative projects for the study of gorilla communications and promotion of concern for great apes as a kindred species globally.

  Bushmeat Specific Projects/Research

• The Ape Alliance - Bushmeat Working Group facilitates bushmeat activities among primate protection organizations based in UK and Europe.
• The Bushmeat Crisis Task Force (BCTF)provides information and educational materials to policy makers in Washington and worldwide, under the supervision of representatives of major North American conservation organizations and zoos. See the digital library;  a combination of research archives and a project database.
• CITES Bushmeat Working Group has been formed to coordinate enforcement of international rules for trade in endangered species products.
• In-situ Wildlife Conservation is a new NGO founded in response to the escalating Bushmeat crisis.
• TRAFFIC is a global agency of WWF that focuses on illegal wildlife trade, offering statistics and pointing to areas where interventions are needed.
• The Institute of Zoology at the Zoological Society of London has a number of promising bushmeat research projects in process ranging from biometric modeling to socio-economic studies of hunters and their livelihoods.

  Habitat/Animal Conservation Organizations

• The African Conservancy's mission is to preserve remaining African wilderness. They work with partners to protect and re-habilitate wilderness areas and to bring about change that reverses trends in wilderness destruction.
• The African Conservation Foundation pulls together all worthy African conservation causes.
• The American Society of Primatologists.
• The American Zoo and Aquarium Association facilitated the formation of the BCTF.
• The Ape Alliance has been working in Europe and globally to confront the bushmeat crisis since 1998.
• The Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI) is devoted to saving the Bonobo.
• The Bristol Zoo is supporting conservation and ape sanctuary programs in Cameroon, and is on the forefront of European bushmeat crisis action.
• The Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund is saving orphan apes and educating the people of Cameroon about the value of their living natural heritage.
• CARPE, the Central African Regional Program for the Environment is an initiative by USAID to address the issue of deforestation in the Congo basin.
• The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is the most important international agreement concerning species survival.
• Conservation International promotes biodiversity conservation in tropical rain forests and other endangered ecosystems and has launched aCenter for Applied Biodiversity Science.
• The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund focuses on the mountain gorilla.
• EAZA, the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, has run a bushmeat campaign and a rainforest campaign.
• The Eco-Portal is an "Information Gateway Empowering the Movement for Environmental Sustainability." They maintain a blog, Earth Talk, for environmental commentary and analysis.
• The Forest Conservation Portal provides vast rainforest, forest and biodiversity conservation news & information. Their Forest Conservation Links Page is a reviewed Forest Conservation search space.
• The Forest Stewardship Council supports environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. FSC certified paper is from forests under such management.
• The Fund for Animals is at the forefront of the animal protection movement.
• The Great Ape Project International has been a leader fostering international awareness and concern for our great ape relatives; consider signing the Declaration on Great Apes or reviewing their link list.
• The International Fund for Animal Welfare has been working to stop the commercial exploitation of wild animals for thirty years. It's other programs include protecting wildlife habitat and helping animals in crisis and distress. IFAW's efforts span the globe and it is stepping up its work in Central Africa.
• The International Primate Protection League works for the conservation and protection of all non-human primates worldwide.
• The International Primatological Society is an association of scientists who study non-human primates. See their Directory of organizations, studies, projects, information resources and people active in the field of primatology.
• The IUCN, the World Conservation Union is concerned with conservation and biodiversity issues. Their Red List of threatened species is a remarkable resource.
• The Jane Goodall Institute has joined the fight against endangered Bushmeat. See their bushmeat factsheet and their what you can do section.
• The North Carolina Zoo always has interesting and educational conservation oriented features.
• The Orangutan Foundation International supports the conservation and understanding of the orangutan and its habitat while caring for ex-captive individuals.
• Planet Ark is an Australian environmental education/activist organization. It is the home to Reuter's World Environmental News.
• The Primate Society of Great Britain promotes research into all aspects of primate biology, conservation and management. Their Bushmeat Consensus Statement was one of the earliest.
• The Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests and their inhabitants.
• The Rainforest Alliance mission is to protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that live within them by implementing better business practices for biodiversity conservation and sustainability.
• The Rainforest Foundation supports indigenous people and traditional populations of the world's rainforests in their efforts to protect their environment. Affiliates websites in the UK, Norway, and elsewhere offer additional information.
• Rainforest Rescue is a German group (website in German) that runs related campaigns.
• Traffic is the wildlife trade monitoring arm of the WWF; is mission is to ensure that trade in animals and plants does not endanger species survival.
• WesternGorilla.org is a network of researchers and conservationists committed to ensuring the survival of the western lowland gorilla. The site has a bushmet section as well as general facts.
• The Wildlife Conservation Society works to save wildlife and wild lands worldwide The WCS Congo Basin program has helped establish five protected areas extending over 10,000 square miles. The WCS has programs to protect all three gorilla subspecies. The Congo branch website which covers the Nouabalé-Ndoki and other National Parks also works to conserve endangered bushmeat. The Pattycake Fund is a WCS initiative to save wild gorillas currently at risk.
• The Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center pursues applicable knowledge at the molecular, cellular, systemic, whole animal and environmental levels, including work in conservation biology. They maintain the IPS International Directory of Primatology.
• The World Wildlife Fund - Global, The US.
• The Wasmoeth Wildlife Foundation has been established to help save thoseanimal species that are threatened with extinction.
• The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) works to raise the standards of animal welfare throughout the world.

  General Primate Information and Resources

• The African Conservation Foundation keeps a compilation of projects by country. There is also a bulletin board for conservation news and press releases.
• The Canadian Great Ape Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing conservation strategies that work for the great apes, as well as the local people. Their focus is the Bushmeat Crisis.
• The Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care.
• Chimpanzee Cultures provides a searchable database that describes the cultural variations in Chimp populations.
• The Gorilla Foundation -for the study of gorilla communications and promotion of concern for gorillas as a kindred species. Home of Koko, the gorilla that communicates in sign language. See their list of primate resources online.
• Gorilla Pictures and Facts is a nice educational resource.
• Gorillas Online covers a wide variety of information and photographs of gorillas including material on their population and distribution in the wild. The gorilla gallery has striking photographs and art.
• The Ipassa-Mingouli Project (in French) is to preserve a primeval forest in the Ivindo River basin in Gabon, to assist in sustainable logging, and promote social and economic development in the area.
• Karl Ammann is the foremost photographer documenting endangered bushmeat; he brings us graphic photographs showing the bushmeat process from hunting through marketing and preparation.
• Kilimanjaro Adventure Travel - maintains a Gorilla help site devoted to both the Mountain Gorilla and the Lowlands Gorillas. There are photos and related links.
• The Mountain Gorilla Protection Project is a collaboration to use advanced remote sensing, and Global Positioning Systems to provide a digitized database of the mountain gorilla habitat.
• The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA), is an alliance of sixteen primate sanctuaries from all over Africa.
• Primate Conservation, Inc. is dedicated to studying, preserving and maintaining the habitats of the most endangered primates in the world. It has a wonderful primate photo gallery and offers the superb "Pictorial Guide to Living Primates" by Noel Rowe.
• Primate Info Net (PIN) is maintained by the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center. PIN provides a variety of information services including The Primate Information Center (PIC), the world's premier indexing service for scientific literature on all aspects of nonhuman primate research.
• Sea Worlds Animal Database is a wonderful resource- See the Lowland Gorilla entry.

  Regional News

• AllAfrica.Com offers the news of some 70 African news organizations posting over 1000 stories daily.
• The International Crisis Group keeps track of crises worldwide. The have operated a small-scale project in Central Africa since early 1998.