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WSPA/APE ALLIANCE12RECIPES FOR SURVIVALPrefaceIt is a decade since WSPA drew the world’s attention to the Slaughter of the Apes.The report was influential in triggering the launch of the Ape Alliance in 1996 andthe commissioning of The African Bushmeat Trade – Recipes for Extinction, a detailedreview of what was then known about bushmeat trade (Ape Alliance, 1998). There hassince been a flurry of academic and NGO activity, and a widespread recognition of the‘bushmeat crisis’ by governments and inter-governmental agencies. This new reviewwas commissioned in late 2004 by WSPA to summarise the current state of knowledgeof the bushmeat trade, and assess what is being done to solve the problems that thislargely unregulated trade causes. It is hoped that the database of projects andreferences compiled will be of use to all those interested in this issue, and that theconclusions drawn will help to guide the application of funds in the future. For furtherdetails on the database, see Section 6As well as the Ape Alliance network, resources used in researching and compiling thisreport include the scientific literature, reports from organizations involved in thebushmeat issue, media and news reportage, documentaries, personal contacts and theWorld Wide Web.Species analysis:The IUCN Red List website (www.redlist.org) was the principal resource for compilingthe species database, which was developed with information from the scientificliterature, reports and research data from concerned organisations.The databases presented in this report are by no means exhaustive, but represent adetailed overview and are designed to be used and expanded upon. Likewise, thegraphs and figures generated from our data are thorough but not fully comprehensiveand should be used as an interpretative tool.The data and research presented here should be treated as an active, ongoingresource and as such, comments, corrections and further contributions are welcome.With effective communication, the ever-changing international bushmeat crisis can betackled with appropriate and novel solutions.Comments and corrections should be sent to: BushmeatWG@4apes.comTaxonomic note:Except where indicated otherwise, this work follows Groves (2001), which recognisestwo species in each of the three great ape genera, Gorilla, Pan and Pongo. We note thenewly described sub-species of Eastern Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes marungensisdescribed in Groves (2005).The authors are grateful to WSPA for funding this research, and to all the organisationsand individuals who contributed information and their thoughts and opinions. The listof organisations is appended in Appendix 3, but in particular we would like to thank theBushmeat Crisis Task Force and the members of the Ape Alliance for responding toour questionnaire and subsequent emails. Any mistakes or omissions are solely ourresponsibility, and we encourage readers to send us corrections and updates.We also thank BCTF and IUCN for the use of their online resources when producingour databases.Special thanks go to Jane Wisbey for her skilful editing in the final stages, and to WSPAand especially Jo Hastie and Garry Richardson for their help.Participants in the Ape Alliance/WSPA Bushmeat Side-event at the GRASP Inter-Governmental Meeting in Kinshasa, DRC (5th – 9th September 2005), made manyuseful comments which we incorporated as appropriate.We would also like to recognise the role of our families and friends for their supportand tolerance during many late nights and working weekends.PREFACE13