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.


Title/Keywords
Author
Year

The Bushmeat Commodity Chain: patterns of trade and sustainability in a mature urban market in West Africa
Author
Cowlishaw, G.; Mendelson, S.; Rowcliffe, J.M.
Year
2004
Secondary Title
ODI Wildlife Policy Briefing
Volume
Pages
Abstract
Bushmeat can be an important component of household food security and income in West and Central Africa. However, there is growing concern that current levels of bushmeat extraction are unsustainable and will lead to the loss of bushmeat as a natural resource and to the extinction of many threatened species. Policy development to mitigate this risk is impeded by a dearth of information on the structure of the bushmeat trade and its biological sustainability. In this study, we tackle these problems by exploring the structure and sustainability of a bushmeat commodity chain supplying the city of Takoradi in Ghana.
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