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 necessity, complexity and difficulty of resolving the bushmeat crisis in West-Central Africa
Author
Pailler, S.
Year
2005
Secondary Title
Journal of Development and Social Transformation
Volume
2
Pages
99-107
Abstract
Wildlife plays a signifi cant role in rural peoples’ lives throughout West-Central Africa. This important resource is relied upon for sustenance and income generation. However, human populations and markets have grown, subsequently increasing the rates of wild game hunting to unsustainable levels. Increasing hunting pressures are resulting in overexploitation and are driving many species to extinction. This essay calls attention to this ‘bushmeat crisis’, outlines the complexity of this issue, describes the diffi culty in establishment and implementation of effective solutions, and identifi es a considerable need for additional research on this topic.
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