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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145743603321

Titolo

Bushmeat and livelihoods [[electronic resource] ] : wildlife management and poverty reduction / / edited by Glyn Davies, David Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007

ISBN

1-281-30935-4

9786611309350

0-470-69259-6

0-470-69169-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Conservation science and practice series ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

DaviesGlyn

BrownDavid <1945->

Disciplina

333.95/413096

333.95413096

639.9

Soggetti

Wildlife as food - Africa

Wildlife as food - Economic aspects - Africa

Wildlife management - Africa

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Published in association with the Overseas Development Institute and the Zoological Society of London.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Bushmeat and Livelihoods: Wildlife Management and Poverty Reduction; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part 1: Bushmeat - Markets and Households; 1 Hunting and Trapping in Gola Forests, South-eastern Sierra Leone: Bushmeat from Farm, Fallow and Forest; 2 Livelihoods and Sustainability in a Bushmeat Commodity Chain in Ghana; 3 Bushmeat Markets - White Elephants or Red Herrings?; 4 Cameroon: From Free Gift to Valued Commodity - the Bushmeat Commodity Chain Around the Dja Reserve

5 Determinants of Bushmeat Consumption and Trade in Continental Equatorial Guinea: an Urban-Rural Comparison6 Livelihoods, Hunting and the Game Meat Trade in Northern Zambia; Part 2: Institutional Contexts; 7 Is the Best the Enemy of the Good? Institutional and Livelihoods Perspectives on Bushmeat Harvesting and Trade - Some



Issues and Challenges; 8 Bushmeat, Wildlife Management and Good Governance: Rights and Institutional Arrangements in Namibia's Community-based Natural Resources Management Programme

9 Wildlife Management in a Logging Concession in Northern Congo: Can Livelihoods be Maintained through Sustainable Hunting?10 Institutional Challenges to Sustainable Bushmeat Management in Central Africa; Part 3: Extrasectoral Influences and Models; 11 Can Wildlife and Agriculture Coexist Outside Protected Areas in Africa? A Hopeful Model and a Case Study in Zambia; 12 Food for Thought for the Bushmeat Trade: Lessons from the Commercialization of Plant Non-timber Forest Products; 13 Bushmeat, Forestry and Livelihoods: Exploring the Coverage in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

14 The Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board (BQCMB): Blending Knowledge, People and Practice for Barren-ground Caribou Conservation in Northern CanadaPart 4: Regional Perspectives; 15 Hunting, Wildlife Trade and Wildlife Consumption Patterns in Asia; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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