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From both conservation and development perspectives, there is a bushmeat crisis. Yet there have been divergent opinions among conservation and development agencies in developed nations on the best practices and policies to resolve this crisis in the bushmeat range states. To ad-dress this issue a group of us met to share our knowledge of the bushmeat issue and to reflect on growing international concerns about the livelihoods and conservation dimensions of the bushmeat trade. We examined the problem from our varying disciplinary perspectivesconservation science, social science, and environmental policy-and arrived at the following consensus. The development of bushmeat policy is ultimately a matter for governments within nations where wildlife is harvested for food. Nevertheless, contributions from conservationists and development agencies are often sought and proffered. Yet these policy …