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Distribution and Use of Income from Bushmeat in a Rural Village, Central Gabon

, 2010
Bushmeat hunting is an activity integral to rural forest communities that provides a high proportion of household incomes and protein requirements. An improved understanding of the relationship between bushmeat hunting and household wealth is vital to ...
Balmford, Andrew, Balmford, A., Manica, A., Airey, Lesley, Milner-Gulland, E.J., Abernethy, Katharine, Abernethy, K.A., Coad, L.M., Coad, Lauren M, Manica, Andrea, Airey, L., Milner-Gulland, Eleanor J   +11 more
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Bushmeat hunting practices by rural communities in the forests of Eastern South Africa: Motivations, techniques, and perceptions

Global Ecology and Conservation
Bushmeat hunting for consumption and trade represents a significant extinction threat to many wild terrestrial mammal species globally. In Africa, research on bushmeat consumption is largely associated with people living in the tropical forests of ...
Vusumzi Martins, Charlie Shackleton, Alta de Vos   +2 more
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Rethinking Spatial Prioritisation for Primate Conservation in an Unprotected Intact Forest Landscape in the Gulf of Guinea

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
This study highlights the importance of the unprotected Yabassi Key Biodiversity Area, Cameroon, for primate conservation in the Gulf of Guinea biodiversity hotspot. We modelled primate distribution patterns and found that historically overlooked parts of the landscape have high species richness and are critical for some threatened species.
Vianny Rodel Vouffo Nguimdo, Ekwoge Enang Abwe, Nelson Ekole Betobe, Bethan Jane Morgan, Matthias Waltert   +4 more
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Bushmeat [PDF]

To learn more about bushmeat, visit: www.cdc.gov/importation/index.htmlYou can learn more about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, visit: www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/index.htmlCS298782Bushmeat-FactSheet-h.pdfWhat is bushmeat? -- Bushmeat is illegal -- Bushmeat

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Evaluating synthetic substitutes to reduce illegal harvesting and support species recovery

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Providing synthetic substitutes is a widely promoted strategy to shift consumer demand away from wildlife products derived from threatened species. Yet, there is little evidence on whether product substitution prevents illegal or unsustainable harvesting and contributes to the recovery of threatened populations.
Aditya Shekhar Malgaonkar, Gareth Whittington‐Jones, Tristan Dickerson, Maswabi Lishandu, Sarah Davies, Zoe Woodgate, Xia Stevens, Choolwe Mulenga, Gift Mulenga, Mathew Phiri, Lucky Mulenga, Manyando Mukela, Gryton Kasamu, Willem A. Nieman, Gareth Mann, Abishek Harihar, Diogo Veríssimo, Rob Pickles   +17 more
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Facts about bushmeat and Ebola [PDF]

Bushmeat -- Bringing bushmeat into the United States -- Ebola \u2013 Bushmeat health concerns \u2013 Take action \u2013 More information ...

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Informal supply chains of wild meat from rural Amazonia and food security in an urban center

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Iquitos, the most populated city in the Peruvian Amazon, is a hub in the regional supply chain of wild meat and supplies urban consumers. Studies on wild meat consumption have focused primarily on markets, limiting the scope of species considered to those that are economically valuable and potential inferences from those data.
Fiorella Briceño Huerta, Michael P. Gilmore, Mark Bowler, Brian M. Griffiths   +3 more
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Photo showing the butchering of bushmeat by a trader in a bushmeat market in Bo City.

Photo showing the butchering of bushmeat by a trader in a bushmeat market in Bo City.
Tommy Hanson (18271762), Wahab Lawundeh (18271759), Hannah Brown (377124), Jack Jenkins (18271756)   +3 more
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Public health risks from illegally imported African bushmeat and smoked fish: Public health risks from African bushmeat and smoked fish

, 2016
peer reviewedLarge-scale importation of bushmeat from West and Central Africa into Europe was reported in 2010. We sampled 18 illegal African bushmeat consignments seized at Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris, France and tested for the presence of bacteria.
Chaber, Anne-Lise, Cunningham, A.
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Exploring legal‐ and health‐risk messaging to reduce demand for elephant skin

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are poached for an illegal trade in their skins, which are used in traditional medicine in Africa and Asia. We explored whether messages about the legal and health risks of using elephant skin for medicinal purposes (stomach illness) could reduce such consumption.
Beilu Duan, Zac Posada‐Baynham, Joceline Yong, Xiaoxi Zhang, Zhan Chen, Anita K. Y. Wan, Jingjing Zhao, Alexander Clark, Lishu Li, Wuji Zheng, Tien Ming Lee   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source