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A new series of briefing papers covering the development
policy dimensions of wildlife management issues. WPBs
are targeted at a wide audience of policy makers, researchers
and practitioners.
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Wildlife
Policy Brief
No. 11 |
'How Important is Bushmeat Consumption in South America: Now and in the Future?'
February 2005 Jonathan Rushton, Rommy Viscarra, Cecilia Viscarra, Frederick Basset, Rene Baptista and David Brown
Between 5 to 8 million people in South America rely regularly on bushmeat as a source of protein in their diets. This represents only 1.4 to 2.2% of the total continental population, but these people are likely to be some of the poorest in the region. In terms of its contributions to the overall supply of meat in the region, bushmeat would appear to have very little importance. The future importance of bushmeat will depend on two factors: the economic growth of the South American economies and the ability of the livestock and fishery sectors to supply affordable protein. If both these factors are positive over the next time period, it is suggested that bushmeat will further reduce in importance both in terms of the number of people who consume such meat and the total quantity of meat consumed....
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Wildlife
Policy Brief
No. 10 |
'Forest Product Sale as Financial Insurance: Evidence from Honduran Smallholders'
January 2005 Kendra McSweeney
How do earnings from the sale of forest products help smallholders cope with unexpected cash needs? This paper investigates the conditions under which forest-dwelling families in the Honduran rain forest turn to forest products given that they often have other means to self-insure against illness, crop loss and other misfortunes. The study suggests that the sale of forest products offers an important fall-back during hard times, and is particularly important for young, land- and labour-poor households who may have few other ways of coping with financial crises. A number of recommendations for conservation and development policy follow from these findings....
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Wildlife
Policy Brief
No. 9 |
'Captive breeding of wild species-a sceptical view of the prospects'
December 2004 Jonathan Rushton, Rommy Viscarra, Cecilia Viscarra, Frederick Basset, Rene Baptista, Corsino Huallata and David Brown
The authors argue that in order to have sustainable wildlife farming for meat production, it is necessary that the chosen species are amenable to domestication. This paper will present two issues of importance: the costs of producing meat in wildlife farms, and a framework for policy makers on how to react to initiatives promoting wildlife farming for meat production. The first of these issues is largely South America-specific; the second should be directly applicable in other regions of the world....
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Wildlife
Policy Brief
No. 8 |
'Bushmeat Hunters and Secondary Traders: making the distinction for livelihood improvement'
August 2004 Hilary Solly
This paper proposes a closer look at the bushmeat economy in the Dja Reserve in Cameroon in order to understand how livelihood strategies vary between those involved...
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Wildlife
Policy Brief
No. 7 |
'The Bushmeat Commodity Chain:
Patterns of trade and sustainability in a mature urban
market in West Africa'
June 2004 Guy Cowlishaw, Samantha
Mendelson, and J. Marcus Rowcliffe
The authors argue that current
market sustainability in Takoradi, Ghana may be the
result of historical levels of over-exploitation,
leaving robust species with high reproductive rates.
They conclude that such mature markets can be sustainably
managed and, owing to the robust, fast reproducing
species in the trade there, are of low priority for
conservation action...
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Wildlife
Policy Brief
No. 6 |
'Wild meat harvest and trade
in Liberia: Managing biodiversity, economic and social
impacts'
April
2004 Reginald Hoyt
More Liberians benefit from the
bushmeat trade than from the timber or mining industries.
This paper argues that unless national and community
management capacity is increased, Liberia will not only
fail to meet its conservation objectives, it will also
lose a valuable natural resource upon which many poor
people depend...
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Wildlife
Policy Brief
No. 5 |
‘Barren ground caribou co-management
in the Eastern Canadian Arctic: Lessons for bushmeat’
April 2004 Andrew Hurst
The history and present arrangements
involving government scientists and indigenous hunters
in caribou conservation are examined to show that there
are many lessons to be learned for bushmeat management
in the tropics...
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Wildlife
Policy Brief
No. 4 |
‘The bushmeat trade and
Fishing Licence Agreements in West Africa’
March 2004 Ian Watson and Justin
Brashares
Considering evidence from Ghana,
this paper concludes that while there is an interaction
between fish supplies and bushmeat species populations,
the nature of this relationship is not well known.
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Wildlife Policy Brief
No. 3 |
‘Contribution of forest
insects to food security and forest conservation:
The example of caterpillars in Central Africa’
January 2004 Paul Vantomme,
Daniela Göhler and François N'Deckere-Ziangba
This paper looks at the development
policy implications of edible insects for poor people
in Central Africa, particularly the part of caterpillar
species in food security.
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Wildlife Policy Brief
No. 2 |
‘Bushmeat and Poverty Alleviation:
Implications for Development Policy’
November 2003 David
Brown
This paper discusses arguments
for the inclusion of bushmeat in considerations of
poverty alleviation, economic growth and good governance
policies.
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Wildlife Policy Brief
No. 1 |
‘Wild resources and livelihoods
of poor households in the Democratic Republic of Congo’
November 2003 Emmanuel de Merode,
Katherine Homewood and Guy Cowlishaw
This paper outlines research
on the links between poverty and wild food use in
a poor community of Congolese farming households.
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