Poverty Environmental Network (PEN) at the 12th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC)

At the IASC Conference PEN partners highlighted their study of the importance of forests to the income portfolios of rural households.

Six PEN partners (Amy Duchelle, Pam Jagger, Charles Jumbe, Shah Raees Khan, Khaled Misbahuzzaman, and José Pablo Prado Córdova), PEN Coordinator Arild Angelsen, and PEN resource person William Sunderlin participated in the 12th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC), held July 14-19, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK. This event marked the first presentation of PEN research at a major international conference.

The role of the IASC is to contribute new knowledge to understanding and improving institutions for the management of resources that are (or could be) held or used collectively.  more

New Report Says Blanket Ban on Bushmeat Trade in Central Africa Could Have Dire Consequences for the Region’s Poor

“If local people are guaranteed the benefits of sustainable land use and hunting practices, they will be willing to invest in sound management and negotiate selective hunting regimes,” said Frances Seymour, Director General of CIFOR.

Researchers Warn That Some Central African Wildlife Species Will Become Extinct Within 50 Years Unless “Bushmeat” Hunting is Controlled & Local Land Use Rights Recognized

YAOUNDE (16 September 2008) – A new report from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CDB) and partners warns that an upsurge in hunting bushmeat—including mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians — in tropical forests is unsustainable and that it poses serious threats to food security for poor inhabitants of forests in Africa, who rely largely on bushmeat for protein.   more

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