From the forest to the fork: A conceptual framework of the wild meat supply–demand system to guide interventions in tackling unsustainable trafficking and consumption in the Congo Basin.

From the forest to the fork: A conceptual framework of the wild meat supply-demand system to guide interventions in tackling unsustainable trafficking and consumption in the Congo Basin The conservation sector has been aware of the decline of wildlife in Central African forests for decades and its alarming unsustainable scale as urban populations grow (Ingram et al., 2021; Wilkie et al., 2016). While the framework was originally developed with large urban centres in mind, WCS has adapted it beyond large urban centres to also address dynamics in rural protein-poor towns on the wild meat value chain to provide legal, sustainable options to consumers and engage wild meat value chain actors in other businesses. [Extracted from the article]