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Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Bushmeat consumption remains significant in urban Central Africa. Increasing urbanization has fueled bushmeat trade and become a threat to endangered species like the pangolin. Behavioral change interventions may help reduce demand for pangolins in urban
Tatyana Humle, Linh Bao Nguyen
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Bushmeat use is widespread but under-researched in rural communities of South Africa
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 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 information from
Charlie M. Shackleton
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Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of bushmeat value chain actors in Nigeria toward mpox and other zoonoses. [PDF]
Front Vet SciBackgroundThe bushmeat trade is a vital source of protein and income in Nigeria but presents significant public health risks due to its potential zoonotic disease transmission.
Muhinda OV +8 more
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Bushmeat Consumption and the Risk of Zoonotic Tick-Borne Pathogen Infections in Ghana: An Increasing Risk to Public Health. [PDF]
Public Health ChallConsuming bushmeat is a widely accepted tradition in Ghana and other West African countries, where it is a vital source of income and protein for many rural populations. However, there are considerable risks associated with this behavior, especially when
Tawiah-Mensah CNL, Ladzekpo D, Addo SO.
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Regional dynamics of zoonotic risk perception and wildlife use in Ghana. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol EthnomedBackground The COVID-19 pandemic and other recent zoonotic outbreaks have renewed global scrutiny of the bushmeat trade, particularly in West Africa. This study examines regional differences in bushmeat consumption, hunting practices, and perceptions of ...
Abukari H, Kankam BO, Imoro ZA.
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Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2023 IntroductionIndigenous communities typically hold diverse traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of their social-ecological system. Much of this knowledge is embodied as skills related to subsistence practices within a specific landscape and is ...
Samuel Shephard +8 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Human populations that hunt, butcher, and sell bushmeat (bushmeat activities) are at increased risk for zoonotic pathogen spillover. Despite associations with global epidemics of severe illnesses, such as Ebola and mpox, quantitative assessments of ...
Soushieta Jagadesh +3 more
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Economic Contribution of Wildlife to Bushmeat Market in Ikire, Osun State, Nigeria
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2021 This paper assessed the economic contribution of wildlife to bushmeat market in Ikire, Osun State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected using semi-structured questionnaire and in-depth interview of targeted respondents.
T.K. Adebowale +3 more
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Putting conservation efforts in Central Africa on the right track for interventions that last
Conservation Letters, 2022 Interventions in Africa designed to stop biodiversity decline have often failed because they were based on a top‐down approach to management and focused on enforcing restrictive rules and imposing bans.
Eric Djomo Nana +9 more
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The importance of bushmeat in the livelihoods of West African cash-crop farmers living in a faunally-depleted landscape. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Bushmeat is an important resource in the livelihoods of many rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa and may be a crucial safety-net for the most vulnerable households, especially during times of economic hardship.
Björn Schulte-Herbrüggen +3 more
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