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Use of wild vertebrates for consumption and bushmeat trade in Brazil: a review
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2023 Background Bushmeat is a resource exploited by thousands of people around the world, especially in tropical and neotropical regions, constituting an important source of protein and income.
José Augusto Aragão Silva +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Meat from wildlife species (bushmeat) represents a major source of dietary protein in low- and middle-income countries where humans and wildlife live in close proximity.
Robab Katani +19 more
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Seasonal Bushmeat Hunger in the Congo Basin
EcoHealth, 2017 Unlike the Sudano-sahelian regions, which are confronted to severe periods of food shortage, tropical rainforests are known to provide a constant supply of a great diversity of food resources that mitigates the risk of food starvation for omnivorous humans.
Dounias, Edmond, Ichikawa, Mitsuo
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Bats as bushmeat in Madagascar
Madagascar Conservation & Development, 2009 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats are eaten by people throughout Madagascar and although the larger species like Pteropus rufus, Eidolon dupreanum, Rousettus madagascariensis and Hipposideros commersoni are preferred, small insectivorous bats are also eaten.
Jenkins, RKB, Racey, PA
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Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world's mammals [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Terrestrial mammals are experiencing a massive collapse in their population sizes and geographical ranges around the world, but many of the drivers, patterns and consequences of this decline remain poorly understood. Here we provide an analysis showing that bushmeat hunting for mostly food and medicinal products is driving a global crisis whereby 301 ...
Ripple, WJ +14 more
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An update on the risk of transmission of Ebola virus (EBOV) via the food chain
EFSA Journal, 2014 Several animal species were found to harbour Zaïre Ebola virus (ZEBOV), mainly non‐human primates and fruit bats. The risk for persons in Europe linked to the transmission of ZEBOV via handling and preparation (by consumers or staff handling the food in ...
European Food Safety Authority
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One Health, 2021 Bushmeat hunting and consumption, although widely utilized as necessary supplement to household income and nutrition in many regions, presents threats to public health and wildlife conservation efforts.
BreeAnna Dell +5 more
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A rapid assessment of hunting and bushmeat trade along the roadside between five Angolan major towns [PDF]
Nature Conservation, 2019 Hunting and related bushmeat trade are activities which negatively impact wildlife worldwide, with serious implications for biodiversity conservation.
Francisco M. P. Gonçalves +4 more
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The importance of wild meat and freshwater fish for children's nutritional intake in the Congo Basin
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wild meat and freshwater fish are widely consumed in the Congo Basin, but in some areas, they are at risk of disappearing due to unsustainable hunting and fishing and changes in their habitat. Wild meat is also at risk of being eliminated from local diets due to potential policy changes such as wild meat bans.
Amy Ickowitz +6 more
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Long-Term Urban Market Dynamics Reveal Increased Bushmeat Carcass Volume despite Economic Growth and Proactive Environmental Legislation on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Bushmeat hunting is extensive in west and central Africa as both a means for subsistence and for commercial gain. Commercial hunting represents one of the primary threats to wildlife in the region, and confounding factors have made it challenging to ...
Drew T Cronin +7 more
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