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The threat to primates and other mammals from the bushmeat trade in Africa, and how this threat could be diminished*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Evan Jones-Bowen  and
Stephanie Pendry
Stephanie Pendry
Affiliation:
Fauna & Flora International, Great Eastern House, Tenison Road, Cambridge CB1 2DT, UK. Fax: + 44 1223 461 481; e-mail: info@fauna-flora.org.
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Abstract

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The threat that the bushmeat trade presents to primates and other taxa was assessed from the literature, including data from markets, village hunting studies and logging concessions in Central and West Africa. In many cases the numbers of both common and protected species of primate being killed throughout the region are thought to be unsustainable. This is also the case for other taxa involved in the bushmeat trade, which crosses geographic, cultural and economic boundaries. A suite of measures must be considered to mitigate the effects of this trade, and these measures will have to recognize the local, regional and national socio-economic importance of the trade if they are to result in long-term conservation success.

Keywords

BushmeatCentral Africahuntingprimatessustainabilitythreats
Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , July 1999 , pp. 233 - 246
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1999

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The views presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of Fauna & Flora International.

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