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The dynamics of wild and alternative meat consumption across Gabon, Central Africa
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Long‐term overharvesting of wild animals for their meat threatens wildlife and the people dependent on wild animal meat for their diets and incomes. Interventions to reduce wild meat consumption must be built upon a complete understanding of the roles of wild meat and its alternatives within food systems.
Joshua Bauld +14 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Meat production has notable benefits for food security, nutrition and various production economies, but has elicited substantial negative environmental impacts. Recreational hunting provides an alternative to agricultural meat production for over 24 million hunters worldwide.
Shane P. Mahoney, Richard D. Honor
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Impact of COVID-19 on the temporal dynamics of the bushmeat trade in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa
HeliyonThe bushmeat trade in West Africa is a major societal issue with contrasting implications on biodiversity, health, and economy. We assessed trade dynamics in Côte d’Ivoire as a response to governmental measures against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Koffi Jules Gossé +3 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The town of Gamba in southwest Gabon represents an exceptional example of how the development of an extractive industry (in this case oil production) may impact wild meat consumption in an area of global importance for biodiversity. Studies in the 1990s identified an active wild meat trade; however, no studies have been undertaken since, and ...
James McNamara +4 more
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Seasonal variation in bushmeat sales.
, 2013 Percentage of interviews recording sale of part or all of bushmeat harvested within two weeks prior to the interview. Total sample size is 293 interviews across 50 households (including all interviews recording bushmeat within any two week recall period).
Katherine Homewood (446763) +3 more
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Bats as bushmeat: a global review [PDF]
Oryx, 2009 Abstract A questionnaire survey and literature review revealed the extent of hunting of bats for bushmeat in the Old World tropics. High levels of offtake were reported throughout Asia, the Pacific islands and some Western Indian Ocean islands, where fruit bats of the genus Pteropus are eaten extensively.
Mickleburgh, Simon +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016 Aquatic bushmeat can be defined as the products derived from wild aquatic megafauna (e.g. marine mammals) that are used for human consumption and non-food purposes, including traditional medicine.
Mel Cosentino, Sue Fisher
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Freshwater turtles play vital roles in maintaining the health of aquatic ecosystems by supporting ecological balance, nutrient cycling and regulating prey populations. Unfortunately, they are among the most threatened species worldwide. Habitat fragmentation, illegal trade, overharvesting for meat, and use in ethnomedicinal practices have severely ...
Asmit Subba +6 more
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Bushmeat trade in Amuro-Okigwe, Nigeria
, 2006 Types, number and amount of bushmeat displayed for sale in a central bushmeat market in Amuro, Okigwe, Nigeria were recorded for 4 weeks in the month of November, which falls within the dry season in Nigeria.
PU Okorie +3 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Illegal trade of wild meat pose a severe threat to the survival of wildlife populations. The decline in the number of some species has been directly linked to these illegal activities. Poachers and traders of illegal wild meat products often mask them as livestock meat to sell to consumers who may or may not be complicit.
Moses Y. Otiende +7 more
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