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Africa: Banning Bushmeat to Stem Ebola Outbreaks Is Unworkable, Expert Says

Published on 03 Sep 2014
Tens of millions of Africans rely on bushmeat and wild fish for up to 80 percent of their protein, and recent calls to end the trade in the food because of links to Ebola virus outbreaks could never be enforced, said Robert Nasi, Deputy Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).
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