Importance, cause and effect of bushmeat hunting in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania: Implications for community based wildlife management

Nielsen, Martin Reinhardt

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.017

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“…While the populations of many species decline under even moderate hunting pressure, some smaller species have been found to be more resilient (Nielsen 2006;Arnold 2008;Nasi et al 2008;van Vliet et al 2010). Work on sustainability of harvest of non-timber forest products suggests that plant species which are not harvested for their roots or bark (such as wild fruit and vegetables) may be able to sustain heavier levels of harvest (Ticktin 2004).…”

Section: Sustainability Of Wild Food Use and Landscape Managementmentioning

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Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape

Thilsted²,

et al. 2015

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This paper examines the literature on how biodiversity contributes to improved and diversified diets in developing countries. We assess the current state of evidence on how wild and cultivated biodiversity in all forms is related to healthy diets and nutrition, and examine how economic factors, knowledge and social norms interact with availability of biodiversity to influence both production and consumption choices. The paper identifies areas where evidence is lacking and ways to build synergies between nutrition-sensitive approaches and efforts to ensure sustainability of food systems and the natural environment.

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Section: Sustainability Of Wild Food Use and Landscape Managementmentioning

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Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape

Thilsted²,

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“…Lack of research focus has perhaps reflected a misconception that bushmeat hunting in savannas is typically a low impact, subsistence phenomenon (Barnett, 2000;Lindsey et al, 2011a). Literature on the bushmeat trade in savannas is limited to a review of the bushmeat trade in southern and East Africa (Barnett, 2000), and sporadic studies in Serengeti National Park (Hofer et al, 2000;Hofer et al, 2000;Loibooki et al, 2002;Marealle et al, 2010), other sites in Tanzania (Nielsen, 2006;Wilfred and MacColl, 2010), Mozambique (Fusari and Carpaneto, 2006;Lindsey and Bento, 2012), Zimbabwe (Gandiwa et al 2012;Lindsey et al 2011 a,b) and Zambia (Lewis and Phiri, 1998;Lewis, 2005;Brown, 2007;Lewis et al, 2011;Becker et al, 2012). While these studies demonstrate significant negative ecological impacts, the drivers, impacts and interventions needed to address the bushmeat trade in savannas are not well understood.…”

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The bushmeat trade in African savannas: Impacts, drivers, and possible solutions

Lindsey

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Becker

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“…Refs. [41,42] in their separate studies in Udzungwa Mountains, a protected area in Tanzanian, also reported that the Abbott duiker, though previously recorded, was no longer found in the area. This is a further evidence of wildlife population depletion in Africa [43][44][45].…”

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Bushmeat Utilization in Oban Sector of Cross River National Park: A ‘Biodiversity Palaver’

Adedoyin¹,

Jimoh²,

Omifolaji³

2017

Global Exposition of Wildlife Management

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This chapter examines the ecological effects of bushmeat extraction activities/methods and utilization of wildlife resources in the study area. It also highlights the perception of rural dwellers on the abundance of wildlife resources in the past 10 years as well as suggesting solution to this impending danger of depletion. Two different methods were used. The first method being stratified sampling method was used to investigate the activities involved in the extraction and utilization of wildlife resources, while the other method used a questionnaire to investigate the local people's perceptions on the abundance of wildlife resources. Results showed that gunshots were the most used (32.4%) of all the methods of extracting bushmeat in the study area, followed by the use of snares (25.5%). However, 86% (n = 86) of the respondents admitted that they consume bushmeat, while only 14% (n = 14) claimed otherwise. Buying bushmeat from markets and hunters ranked highest 55% (n = 33) among the methods of getting bushmeat in the study area, followed by the method of indirect hunting 30% (n = 18). Respondents claimed that bushmeat was occasionally consumed 38.1% (n = 37). Furthermore, 88% (n = 86) of the respondents agreed that there has been drastic change, while only about 12% (n = 12) objected to the marked difference in wildlife abundance in the park in the last 10 years. Note that 53% (n = 49) of the respondents agreed that wildlife resources in the study area have been depleted. The perception of the communities' members on the establishment of community-based wildlife management program in the area is significant (0.013*) at 0.05 level. The study revealed high level of hunting activities resulting from the use of unsustainable hunting methods, high demand for bushmeat, and lack of capacity to control hunting in the park. Lack of adequate attention to the role of bushmeat utilization as an important contributor of local livelihoods by development agencies, nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations, and national governments contributes to the unsustainable hunting of bushmeat in tropical forests. Finally, to achieve the levels of protection necessary, habitat preservation therefore remains the key criterion for any conservation program, for without sufficient quantity and quality of habitat there will be no viable wildlife population to protect.

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Importance, cause and effect of bushmeat hunting in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania: Implications for community based wildlife management

Cited by 92 publications

References 24 publications

Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape

Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape

The bushmeat trade in African savannas: Impacts, drivers, and possible solutions

Bushmeat Utilization in Oban Sector of Cross River National Park: A ‘Biodiversity Palaver’

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