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Buffa DC, Thompson KE, Reijerkerk D, Brittain S, Manahira G, Samba R, Lahiniriko F, Brenah Marius CJ, Augustin JY, Tsitohery JRF, Razafy RM, Leonce H, Rasolondrainy T, Douglass K. Understanding constraints to adaptation using a community-centred toolkit. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2023; 378:20220391. [PMID: 37718606 PMCID: PMC10505857 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Worldwide, marginalized and low-income communities will disproportionately suffer climate change impacts while also retaining the least political power to mitigate their consequences. To adapt to environmental shocks, communities must balance intensifying natural resource consumption with the need to ensure the sustainability of ecosystem provisioning services. Thus, scientists have long been providing policy recommendations that seek to balance humanitarian needs with the best outcomes for the conservation of ecosystems and wildlife. However, many conservation and development practitioners from biological backgrounds receive minimal training in either social research methods or participatory project design. Without a clear understanding of the sociocultural factors shaping decision-making, their initiatives may fail to meet their goals, even when communities support proposed initiatives. This paper explores the underlying assumptions of a community's agency, or its ability to develop and enact preferred resilience-enhancing adaptations. We present a context-adaptable toolkit to assess community agency, identify barriers to adaptation, and survey perceptions of behaviour change around natural resource conservation and alternative food acquisition strategies. This tool draws on public health and ecology methods to facilitate conversations between community members, practitioners and scientists. We then provide insights from the toolkit's collaborative development and pilot testing with Vezo fishing communities in southwestern Madagascar. This article is part of the theme issue 'Climate change adaptation needs a science of culture'.
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- Danielle C. Buffa
- The Pennsylvania State University, 312 Carpenter Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA, USA
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- The Pennsylvania State University, 312 Carpenter Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA, USA
- The Climate School, Columbia University, Hogan Hall, 2910 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, USA
- Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, 101 Circle Rd, SBS Building S-501, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Stony Brook University Libraries, 100 Nicolls Rd., Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, Department of Biology, University of Oxford, 11a Mansfield Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3SZ, UK
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- The Morombe Archaeological Project, Commune de Befandefa, Ampamata Andavadoake 618, Madagascar
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- The Morombe Archaeological Project, Commune de Befandefa, Ampamata Andavadoake 618, Madagascar
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- The Morombe Archaeological Project, Commune de Befandefa, Ampamata Andavadoake 618, Madagascar
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- The Morombe Archaeological Project, Commune de Befandefa, Ampamata Andavadoake 618, Madagascar
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- The Morombe Archaeological Project, Commune de Befandefa, Ampamata Andavadoake 618, Madagascar
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- The Morombe Archaeological Project, Commune de Befandefa, Ampamata Andavadoake 618, Madagascar
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- Université de Toliara, Centre de Documentation et de Recherche, sur l’Art et les Traditions Orales à Madagascar, Université de Toliara, Toliara 601, Madagascar
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- The Climate School, Columbia University, Hogan Hall, 2910 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, USA
- The Morombe Archaeological Project, Commune de Befandefa, Ampamata Andavadoake 618, Madagascar
- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Birds, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA
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Enns C, van Vliet N, Mbane J, Muhindo J, Nyumu J, Bersaglio B, Massé F, Cerutti PO, Nasi R. Vulnerability and coping strategies within wild meat trade networks during the COVID-19 pandemic. WORLD DEVELOPMENT 2023; 170:106310. [PMID: 37312885 PMCID: PMC10213300 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Measures adopted to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and economic shocks caused by the pandemic have affected food networks globally, including wild meat trade networks that support the livelihoods and food security of millions of people around the world. In this article, we examine how COVID-related shocks have affected the vulnerability and coping strategies of different actors along wild meat trade networks. Informed by 1,876 questionnaires carried out with wild meat hunters, traders, vendors, and consumers in Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Guyana, the article presents qualitative evidence as to how COVID-19 impacted different segments of society involved in wild meat trade networks. Our findings largely align with McNamara et al. (2020) and Kamogne Tagne et al.'s (2022) causal model hypothesising how the impacts of the pandemic could lead to a change in local incentives for wild meat hunting in sub-Saharan African countries. Like McNamara et al. (2020) and Kamogne Tagne et al. (2022), we find that the pandemic reduced wild meat availability for wild meat actors in urban areas while increasing reliance on wild meat for subsistence purposes in rural areas. However, we find some impact pathways to be more relevant than others, and also incorporate additional impact pathways into the existing causal model. Based on our findings, we argue that wild meat serves as an important safety net in response to shocks for some actors in wild meat trade networks. We conclude by advocating for policies and development interventions that seek to improve the safety and sustainability of wild meat trade networks and protect access to wild meat as an environmental coping strategy during times of crisis.
