Market access and wild meat consumption in the central Amazon, Brazil

Chaves, Willandia A.; Wilkie, David; Monroe, Martha C.; Sieving, Kathryn E.

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2017.06.013

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“…Contrary to our hypothesis, households did not appear able to compensate for lower fish catch by eating more chicken or beef, which remained rare, and did not increase during the lean high‐water season. Domestic meat consumption reported was almost entirely purchased frozen chicken, yet increasing its consumption may be difficult due to limited refrigeration capacity, large distances to shops (Chaves, Wilkie, Monroe, & Sieving, 2017) and low purchasing power (Nunes, Peres, Constantino, Santos, & Fischer, 2019). Moreover, raising livestock in floodplains is a high‐risk alternative strategy (Chibnik, 1994) due to losses from drowning and pests (Coomes, Takasaki, Abizaid, & Barham, 2010).…”

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Tough fishing and severe seasonal food insecurity in Amazonian flooded forests

2020

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1. Billions of people rely on harvesting wildlife for food, and must contend with catch rates that vary in space (e.g. overharvesting near communities) and time (e.g. seasonal migrations). Yet, research has overlooked potential linkages between reduced wildlife catch rates (catch-per-unit-effort) and food security. Moreover, assumptions that people living in biologically rich environments are food secure lack empirical testing. This is problematic given that food security rests on having stable access to sufficient food, rather than there being sufficient food.2. We examine spatiotemporal variation in fish catch rates and perceived food security among rural communities in Amazonian flooded forests. We also assess social inequities in food insecurity. We used structured interviews to collect data on fishing, hunting, chicken and beef consumption, and perceptions of food security.We did so during 556 household visits along a spatial gradient (1,267 km) of commercial fishing pressure, during high-and low-water seasons.3. We provide the first empirical evidence of simultaneous seasonal crashes in wildlife catch rates and food insecurity. During the high-water season, fish catch rates were 73% lower, and the probability of not eating for a whole day was four times higher. With a third of households skipping meals and a sixth not eating for a whole day during this season, food security can be classed as severe. However, less-deprived households tended to avoid severe food insecurity. Fish catch rates and perceived food security did not vary along a spatial gradient of commercial overfishing. River-dwelling Amazonians increased fishing and hunting efforts during the high-water season, without eating more chicken and beef, emphasizing the importance of stable access to wild fish and bushmeat.4. This study shows how wildlife catch rates and food security can crash seasonally and simultaneously, demonstrating the fallacies of environmental and social policies which assume stability of food availability in resource-rich areas. Our results have implications for degraded habitats where falls in catch rates also occur. This suggests that overharvesting, as with other causes of reduced catch rates, could cause food insecurity in wildlife-reliant populations. | 469People and Nature TREGIDGO ET al.

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Tough fishing and severe seasonal food insecurity in Amazonian flooded forests

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“…; Chaves et al. ). Participants were made comfortable with our interview process by informing them of the study aims prior to the interview.…”

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“…A few studies have been conducted on how the economic and cultural background of consumers in Amazonian cities can affect how much wild meat is eaten Conservation Biology Volume 34, No. 2, 2020 (Morsello et al 2015;Chaves et al 2017); however, studies that can predict the volume of wild meat consumed in urban centers at a regional level are still absent.…”

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Urban wild meat consumption and trade in central Amazonia

Bizri

Morcatty

Valsecchi

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Conservation Biology

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The switch from hunting wild meat for home consumption to supplying more lucrative city markets in Amazonia can adversely affect some game species. Despite this, information on the amounts of wild meat eaten in Amazonian cities is still limited. We estimated wild meat consumption rates in 5 cities in the State of Amazonas in Brazil through 1046 door‐to‐door household interviews conducted from 2004 to 2012. With these data, we modeled the relationship between wild meat use and a selection of socioeconomic indices. We then scaled up our model to determine the amounts of wild meat likely to be consumed annually in the 62 urban centers in central Amazonia. A total of 80.3% of all interviewees reported consuming wild meat during an average of 29.3 (CI 11.6) days per year. Most wild meat was reported as bought in local markets (80.1%) or hunted by a family member (14.9%). Twenty‐one taxa were cited as consumed, mostly mammals (71.6%), followed by reptiles (23.2%) and then birds (5.2%). The declared frequency of wild meat consumption was positively correlated with the proportion of rural population as well as with the per capita gross domestic product of the municipality (administrative divisions) where the cities were seated. We estimated that as much as 10,691 t of wild meat might be consumed annually in the 62 urban centers within central Amazonia, the equivalent of 6.49 kg per person per year. In monetary terms, this amounts to US$21.72 per person per year or US$35.1 million overall, the latter figure is comparable to fish and timber production in the region. Given this magnitude of wild meat trade in central Amazonia, it is fundamental to integrate this activity into the formal economy and actively develop policies that allow the trade of more resilient taxa and restrict trade in species sensitive to hunting.

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“…), and market access (Chaves et al . ) are associated with wild meat consumption. However, interventions to assess how these factors influence consumption are lacking.…”

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“…Approaches to reduce wild meat demand must be based on an understanding of consumption. Taste preference (Schenck et al 2006;Baia et al 2010), price (Wilkie et al 2005), availability of wild meat and substitutes (van Vliet & Mbazza 2011), wealth (Godoy et al 2010, income (Wilkie & Godoy 2001;Parry et al 2014), and market access (Chaves et al 2017) are associated with wild meat consumption. However, interventions to assess how these factors influence consumption are lacking.…”

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Changing Wild Meat Consumption: An Experiment in the Central Amazon, Brazil

Chaves

Valle

Monroe

et al. 2017

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Millions of people across the tropics rely on wildlife for food and income. However, overhunting to satisfy this demand is causing the decline of many species; an issue known as the wild meat crisis. We applied a before-after controlintervention design to assess the effects of social marketing (an information campaign and community engagement) with and without an economic incentive (discount coupons for chicken) on wild meat consumption. Coupons increased chicken consumption, as expected, but did not reduce wild meat consumption. In contrast, social marketing without the price incentive reduced wild meat consumption by ß62%. This study demonstrates how social marketing and price incentives may be effective at reducing demand for meat and other wildlife products.

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Market access and wild meat consumption in the central Amazon, Brazil

Cited by 47 publications

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Tough fishing and severe seasonal food insecurity in Amazonian flooded forests

Tough fishing and severe seasonal food insecurity in Amazonian flooded forests

Urban wild meat consumption and trade in central Amazonia

Changing Wild Meat Consumption: An Experiment in the Central Amazon, Brazil

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