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Aggrey S, Rwego IB, Sande E, Khayiyi JD, Kityo RM, Masembe C, Kading RC. Socioeconomic benefits associated with bats. JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE 2024; 20:78. [PMID: 39164694 PMCID: PMC11337575 DOI: 10.1186/s13002-024-00720-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2024] [Accepted: 08/05/2024] [Indexed: 08/22/2024]
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BACKGROUND While bats are tremendously important to global ecosystems, they have been and continue to be threatened by loss of habitat, food, or roosts, pollution, bat diseases, hunting and killing. Some bat species have also been implicated in the transmission of infectious disease agents to humans. While One Health efforts have been ramped up recently to educate and protect human and bat health, such initiatives have been limited by lack of adequate data on the pathways to ensure their support. For instance, data on the role of bats in supporting different components of human welfare assets would be utilized as a stepping stone to champion conservation campaigns. Unfortunately, these data are limited and efforts to synthesize existing literature have majorly focused on few components human welfare leaving other important aspects. METHODS Here, we analyze benefits associated with bats in the context of welfare economics considering all the asset components. We surveyed scientific and gray literature platforms utilizing particular keywords. We then classified these values using integrated approaches to understand different values across human welfare assets of "health," "material and immaterial assets," "security or safety" and "social or cultural or spiritual relations". RESULTS We found 235 papers from different countries indicating that bats play fundamental roles in supporting human welfare. These benefits were more prevalent in Asia and Africa. In terms of the use of bats to support welfare assets, bats were majorly utilized to derive material and immaterial benefits (n = 115), e.g., food and income. This was followed by their use in addressing health challenges (n = 99), e.g., treatment of ailments. There was a similarity in the benefits across different regions and countries. CONCLUSION These results indicate potential opportunities for strengthening bat conservation programs. We recommend more primary studies to enhance understanding of these benefits as well as their effectiveness in deriving the perceived outcomes.
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- Siya Aggrey
- Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
- Uganda Wildlife Research and Training Institute, P. O. Box 173, Kasese, Uganda.
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- Uganda Wildlife Research and Training Institute, P. O. Box 173, Kasese, Uganda
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- Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Biosecurity, Ecosystems and Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Panisi M, Pissarra V, Oquiongo G, Marques Palmeirim J, Faustino de Lima R, Nuno A. An endemic‐rich island through the eyes of children: Wildlife identification and conservation preferences in São Tomé (Gulf of Guinea). CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Martina Panisi
- DBA – Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon Portugal
- cE3c ‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon Portugal
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- MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Cascais Portugal
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- Associação Monte Pico, Monte Café São Tomé Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
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- DBA – Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon Portugal
- cE3c ‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon Portugal
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- DBA – Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon Portugal
- cE3c ‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon Portugal
- Associação Monte Pico, Monte Café São Tomé Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Exeter Cornwall Campus Penryn, Cornwall UK
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA), School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH) NOVA University Lisbon Lisbon Portugal
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Stachowicz I, Ferrer-Paris JR, Sanchez-Mercado A. Shifting cultivation and hunting across the savanna-forest mosaic in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela: facing changes. PeerJ 2021; 9:e11612. [PMID: 34178472 PMCID: PMC8214850 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Human encroachment and overexploitation of natural resources in the Neotropics is constantly increasing. Indigenous communities all across the Amazon, are trapped between a population rise and a hot debate about the sustainability of hunting rates. The Garden Hunting hypothesis states that shifting cultivation schemes (conucos) used by Amazon indigenous communities may generate favorable conditions, increasing abundance of small and medium wildlife species close to the 'gardens' providing game for indigenous hunters. METHODS Here, we combined camera trap surveys and spatially explicit interview dataset on Pemón indigenous hunting scope and occurrence in a mosaic of savanna and forest in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela to evaluate to what extent the wildlife resource use corresponds to Garden Hunting hypothesis. We applied the Royle-Nichols model and binomial regression in order to: (1) assess whether abundance of small and medium wildlife species is higher close to conucos and (2) evaluate whether hunters select hunting localities based on accessibility to wildlife resources (closeness to conuco) more than wildlife abundance. RESULTS We find mixed evidence supporting the Garden Hunting hypothesis predictions. Abundance of small and medium species was high close to conucos but the pattern was not statistically significant for most of them. Pemón seem to hunt in locations dominated by forest, where species abundance was predicted to be higher, than in close vicinity to conucos. Hunting scope was focused on the most abundant species located close to the conuco (Cuniculus paca), but also in less abundant and unavailable species (Crax alector, Tapirus terrestris and Odocoileus virginianus). CONCLUSIONS Our research provided the first attempt of a systematic sampling survey in the Gran Sabana, generating a quantitative dataset that not only describes the current pattern of wildlife abundance, but sets the base-line to monitor temporal and spatial change in this region of highland Amazon. We discuss the applicability of the estimates generated as a baseline as well as, environmental challenges imposed by economic, social and cultural changes such as mining encroachment for wildlife management.
