"This tells us that the lesula populations at both sites are comparable, and that the lesula are coping very well with [the bushmeat threat]," explained McPhee.
Still, many questions remained about the lesula, the most pressing of which was how the bushmeat trade was impacting the primate.
In Africa they represent a particular threat to precious forest fauna, including chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas, by connecting forests to the fast-growing cities where bushmeat is prized.
Congo's fractured war Eating bushmeat is not advised Forest fears Choice of evils Reprints Related items Eating bushmeat is not advisedJun 24th 1999François Bikoro, the deputy editor of a Cameroonian magazine, Africa Express, believes, like most of his compatriots, that there is more than enough timber in the forest and that bodies like the WWF are meddling neo-colonialist hypocrites.
Urgent need drives people to cut down forests, hunt bushmeat and plunder caves, bringing them into contact with the wild animals thought to harbour the disease, and providing the virus with opportunities to jump to humans.Run-down health facilities are the second link in the chain.
Congo's fractured war Eating bushmeat is not advised Forest fears Choice of evils ReprintsUnder pressure from the NCA, Mr Mugabe has agreed that the constitution should be rewritten.
Congo's fractured war Eating bushmeat is not advised Forest fears Choice of evils ReprintsAn argument has been raging inside these two parties over whether Mr Barak should co-opt the Likud, with 19 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, or prefer the Sephardic-Orthodox party, Shas, with its 17 seats.
Congo's fractured war Eating bushmeat is not advised Forest fears Choice of evils ReprintsStill, one reason to steer clear of certain types of bushmeat is that eating it could well be deadly.
But only in recent years, with the arrival of significant quantities of automatic weapons and the opening up of hitherto inaccessible forests by European and Asian companies, has the African bushmeat trade become unsustainable.
Until a few years ago, bushmeat hunting was not regarded as a problem.
Congo's fractured war Eating bushmeat is not advised Forest fears Choice of evils ReprintsThe RCD, in public, and Rwandan officials, in private, say that were it just up to Mr Kabila, he would probably agree to talks.
