On 7 March 2001, the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) and the Bushmeat Crisis Task Force (BCTF) held a meeting on Innovative Actions to Address the Bushmeat Crisis that was organized by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Conservation International (CI), and hosted and chaired by WWF. More than 50 participants representing non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, international institutions, and universities participated. The objective of the meeting was to identify organizational interests in working collaboratively on on-the-ground actions to address the Bushmeat crisis in Africa.