Participatory monitoring reveals village-centered gradients of mammalian defaunation in central Africa
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.02.035
Abstract: Abstract Tropical areas are facing a bushmeat crisis involving the systematic over-exploitation of large-bodied mammals for both subsistence and commercial purposes. We hypothesize that because hunting generally originates from villages, it will create “halos of… read more here.
Keywords: defaunation halos; defaunation; bushmeat; village distance ... See more keywords
Forest cover and social relations are more important than economic factors in driving hunting and bushmeat consumption in post-frontier Amazonia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108823
Abstract: Abstract Identifying the economic drivers of hunting and bushmeat consumption is crucial for understanding whether economic growth in tropical forest regions can foster poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation. However, studies investigating those drivers have drawn… read more here.
Keywords: hunting bushmeat; bushmeat consumption; economic factors; social relations ... See more keywords
Bushmeat use is widespread but under-researched in rural communities of South Africa
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00583
Abstract: Abstract Bushmeat hunting and consumption is common throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, a recent review indicated that the prevalence and nature of bushmeat hunting was little researched or understood in southern African savannas. Here we present… read more here.
Keywords: bushmeat use; widespread researched; bushmeat; south africa ... See more keywords
Bushmeat consumption in the West African Sahel of Burkina Faso, and the decline of some consumed species
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DOI: 10.1017/s0030605316001721
Abstract: Abstract To explore the patterns of bushmeat trade in the Sahel we carried out a multidisciplinary study, focusing on Burkina Faso. We conducted baseline interview surveys to examine the variation in people's perceptions of bushmeat… read more here.
Keywords: burkina faso; bushmeat consumption; sahel; bushmeat ... See more keywords
Effect of decision rules in choice experiments on hunting and bushmeat trade
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DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13628
Abstract: Providing insight on decisions to hunt and trade bushmeat can facilitate improved management interventions that typically include enforcement, alternative employment, and donation of livestock. Conservation interventions to regulate bushmeat hunting and trade have hitherto been… read more here.
Keywords: decision rules; bushmeat; decision rule; decision ... See more keywords
THE ROLE OF BUSHMEAT IN URBAN HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION: INSIGHTS FROM BANGUI, THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
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DOI: 10.19182/bft2017.332.a31331
Abstract: In the Congo Forest Basin, hunting provides a major source of protein for rural household consumption. In the context of increasing urbanisation, an understanding of bushmeat consumption in urban settings is needed to both address… read more here.
Keywords: bushmeat; bangui capital; central african; consumption ... See more keywords
Trends in bushmeat trade in a postconflict forest town: implications for food security
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DOI: 10.5751/es-09780-220435
Abstract: Food insecurity and malnutrition can be major, yet often overlooked, consequences of armed conflicts because of the disruption of rural-urban trade networks and human migration toward safe urban centers. Bushmeat has been shown to act… read more here.
Keywords: bushmeat trade; food security; food; bushmeat ... See more keywords