Bushmeat and Livelihoods Wildlife Management and Poverty Reduction

by Davies, Glyn; Brown, David

• ISBN13: 9781405167796
• ISBN10: 1405167793
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book explores the links between bushmeat and livelihoods in Africa, with a focus on the human dimension of the debate. Assembles biological, social and economic perspectives that illuminate the bushmeat debate Features a series of case studies that explore what species survive different intensities of bushmeat hunting and trapping Examines the shape and size of household bushmeat consumption and market trading Reviews governance and institutional impacts on wildlife management; lessons learned from agriculture, forest plant product, and development sectors; and perspectives from Asia and Latin America Provides an excellent resource for students and policy makers in wildlife management, conservation, and development

Author Biography

Glyn Davies is Director of Conservation Programmes at the Zoological Society of London. A forest ecologist with over 25 years research and management experience, that has included bushmeat investigations in Sierra Leone and Liberia. He has published academic papers and policy documents, and compiled management plans.

David Brown is a Research Fellow of the Overseas Development Institute in London. A sociologist, he has over 30 years’ experience in the tropics, mainly in West-Central Africa and has published extensively on development policy issues, particularly in the forest sector.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Bushmeat - Markets and Households	p. 11
Hunting and Trapping in Gola Forests, South-eastern Sierra Leone: Bushmeat from Farm, Fallow and Forest	p. 15
Livelihoods and Sustainability in a Bushmeat Commodity Chain in Ghana	p. 32
Bushmeat Markets - White Elephants or Red Herrings?	p. 47
Cameroon: From Free Gift to Valued Commodity - the Bushmeat Commodity Chain Around the Dja Reserve	p. 61
Determinants of Bushmeat Consumption and Trade in Continental Equatorial Guinea: an Urban-Rural Comparison	p. 73
Livelihoods, Hunting and the Game Meat Trade in Northern Zambia	p. 92
Institutional Contexts	p. 107
Is the Best the Enemy of the Good? Institutional and Livelihoods Perspectives on Bushmeat Harvesting and Trade - Some Issues and Challenges	p. 111
Bushmeat, Wildlife Management and Good Governance: Rights and Institutional Arrangements in Namibia's Community-based Natural Resources Management Programme	p. 125
Wildlife Management in a Logging Concession in Northern Congo: Can Livelihoods be Maintained through Sustainable Hunting?	p. 140
Institutional Challenges to Sustainable Bushmeat Management in Central Africa	p. 158
Extrasectoral Influences and Models	p. 173
Can Wildlife and Agriculture Coexist Outside Protected Areas in Africa? A Hopeful Model and a Case Study in Zambia	p. 177
Food for Thought for the Bushmeat Trade: Lessons from the Commercialization of Plant Non-timber Forest Products	p. 197
Bushmeat, Forestry and Livelihoods: Exploring the Coverage in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers	p. 212
The Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board (BQCMB): Blending Knowledge, People and Practice for Barren-ground Caribou Conservation in Northern Canada	p. 227
Regional Perspectives	p. 237
Hunting, Wildlife Trade and Wildlife Consumption Patterns in Asia	p. 241
References	p. 250
Index	p. 263
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