Bushmeat Database

The searchable Bushmeat Database contains more than 700 citations, including peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book chapters, technical papers, reports and conference proceedings. Citations include direct DOI-based links to the articles on the original journal or publisher’s website. To see the data displayed in a visual format, visit the Bushmeat Data Map.


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Author
Year

The bushmeat hunting boom in a village of the Baka hunter-gatherers in southeast Cameroon
Author
Yasuoka, H.
Year
2005
Secondary Title
7th Kyoto University International Symposium: Coexistence with Nature in a 'Globalizing' World
Volume
Pages
247-256
Abstract
When the logging road was opened to traffic, many poachers and traders in bushmeat came to the villages in the heart of the forest, with miscellaneous goods and liquors. They also brought to the villages a variety of hunting tools, including steel wires, guns and bullets. Some of them hunt by themselves under the Baka’s guidance, others commission the Baka to hunt. Consequently, hunting mode of the village has drastically changed from subsistence to commercial. The Baka hunters consumed one of three captures in their home, and the rest were sold to purchase for food and alcoholic drinks. Hunting pressure seems to be excessive, while hunting efficiency has not considerably declined yet. Game population would rapidly deteriorate and make the forest “empty”, if the hunting pressure remains at the present level.
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