Declining fish supply linked to wildlife consumption in West Africa, Science study reports
...n be considered bushmeat. The multi-billion dollar bushmeat industry is a key contributor to local economies t... The new Science study links escalations in the bushmeat trade to declines in fish supply and suggests that overfishing in the region will further complicate...Reduced fish stocks linked to increased bushmeat trade, wildlife declines in W. Africa
...ing fish stocks are fuelling a multibillion-dollar bushmeat trade in West Africa. It's a trend that is threate...direct link between fish supply and the demand for bushmeat in Ghanaian villages. Bushmeat is any wild species taken from public land and sold for consumption....New study links low fish supply to increased bushmeat hunting
...al fish supply with immediate, dramatic effects on bushmeat hunting and terrestrial wildlife," said lead autho... started surveying sales and price information for bushmeat at 12 local markets throughout Ghana in 1999. Over the next four years, they found that the monthly ...Study in Royal Society journal on sense of fairness in chimpanzees
...A 30329, United States A bioeconomic analysis of bushmeat hunting by Dr R Damania, Dr EJ Milner-Gulland and ...be effective. We present the first formal model of bushmeat hunting as a component of the household economy. Increasing bushmeat prices shifts effort into hunti...Study links Ebola outbreaks to animal carcasses
...proved awareness of this risk in communities where bushmeat is still a source of sustenance and continued monitoring of wildlife in the region. We have identified a 'win win' opportunity by using this information to both protect endangered apes from illegal hunting and to protect humans from deadly outbreaks...Will aid to poor put wildlife at risk?
...or. The study--which was the first to explore the bushmeat issue across the entire country--was based on surv... of poor families resulted in the largest jumps in bushmeat consumption. The rural poor are only 16 percent of the Gabonese population, but as they rely on wil...... from 16 countries cites deforestation, commercial bushmeat hunting, and the illegal animal trade as the primary threats, and warns that failure to respond will bring the first primate extinctions in more than a century. The golden-headed langur of Vietnam and China's Hainan gibbon number only in the doze...Primate virus jumps species barrier to humans for first time in Asia
...of previous viral transmission research focused on bushmeat hunting and consumption, a practice in which local... jumped the species barrier to humans when African bushmeat hunters came into contact with blood from infected animals. Though bushmeat hunting and consumption...Poaching, logging, and outbreaks of Ebola threaten central African gorillas and chimpanzees
...zees, they determined that recent Ebola outbreaks, bushmeat hunting and logging have almost wiped out some pop... contact with blood and other body fluids, putting bushmeat hunters and others who might handle carcasses of infected animals at risk. "If we find ways to prote...Founder of eastern Congo gorilla reserve wins prestigious award
...raditional threats such as habitat destruction and bushmeat hunting, as well as the war's devastation. Today, after the conflict that killed more than 3 million people, the DRC government formally recognizes much of the territory in Vwirasihikya's campaign as protected land under the control of local communit...Performing monkeys in Asia carry viruses that could jump species to humans
...ious research on viral transmission has focused on bushmeat hunting and consumption, a practice in which local... jumped the species barrier to humans when African bushmeat hunters came into contact with blood from infected animals. However, in Asia other forms of primate...West develops taste for primates
...market in a warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, where bushmeat is sold. "I was shocked that open markets sell large quantities of African bushmeat in major cities outside of Africa," Brashares says. Starting with his initial contact, Brashares has...Viruses can jump between primates and humans, researchers warn
..., but the risk is obviously there." In addition to bushmeat hunting, people are in close contact with monkeys in many settings in Asia: religious temples, open-air markets, street performances, nature preserves, zoos, and even homes, where monkeys are kept as pets. Each of these settings could provide entry p...Republic of Congo announces two massive protected areas
...se many core areas are beyond the current reach of bushmeat hunters, leaving relatively undisturbed habitat. "These two new protected areas are a tremendous addition to the Republic of Congo's protected-area network and to global protection of biodiversity," said Dr. Paul Elkan who directs WCS's Congo progr...Assessing ecosystem services to identify conservation priorities
...etts assessed five ecosystem services--sustainable bushmeat harvest, sustainable timber harvest, pharmaceutical bioprospecting, existence value (the intrinsic value of unspoiled wilderness), and carbon storage (forest conversion releases carbon dioxide)--provided by forests in the Mbaracayu Biosphere Reserve....Serengeti patrols cut poaching of buffalo, elephants, rhinos
...rotected areas is under increasing threat from the bushmeat and illegal trophy trades, and many argue that enforcement within protected areas is not sufficient to protect wildlife. Some say the $2 million spent annually in the Serengeti on patrols would be better spent on other preventive activities," says Ra......forest areas for both human settlement and distant bushmeat markets. A booming illegal ivory trade to nations such as China is driving poaching in these remote forests. While the study shows that unmanaged roads are clearly detrimental to forest elephants, it also found that protected areas are critical to ...