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- Center for International Forestry Research-World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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- Center for International Forestry Research-World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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- Center for International Forestry Research-World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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- Center for International Forestry Research-World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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- Center for International Forestry Research-World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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- Center for International Forestry Research-World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Ciobanu MM, Manoliu DR, Ciobotaru MC, Anchidin BG, Matei M, Munteanu M, Frunză G, Murariu OC, Flocea EI, Boișteanu PC. The Influence of Sensory Characteristics of Game Meat on Consumer Neuroperception: A Narrative Review. Foods 2023; 12:foods12061341. [PMID: 36981266 PMCID: PMC10048761 DOI: 10.3390/foods12061341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Game meat contains bioactive compounds that directly influence the formation of a rich reservoir of flavor precursors that produce specific sensory properties. Quality is considered one of the most influential determinants of consumer behavior, but the interpretation of this concept differs between consumers. Although recognized for its quality, its unique sensory characteristics (smell, taste, aroma) may have a major impact on consumer perception. The aim of this review is to describe the consumer behavior regarding game meat through elements of neuroperception, using methods of analysis, observation, and interpretation of scientific information from the literature. Following the analysis of published papers on this topic, it was shown that external factors influencing the biological basis of behavior could provide explanations for the acceptance or rejection of this type of meat and solutions. Neuroperception can explain the mechanism behind consumer decision-making. The influence of extrinsic factors (environment, mood, emotions, stress) shapes the perception of the quality attributes of game meat, the unique sensory characteristics of game meat passing through a primary filter of sensory receptors (eyes, nose, tongue, etc). Game meat is darker and tougher (compared to meat from domestic animals), and the taste and smell have the power to trigger memories and change the mood, influencing consumer behavior. Understanding consumer attitudes towards game meat in relation to quality attributes and the physiology of sensory perception can provide important insights for food industry professionals, processors, sensory evaluators, and researchers.
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- Marius-Mihai Ciobanu
- Faculty of Agriculture, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Life Sciences, M. Sadoveanu Alley, No. 3, 700490 Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Animal and Food Resources Engineering, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Life Sciences, M. Sadoveanu Alley, No. 8, 700490 Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Agriculture, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Life Sciences, M. Sadoveanu Alley, No. 3, 700490 Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Animal and Food Resources Engineering, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Life Sciences, M. Sadoveanu Alley, No. 8, 700490 Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Animal and Food Resources Engineering, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Life Sciences, M. Sadoveanu Alley, No. 8, 700490 Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Animal and Food Resources Engineering, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Life Sciences, M. Sadoveanu Alley, No. 8, 700490 Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Agriculture, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Life Sciences, M. Sadoveanu Alley, No. 3, 700490 Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Agriculture, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Life Sciences, M. Sadoveanu Alley, No. 3, 700490 Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Agriculture, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Life Sciences, M. Sadoveanu Alley, No. 3, 700490 Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Animal and Food Resources Engineering, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Life Sciences, M. Sadoveanu Alley, No. 8, 700490 Iasi, Romania
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Consuming wildmeat may protect against iron-deficiency anemia, a serious public health problem globally. Contributing to debates on the linkages between wildmeat and the health of forest-proximate people, we investigate whether wildmeat consumption is associated with hemoglobin concentration in rural and urban children (< 5 years old) in central Brazilian Amazonia. Because dietary practices mediate the potential nutritional benefits of wildmeat, we also examined whether its introduction into children's diets is influenced by rural/urban location or household socio-economic characteristics. Sampling 610 children, we found that wildmeat consumption is associated with higher hemoglobin concentration among the rural children most vulnerable to poverty, but not in the least vulnerable rural, or urban children. Rural caregivers share wildmeat with children earlier-in-life than urban caregivers, potentially because of cultural differences, lower access to domesticated meat, and higher wildmeat consumption by rural households (four times the urban average). If wildmeat becomes unavailable through stricter regulations or over-harvesting, we predict a ~ 10% increased prevalence of anemia among extremely poor rural children. This modest protective effect indicates that ensuring wildmeat access is, alone, insufficient to control anemia. Sustainable wildlife management could enhance the nutritional benefits of wildlife for vulnerable Amazonians, but reducing multidimensional poverty and improving access to quality healthcare are paramount.
