They are prey for many forest predators and are threatened by hunting for the bushmeat trade, logging, and habitat destruction.

They are also hunted by humans, as part of the growing African " bushmeat " trade, which has spread to African cities.

Well-known advocates are primatologist Jane Goodall, appointed a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations to fight the bushmeat trade and end ape extinction ; Richard Dawkins, former Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University ; Peter Singer, professor of philosophy at Princeton University ; and attorney and former Harvard professor Steven Wise.

The trust aim to highlight issue of the illegal trade of bushmeat in Africa, which also affects other species such as gorillas.

The bushmeat trade refers to the sale of any wild species, though Western sources tend to focus on the trade specifically involving great apes.

Logging concessions operated by companies in African forests have been closely linked to the bushmeat trade.

Some, including the Congolaise Industrielle du Bois ( CIB ) in Republic of Congo, have partnered with governments and international conservation organizations to regulate the bushmeat trade within the concessions where they operate.

Only about 1 % of the bushmeat trade is in ape meat.

Orphans of the bushmeat trade are often sold as pets, as young apes do not have enough meat on them to eat.

It has been suggested that the only way to eliminate the bushmeat trade might be industry-specific protocols, along the lines of the Harkin-Engel Protocol.

Many of these animals are currently under threat of extinction due to deforestation and the bushmeat trade.

It is likely that this exploding bushmeat trade is now making its way into the Bili region with the gold miners.

The eastern lowland gorilla is threatened primarily from illegal hunting for bushmeat and the illegal pet trade.

Guereza meat has been sold on the bushmeat trade for $ 4 – 9 US.

The per capita income of the CAR is often listed as being around $ 300 a year, said to be one of the lowest in the world, but this figure is based mostly on reported sales of exports and largely ignores the more important but unregistered sale of foods, locally-produced alcohol, diamonds, ivory, bushmeat, and traditional medicines, for example.

This has troubled relationships between conservationists and rural communities in many protected regions and is often why many Wildlife Reserves and National Parks face the human threat of poaching for the illegal bushmeat or trophy trades which is resorted to as an alternative form of substinence.

The chief threat to most of the endangered species is loss of tropical rainforest habitat, though some populations are further imperiled by hunting for bushmeat.

Many conservation organizations have come together to address the bushmeat crisis through the formation of the Bushmeat Crisis Task Force, whose mission is to build a public, professional and government constituency aimed at identifying and supporting solutions that effectively respond to the bushmeat crisis in Africa and around the world.

The issue of bushmeat hunting is highly politicized, with little support for the practice outside the forests and cities where it is conducted.

The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance ( PASA ) is a member organization of sanctuaries that provide care for bushmeat orphans and education for local communities.

Some have suggested that the economic incentive to hunt bushmeat has led to an erosion of these traditional values, and that Western interference is therefore appropriate.

Reduced fishery landings in Africa increase demand for bushmeat, which is leading many species to face extinction, and a humanitarian crisis could easily follow.

Since wildlife monitoring is limited to a few countries, the full extent and future outlook of bushmeat is not currently known .< ref >

The mandrill is considered vulnerable and is affected by deforestion However, hunting for bushmeat is the more direct threat.

The species is regarded as vulnerable by the IUCN as well as by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the chief dangers to them being habitat destruction ( they are now virtually confined to coastal areas ) and hunting for bushmeat.

It is also hunted for bushmeat.

It is also hunted to provide bushmeat.

Instead, the main source of animal protein during the year, comes from bushmeat, that is, wild game such as pangolin, porcupine, and monkey brought in by jungle hunters.

In some locations the biomass of mammals in parks has been reduced by 70 % since 1967 because of bushmeat harvesting.

Poaching: Mountain gorillas are not usually hunted for bushmeat, but they are frequently maimed or killed by traps and snares intended for other animals.

From 1910 to 1940, rubber production was desired by colonialists, and forced labor of the tribesmen with whom the Aka were associated increased the demand for bushmeat, and some villagers escaped into the forest, where they put added demands on the Aka.

In 2000, Ammann returned to the area described by the bushmeat hunter with a group of ape researchers.

He has discovered evidence of a chimpanzee " mega-culture ", but sadly, the chimpanzees and other wildlife in the area are under assault by a new army of bushmeat hunters.

They are threatened primarily by habitat destruction and commercial bushmeat hunters.

A recent serological survey showed that human infections by SIV are not rare in Central Africa: the percentage of people showing seroreactivity to antigens — evidence of current or past SIV infection — was 2. 3 % among the general population of Cameroon, 7. 8 % in villages where bushmeat is hunted or used, and 17. 1 % in the most exposed people of these villages.

Its tropical rainforest habitat is being rapidly consumed by humans, and the animals themselves are hunted for bushmeat.

Though some bushmeat hunters have been targeting gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and other primate species, great apes constitute less than 1 % of bushmeat from all species sold on the market.

In some parts of Africa, wild animals hunted for their meat are called bushmeat ; see that article for more detailed information on how this operates within the economy ( for personal consumption and for money ) and the law ( including overexploitation and illegal imports ).

The resulting bushmeat has become an important source of income for some people.

The term bushmeat crisis tends to be used to describe unsustainable hunting of often endangered wildlife in West and Central Africa and the humid tropics, depending on interpretation.

* African squirrels ( Heliosciurus, Funisciurus ) have been implicated as reservoirs of the monkeypox virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and their use as bushmeat may be an important means of transmission to humans.

There is a market where numerous items can be purchased, including clothing, fruit and vegetables, electronics, meats, and the market also sells bushmeat, which includes African Rock Python, monkey and local species of animals.