Carnistic Colonialism: A Rhetorical Dissection of “Bushmeat” in the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

Muller, S. Marek

doi:10.3389/fcomm.2021.656431

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“…Furthermore, the potential that this finding reflects a stereotyped view of the African conservation context should be considered. The assumption that natural resource use by Indigenous communities is always unsustainable and conflicts with conservation (e.g., bushmeat hunting) is juxtaposed with the continued international controversy over nonsubsistence hunting (Domínguez & Luoma, 2020; Garland, 2008; Muller, 2021). The result is the pervasive, yet potentially erroneous, view that hunting is a dominant threat across species in this region.…”

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Global mismatches between threat mapping research effort and the potential of threat abatement actions to reduce extinction risk

Ridley,

Rushton,

Hickinbotham

et al. 2024

Conservation Biology

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Threat mapping is a necessary tool for identifying and abating direct threats to species in the ongoing extinction crisis. There are known gaps in the threat mapping literature for particular threats and geographic locations, and it remains unclear if the distribution of research effort is appropriately targeted relative to conservation need. We aimed to determine the drivers of threat mapping research effort and to quantify gaps that, if filled, could inform actions with the highest potential to reduce species’ extinction risk. We used a negative binomial generalized linear model to analyze research effort as a function of threat abatement potential (quantified as the potential reduction in species extinction risk from abating threats), species richness, land area, and human pressure. The model showed that threat mapping research effort increased by 1.1 to 1.2 times per standardized unit change in threat abatement potential. However, species richness and land area were stronger predictors of research effort overall. The greatest areas of mismatch between research effort and threat abatement potential, receiving disproportionately low research effort, were related to the threats to species of agriculture, aquaculture, and biological resource use across the tropical regions of the Americas, Asia, and Madagascar. Conversely, the threat of linear infrastructure (e.g., roads and rails) across regions, the threat of biological resource use (e.g., hunting or collection) in sub‐Saharan Africa, and overall threats in North America and Europe all received disproportionately high research effort. We discuss the range of methodological and sociopolitical factors that may be behind the overall trends and specific areas of mismatch we found. We urge a stronger emphasis on targeting research effort toward those threats and geographic locations where threat abatement activities could make the greatest contribution to reducing global species extinction risk.

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confidence: 99%

Global mismatches between threat mapping research effort and the potential of threat abatement actions to reduce extinction risk

Ridley,

Rushton,

Hickinbotham

et al. 2024

Conservation Biology

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“…Transmission: Direct contact with an infected wild animal or fruit bats, monkeys such as baboons, great apes (chimpanzee and gorillas) and antelopes is believed to be the routes of the transmission of Ebola virus from animals to human beings. Human consumption of bush meat or wild animals has also been linked to animal-to-human transmission of Ebola (Muller,et al [27,(30)(31)(32)). Also animals may be infected when they eat fruits partially eaten by infected fruit bats or bats, hence, domestic animals raised on free range may get infected and transmit the virus to human.…”

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"Pros and Cons of Viral Zoonotic Diseases: A Public Health Nutrition Perspective and Policy Implication in Nigeria"

Adeniyi

2023

BJSTR

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Many of the infectious diseases of public health importance globally are zoonotic in nature, hence, there is need to exemplify these diseases with identifiable benefits and demerits for a better policy review towards improved public health. This is therefore a review of viral zoonotic diseases with emphasis on those that are and can be food-borne with the identifiable pros and cons tailored towards policy making and implementation enhancement with a conceptual framework drawn out for Nigeria. The search engines accessed are: Google search, Google scholar, PubMed and HINARI. Zoonotic diseases can be classified based on the causative pathogens which are virus, parasite, bacteria, fungi and prions. Some of the viral zoonotic diseases discussed are: Bird flu-Avian Influenza, Barmah Forest fever, COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Eastern Equine encephalitis, Ebola, Lassa fever, Dengue fever, Rift Valley fever, Hantavirus disease, Henipavirus disease, Hepatitis E, Human Immunodeficiency viral disease, etc. These diseases have associated merits and demerits.The pros as identified are: possibility of developing natural immunity against the disease in infected humans after recovery most especially in few viral zoonoses; outbreak of zoonosis may enforce proper channeling of resources for human benefits; outbreak of a zoonotic disease may also draw and command global attention to the endemic areas for aids; after an outbreak developed infrastructures, especially in the health sector, may be a trade off from an effective and prompt response to a zoonosis outbreak; there may exist a rapid concomitant technological and intellectual advancement due to the development of vaccines, drugs and other logistics to combat the disease as in the case of COVID-19. The cons as expected are accruable to both the measureable and non measureable reduction in quality of life, loss of lives and animals which are hazardous to human, animal and environmental sustainability, hence, a defective ecosystem that work against sustainable development. Zoonotic diseases are really with accompanied merits and demerits which if properly considered and addressed may be helpful in adequate and effective policy evaluation, review, upgrading and implementation towards sustainable development.

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A scoping review of live wildlife trade in markets worldwide

Brookes

Wismandanu

Sudarnika

et al. 2022

Science of The Total Environment

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Carnistic Colonialism: A Rhetorical Dissection of “Bushmeat” in the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

Cited by 5 publications

References 42 publications

Global mismatches between threat mapping research effort and the potential of threat abatement actions to reduce extinction risk

Global mismatches between threat mapping research effort and the potential of threat abatement actions to reduce extinction risk

"Pros and Cons of Viral Zoonotic Diseases: A Public Health Nutrition Perspective and Policy Implication in Nigeria"

A scoping review of live wildlife trade in markets worldwide

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