A questionnaire survey and literature review revealed the extent of hunting of bats for
bushmeat in the Old World tropics. High levels of offtake were reported throughout Asia, the …

This paper makes a case for bushmeat as a topic of interest to development policy. Drawing
on a range of secondary sources, it argues that there are two principal grounds for this view …

Wild meat or 'bushmeat'has long served as a principal source of protein and a key
contributor to the food security of millions of people across the developing world, most …

Emerging zoonotic pathogens from wildlife pose increasing public health threats globally.
Bats, in particular, host an array of zoonotic pathogens, yet there is little research on how …

Understanding the factors driving demand for wild meat and its substitutes is crucial for
predicting the effects of changing socio-economic conditions on consumption, and …

Bushmeat is a large but largely invisible contributor to the economies of west and central
African countries. Yet the trade is currently unsustainable. Hunting is reducing wildlife …

We suggest an ethno-biological approach to analyze the cultural and social drivers of
hunting activities and assess sustainability in villages near Makokou, northeast Gabon …

The trade in wildlife products can represent an important source of income for poor people,
but also threaten wildlife locally, regionally and internationally. Bushmeat provides …

Examining local awareness and perceptions of illegal resource harvesting is a difficult but
necessary part of designing efficient wildlife resources conservation programs. We …

This paper relates the key findings of the optimal economic enforcement literature to
practical issues of enforcing forest and wildlife management access restrictions in …