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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.95/413096; 333.95413096; 639.9
• Soggetto topico: Wildlife as food - Africa; Wildlife as food - Economic aspects - Africa; Wildlife management - Africa
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DaviesGlyn BrownDavid <1945->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Bushmeat and livelihoods
• ISBN: 1-281-30935-4; 9786611309350; 0-470-69259-6; 0-470-69169-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910145743603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Conservation science and practice series ; ; no. 2.