Media coverage

Each year, CIFOR’s research and scientists are mentioned in over 1,500 news stories by local and international media outlets worldwide. Find the latest here, with over a decade of archives.


As Ebola fears return, Congo-Brazzaville steps up fight against illegal bushmeat

After infected wildlife was linked with Guinea’s ‘patient zero’, the authorities desperately try to control the region’s trade. The trade in illegal bushmeat is big business. According to the Center for International Forestry Research, 5m tonnes of bushmeat are harvested from the Congo basin every year.
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