The unsustainable, illegal, commercial bushmeat crisis is one of the most significant threats to wildlife populations in Africa today. Bushmeat is important culturally, economically and nutritionally throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, and the enormous demand for bushmeat threatens both wildlife populations and human livelihoods.

ABCG members and partners have played critical roles in addressing the drivers of and solutions to the bushmeat crisis, through innovative, holistic approaches. ABCG meetings and events have addressed collaborative action planning; human, wildlife and domestic animal health and disease; food security linkages; capacity building for conservation in East Africa and updates from the field.