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Hart JA, Omene O, Hart TB. Vouchers control for illegal bushmeat transport and reveal dynamics of authorised wild meat trade in central Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Afr J Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/aje.12965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- John A. Hart
- Frankfurt Zoological Society Tshuapa‐Lomami‐Lualaba (TL2) Project Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Frankfurt Zoological Society Tshuapa‐Lomami‐Lualaba (TL2) Project Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Frankfurt Zoological Society Tshuapa‐Lomami‐Lualaba (TL2) Project Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Wright JH, Malekani D, Funk SM, Ntshila J, Mayet L, Mwinyihali R, Fa JE, Wieland M. Profiling the types of restaurants that sell wild meat in Central African cities. Afr J Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/aje.12993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx New York USA
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- Division of Biology and Conservation Ecology School of Science and the Environment Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester UK
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Kota Bogor Indonesia
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Mavah G, Child B, Swisher ME. Empty laws and empty forests: Reconsidering rights and governance for sustainable wildlife management in the Republic of the Congo. Afr J Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/aje.12953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Germain Mavah
- Wildlife Conservation Society Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, Congo Brazzaville Congo
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- Center for African Studies Department of Geography University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA
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- Family, Youth, and Community Sciences University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA
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Willis J, Ingram DJ, Abernethy K, Kemalasari D, Muchlish U, Sampurna Y, Midoko Iponga D, Coad L. WILDMEAT interventions database: A new database of interventions addressing unsustainable wild meat hunting, consumption and trade. Afr J Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/aje.13000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jasmin Willis
- Center for International Forestry Research Jalan CIFOR Situ Gede Sindang Barang Bogor (Barat) Indonesia
- Department of Zoology University of Oxford Oxford UK
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- African Forest Ecology Group Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling UK
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- African Forest Ecology Group Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling UK
- Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale (IRET) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CENAREST) Libreville Gabon
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- Center for International Forestry Research Jalan CIFOR Situ Gede Sindang Barang Bogor (Barat) Indonesia
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- Center for International Forestry Research Jalan CIFOR Situ Gede Sindang Barang Bogor (Barat) Indonesia
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- Center for International Forestry Research Jalan CIFOR Situ Gede Sindang Barang Bogor (Barat) Indonesia
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- Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale (IRET) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CENAREST) Libreville Gabon
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- Center for International Forestry Research Jalan CIFOR Situ Gede Sindang Barang Bogor (Barat) Indonesia
- Department of Zoology University of Oxford Oxford UK
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Wieland M, Frost Yocum L, Vanegas L, Wright J, Mwinyihali R. From the forest to the fork: A conceptual framework of the wild meat supply–demand system to guide interventions in tackling unsustainable trafficking and consumption in the Congo Basin. Afr J Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/aje.12964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Riddell M, Maisels F, Lawrence A, Stokes E, Schulte‐Herbrüggen B, Ingram DJ. Combining offtake and participatory data to assess the sustainability of a hunting system in northern Congo. Afr J Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/aje.13001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Global Conservation Program Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx New York USA
- African Forest Ecology Group, Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling Stirling UK
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- The Centre for Mountain Studies University of the Highlands and Islands Perth UK
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- Global Conservation Program Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx New York USA
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- African Forest Ecology Group, Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling Stirling UK
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Froese GZL, Ebang Mbélé A, Beirne C, Atsame L, Bayossa C, Bazza B, Bidzime Nkoulou M, Dzime N'noh S, Ebeba J, Edzidzie J, Ekazama Koto S, Imbomba S, Mandomobo Mapio E, Mandou Mabouanga HG, Mba Edang E, Landry Metandou J, Mossindji C, Ngoboutseboue I, Nkwele C, Nzemfoule E, Sala Elie B, Sergent A, Poulsen JR. Coupling paraecology and hunter GPS self‐follows to quantify village bushmeat hunting dynamics across the landscape scale. Afr J Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/aje.12956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Graden Z. L. Froese
- Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University Durham North Carolina USA
- Nsombou Abalghe‐Dzal Association (NADA) Makokou Gabon
- Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale (IRET/CENAREST) Libreville Gabon
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- Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University Durham North Carolina USA
- Nsombou Abalghe‐Dzal Association (NADA) Makokou Gabon
- Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux (ANPN) Libreville Gabon
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- Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University Durham North Carolina USA
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- Nsombou Abalghe‐Dzal Association (NADA) Makokou Gabon
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- Nsombou Abalghe‐Dzal Association (NADA) Makokou Gabon
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- Nsombou Abalghe‐Dzal Association (NADA) Makokou Gabon
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- Nsombou Abalghe‐Dzal Association (NADA) Makokou Gabon
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- Nsombou Abalghe‐Dzal Association (NADA) Makokou Gabon
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- Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University Durham North Carolina USA
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Harvey‐Carroll J, Simo FT, Sonn‐Juul T, Tsafack JP, Aka'a SJD, Nchembi Tarla F, Fowler A, Ingram DJ. Continued availability and sale of pangolins in a major urban bushmeat market in Cameroon despite national bans and the COVID-19 outbreak. Afr J Ecol 2022; 60:146-152. [PMID: 35601564 PMCID: PMC9111401 DOI: 10.1111/aje.12969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Laboratory of Zoology Department of Biology and Animal Physiology University of Yaoundé I Yaoundé Cameroon
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- Section of Biology and Environmental Science Department of Chemistry and Bioscience Aalborg University Aalborg Denmark
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- Central Africa Bushmeat Action Group (CABAG) Yaoundé Cameroon
- Zoological Society of London –Cameroon Yaoundé Cameroon
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- Central Africa Bushmeat Action Group (CABAG) Yaoundé Cameroon
- Zoological Society of London –Cameroon Yaoundé Cameroon
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- Zoological Society of London –Cameroon Yaoundé Cameroon
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Lepofsky D, Heckelsmiller C, Fernández-Llamazares Á, Wall J. Seeking a More Ethical Future for Ethnobiology Publishing: A 40-Year Perspective from Journal of ethnobiology. J ETHNOBIOL 2021. [DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-41.2.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Dana Lepofsky
- Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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- 3 Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Geography, Environment, and Geomatics, University of Guelph, Canada
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Gore ML, Mwinyihali R, Mayet L, Baku-Bumb GDM, Plowman C, Wieland M. Typologies of urban wildlife traffickers and sellers. Glob Ecol Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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