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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]

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

Bushmeat networks link the forest to urban areas in the trifrontier region between Brazil, Colombia, and Peru

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2015
Recent studies have intended to quantify urban consumption and trade in Amazonian towns. However, little is still known about the different ways in which bushmeat is made available in urban areas, including commercial and noncommercial flows, and how ...
Nathalie van Vliet   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of Bacillus anthracis, Brucella spp., and Coxiella burnetii DNA signatures from bushmeat

open access: yesScientific 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
doaj   +1 more source

ANALYSIS OF HUNTERS' RETURN IN THREE MAJOR BUSHMEAT DEPOTS, IN SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA [PDF]

open access: yesAnalele Universităţii din Oradea: Seria Geografie, 2023
Submissions of game harvested by hunters per expedition to bushmeat landing depots in Southwestern Nigeria were studied for one year. Three established bushmeat landing depots were purposively selected for the study.
Omotola Abiola JAYEOLA   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamics and underlying causes of illegal bushmeat trade in Zimbabwe [PDF]

open access: yesOryx, 2011
AbstractThe prevalence and impacts of the illegal trade in bushmeat are under appreciated in Southern Africa, despite indications that it constitutes a serious conservation threat in parts of the region. Bushmeat trade has emerged as a severe threat to wildlife conservation and the viability of wildlife-based land uses in Zimbabwe during a period of ...
Lindsey, Peter Andrew   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Characterising Wildlife Trade Market Supply-Demand Dynamics.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
The trade in wildlife products can represent an important source of income for poor people, but also threaten wildlife locally, regionally and internationally.
J McNamara   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use and trade of bushmeat in Colombia: relevance to rural livelihoods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Key pointsExcept for the Andean region, bushmeat trade chains are a reality in all regions of Colombia. These chains are usually short and respond to local trade dynamics.In the Caribbean region, bushmeat trade chains cross different administrative boundaries, thus routes operate at greater distances.Bushmeat continues to play an important role in the ...
Gómez, Juanita   +6 more
openaire   +4 more sources

A Study of the Bushmeat Trade in Ouesso, Republic of Congo

open access: yesConservation and Society, 2008
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Ouesso, the largest town in northern Congo consumed 5700 kg of bushmeat a week in 1994. The purpose of this study, that was conducted between mid-June and mid-October1994, was to quantify the bushmeat trade in the town of Ouesso.
Hennessey, ABennett, Rogers, Jessica
openaire   +2 more sources

Ecological and financial impacts of illegal bushmeat trade in Zimbabwe [PDF]

open access: yesOryx, 2011
AbstractUnder conditions of political instability and economic decline illegal bushmeat hunting has emerged as a serious conservation threat in Zimbabwe. Following settlement of game ranches by subsistence farming communities, wildlife populations have been eradicated over large areas.
Lindsey, Peter Andrew   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Ecology of the bushmeat trade in west and central Africa

open access: yes, 2016
The bushmeat trade in West and Central Africa embraces a broad range of ecological, economic, and conservation issues. To date, most studies have focused on the economic and conservation aspects of the bushmeat trade, with less emphasis on the ecological implications of wildlife extraction.
PETROZZI F   +8 more
openaire   +6 more sources

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