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Climate change could wipe out southern yellow-billed hornbills in the Kalahari Desert by 2027

Climate change could wipe out southern yellow-billed hornbills in the Kalahari Desert by 2027

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A University of Cape Town (UCT) study set out to investigate the effect of climate change on the breeding success of southern yellow-billed hornbills in the Kalahari Desert found that they could be wiped out by 2027. The study found that the breeding success of the hornbills collapsed over a decade-long monitoring period (2008 –…

Bushmeat hunting threatens hornbills and raptors in Cameroon’s forests, study finds

Bushmeat hunting threatens hornbills and raptors in Cameroon’s forests, study finds

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A new study has found that hornbills, vultures and eagles are being hunted for bushmeat in Cameroon in much greater numbers than previously thought. Researchers estimate that people living around the proposed Ebo National Park in Cameroon’s Littoral region consumed an average of 29 hornbills and eight raptors per month. But they remain unsure how…