Increase in wild animal consumption across Central Africa

Data Compiling the database We compiled our database by identifying all sources providing data on wild meat consumption in seven Central African countries between 2000 and 2022: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Republic of the Congo. We also included data from the Cross River Forest landscape in southeast Nigeria, as forests there are contiguous with protected areas in Cameroon. …