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- Izabela Stachowicz
- Department of Biodiversity Studies and Bioeducation, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland
- Laboratorio de Biología de Organismos, Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Espacial, Centro de Estudios Botánicos y Agroforestales, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Maracaibo, Venezuela
- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, NSW, Kensington, Australia
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, NSW, Kensington, Australia
- Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Guayaquil, Samborondón 092301, Ecuador
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Rocha R, López-Baucells A, Fernández-Llamazares Á. Ethnobiology of Bats: Exploring Human-Bat Inter-Relationships in a Rapidly Changing World. J ETHNOBIOL 2021. [DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-41.1.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Ricardo Rocha
- CIBIO-InBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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- Global Change and Conservation (GCC), Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Global Change and Conservation (GCC), Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Evaluating how Swedish hunters determine which species belong in nature. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-020-01418-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Veríssimo D, Vieira S, Monteiro D, Hancock J, Nuno A. Audience research as a cornerstone of demand management interventions for illegal wildlife products: Demarketing sea turtle meat and eggs. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Diogo Veríssimo
- Department of ZoologyUniversity of Oxford Oxford UK
- San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research Escondido California
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- Programa Tatô, Largo do Bom Despacho Cidade de São Tomé São Tomé e Príncipe
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- Programa Tatô, Largo do Bom Despacho Cidade de São Tomé São Tomé e Príncipe
- MARAPA – Mar, Ambiente e Pesca Artesanal, Largo Bom Despacho ‐ CP 292 Cidade de São Tomé São Tomé e Príncipe
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- cE3c ‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de CiênciasUniversidade de Lisboa, Edifício C2, 5° Piso, Sala 2.5.41 Campo Grande Lisboa Portugal
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Exeter, Penryn Cornwall UK
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Peel AJ, Wood JLN, Baker KS, Breed AC, Carvalho AD, Fernández-Loras A, Gabrieli HS, Gembu GC, Kakengi VA, Kaliba PM, Kityo RM, Lembo T, Mba FE, Ramos D, Rodriguez-Prieto I, Suu-Ire R, Cunningham AA, Hayman DTS. How Does Africa's Most Hunted Bat Vary Across the Continent? Population Traits of the Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum) and Its Interactions with Humans. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2017. [DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2017.19.1.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Alison J. Peel
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, United Kingdom
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, United Kingdom
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, United Kingdom
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- Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, United Kingdom
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- Direção Geral de Ambiente, Avenida Kwame Krhuma-Caixa Postal 1023, São Tomé, São Tomé e Príncipe
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, United Kingdom
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- Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency (TVLA), Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries (MLDF), P.O. Box 1026, Tanga, Tanzania
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- Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, République Démocratique du Congo
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- College of Natural Sciences, School of BioSciences, Department of Biological Sciences. Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland
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- Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Forestal y Manejo del Sistema de Áreas Protegidas (INDEFOR-AP), Calle Jesús Bakale S/N, Bata, Equatorial Guinea
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- Parque Natural do Príncipe, Avenida Amilcar Cabral, Cidade de Santo António, Ilha do Príncipe, São Tomé e Príncipe
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, United Kingdom
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Cerri J, Ferretti M, Tricarico E. Are you aware of what you are doing? Asking Italian hunters about an invasive alien species they are introducing. J Nat Conserv 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2016.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hayman DT, Peel AJ. Can survival analyses detect hunting pressure in a highly connected species? Lessons from straw-coloured fruit bats. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 2016; 200:131-139. [PMID: 27499548 PMCID: PMC4965785 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Revised: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Animal behaviour, social structure and population dynamics affect community structure, interspecific interactions, and a species' resilience to harvesting. Building on new life history information for the straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) from multiple localities across Africa, we used survival analyses based on tooth-cementum annuli data to test alternative hypotheses relating to hunting pressure, demography and population connectivity. The estimated annual survival probability across Africa was high (≥ 0.64), but was greatest in colonies with the highest proportion of males. This difference in sex survival, along with age and sex capture biases and out-of-phase breeding across the species' distribution, leads us to hypothesize that E. helvum has a complex social structure. We found no evidence for additive mortality in heavily hunted populations, with most colonies having high survival with constant risk of mortality despite different hunting pressure. Given E. helvum's slow life history strategy, similar survival patterns and rate among colonies suggest that local movement and regional migration may compensate for local excess hunting, but these were also not clearly detected. Our study suggests that spatio-temporal data are necessary to appropriately assess the population dynamics and conservation status of this and other species with similar traits.
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- David T.S. Hayman
- Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory, Hopkirk Research Institute, Massey University, Private Bag, 11 222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK
- Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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Voigt CC, Kingston T, Racey PA. Exploitation of Bats for Bushmeat and Medicine. BATS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: CONSERVATION OF BATS IN A CHANGING WORLD 2015. [PMCID: PMC7123159 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-25220-9_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Bat hunting for consumption as bushmeat and medicine is widespread and affects at least 167 species of bats (or c. 13 % of the world’s bat species), in Africa, Asia, across the islands of Oceania, and to a lesser extent in Central and South America. Hunting is particularly prevalent among the large-bodied fruit bats of the Old World tropics, where half (50 %, 92/183) the extant species in the family Pteropodidae are hunted. Pteropodids that are hunted are six times more likely to be Red Listed as threatened: 66 % of species in IUCN threatened categories (CR, EN, VU, NT), compared to 11 % of species in the ‘Least Concern’ (LC) category. However, there still appears to be an information gap at the international level. One third of the hunted species on the Red List are not considered threatened by that hunting, and nearly a quarter of the bat species included in this review are not listed as hunted in IUCN Red List species accounts. This review has resulted in a comprehensive list of hunted bats that doubles the number of species known from either the IUCN Red List species accounts or a questionnaire circulated in 2004. More research is needed on the impacts of unregulated hunting, as well as on the sustainability of regulated hunting programs. In the absence of population size and growth data, legislators and managers should be precautionary in their attitude towards hunting. Roost site protection should be a priority as it is both logistically simpler than patrolling bat foraging grounds and reduces the comparatively larger scale mortality and stress that hunting at the roost can cause. Education and awareness campaigns within local communities should demonstrate how bats are a limited resource and emphasize characteristics (nocturnal, slow reproducing and colonial) that make them particularly vulnerable to hunting pressure.
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