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Seeking serpents: Ball python trade in Benin, West Africa [PDF]

open access: yesNature Conservation, 2022
Ball pythons are traded as bushmeat, leather and belief-based medicine in West Africa, and specimens are exported in large numbers for the exotic pet trade.
Christian Toudonou   +10 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Do communities understand the impacts of unlawful bushmeat hunting and trade? Insights from villagers bordering Western Nyerere National Park Tanzania

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Assessing local people's understanding of the consequences of unsustainable bushmeat-related activities on conservation is an important step toward developing effective solutions to decrease unlawful hunting activities. The current study investigated the
Yohani R. Foya   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Putting conservation efforts in Central Africa on the right track for interventions that last

open access: yesConservation 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
doaj   +1 more source

Economic Contribution of Wildlife to Bushmeat Market in Ikire, Osun State, Nigeria

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

A rapid assessment of hunting and bushmeat trade along the roadside between five Angolan major towns [PDF]

open access: yesNature 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
doaj   +3 more sources

Is social media the new wet market? Social media platforms facilitate the online sale of bushmeat in West Africa

open access: yesOne Health, 2023
Social media provides a platform for wildlife crime syndicates to access a global consumer-driven market. Whilst studies have uncovered the online trade in wildlife, the availability of wild meat (bushmeat) has not been assessed.
Georgia Kate Moloney   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is urban bushmeat trade in Colombia really insignificant? [PDF]

open access: yesOryx, 2016
AbstractThe bushmeat trade in ecosystems in South America other than those within the Amazon basin is presumed to be insignificant, as alternative sources of protein (e.g. beef, chicken, fish) are considered to be more readily available in non-moist forests. However, studies and confiscation reports from countries such as Colombia suggest that bushmeat
Vliet, N. van   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Understanding consumer demand for bushmeat in urban centers of Cameroon with a focus on pangolin species

open access: yesConservation 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
Linh Bao Nguyen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Jurisdictional Approach to Indonesia’s Wildlife Trade

open access: yesNurani Hukum, 2022
Indonesia is one of the countries that lack a sense of concern for animals due to the rampant wildlife trade that occurs in the country. Bushmeat is not consumable since it is not regulated inside the Indonesian Law Number 18 of 2012 concerning food ...
Vega Vanessa Teodoree, Tantimin Tantimin
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in bushmeat trade in a postconflict forest town: implications for food security

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2017
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.
Nathalie van Vliet   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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