Trade in wildlife for traditional medicine in Ghana: therapeutic values, zoonoses considerations, and implications for biodiversity conservation

Gbogbo, Francis; Daniels, Joseph

doi:10.1080/10871209.2019.1605637

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“…Mammals as the most common taxonomic group of animal species sold for traditional medicine purposes was consistent with other inventory studies [3,4,7,9,29,30]. The high citations of chameleons and tortoise have been recorded in other studies in Africa [3,9,30] but that of Achatina spp. was consistent with only that of Gbogbo and Daniels [30].…”

Section: Animal Tradesupporting

confidence: 88%

“…The number of medicinal species listed in this study was quite smaller than in other studies in Africa [3,9,29] and was also smaller than that of a study in Ghana [30]. The relatively small number of species in this study (31) compared to the 41 recorded by Gbogbo and Daniels [30] can be attributed to the sample sizes which were seven markets in their study. Market surveys in Brazil also found differences in the number of recorded species traded for traditional medicine purposes in different markets [10,31].…”

Section: Animal Tradecontrasting

confidence: 76%

“…The high citations of chameleons and tortoise have been recorded in other studies in Africa [3,9,30] but that of Achatina spp. was consistent with only that of Gbogbo and Daniels [30]. Achatina spp.…”

Section: Animal Tradementioning

confidence: 67%

“…The aforementioned assertion is contrary to the view that regional biodiversity influences the types of zootherapeutic items sold in any given region [5]. For instance, most of the animal species recorded to be traded in the Greater Accra Region [30] are not distributed or endemic to the region and could not have been collected from the regional biome. Idiosyncrasy has been recorded to influence the choice of animal body parts used for medicinal purpose [21,22].…”

Section: Animal Tradementioning

confidence: 90%

“…This study was unable to document the medicinal uses of the animal species inventoried due to the reluctance of the respondents to reveal their uses. However, most of the uses for some of these species in Ghana have been reported in other publications [21][22][23]30,32]. Williams and Whiting [9] found traders' sensitivities towards disclosing information on animal usage to be due to a genuine lack of knowledge or refusal to impart knowledge.…”

Section: Animal Tradementioning

confidence: 99%

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Animals Traded for Traditional Medicine Purposes in the Kumasi Central Market, Ghana: Conservation Implications

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Agyemang

Wiafe³

et al. 2021

Conservation

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The Kumasi Central Market is the largest urban open market in Ghana and animals used for medicinal purposes are among the items that are typically displayed for sale. However, no study has been undertaken on the animal species sold for traditional medicine purposes. This study took inventory of animal species traded for medicinal purposes in the Kumasi Central Market and examined their conservation implications. The species recorded to be traded comprised 5 taxonomic classes, belonging to 20 families. Chameleons were found to be the most traded animal species. Seven (23%) of the species traded were found to be threatened under IUCN Red List, with four (13%) species listed on Appendix I of CITES, and eight (26%) species on Schedule I of Wildlife Conservation Regulations of Ghana. Wildlife regulations are not serving as a deterrent to the trade in threatened animal species. There is a need to sensitize traders about the threats faced by these animal species and provide explanations as to why these species should be protected.

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