A rapid assessment of hunting and bushmeat trade along the roadside between five Angolan major towns

Gonçalves, Francisco M. P.; Luis, José; Tchamba, José João; Cachissapa, Manuel J.; Chisingui, António Valter

doi:10.3897/natureconservation.37.37590

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“…Mohneke et al 2010). The situation is somewhat different for reptiles (Gonçalves et al 2019), and larger species, in particular, such as Python sebae, Varanus niloticus, and Kinixys sp., and to a lesser extent, the large vipers of the genus Bitis, are frequently observed in bush meat markets and hunted and consumed locally. Apart from direct consumption, snakes, whether venomous or non-venomous, are particularly prone to being killed out of fear.…”

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At the edge of extinction: a first herpetological assessment of the proposed Serra do Pingano Rainforest National Park in Uíge Province, northern Angola

Ernst¹,

Lautenschläger²,

Bránquima³

et al. 2020

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We systematically assess the herpetofaunal diversity of the Serra do Pingano Forest Ecosystem (SPFE) and additional localities throughout the northern Angolan province of Uíge during four independent Rapid Assessment (RA) field campaigns held between 2013 and 2019. These assessments represent the first systematic surveys of amphibians and reptiles from the province, and thus we provide the first province-wide species list. We collected data on the status and current threats to amphibians and reptiles in the proposed Serra do Pingano Rainforest National Park and were able to document 33 species of reptiles from Uíge province. Of the 33 species recorded from the province, 10 species are exclusively found in the SPFE. Amphibian surveys yielded 47 amphibian species from the province. These include 14 new country records and additional records that may represent undescribed species. This raises the amphibian count for Angola to at least 133 species, which includes 18 species exclusively found within the SPFE. Species-richness estimators indicate that more species should be detected if survey efforts are intensified. The species composition in the SPFE is unique and consists of a high proportion of forest specialists with restricted ranges and species found nowhere else in the country. This emphasizes today’s paramount importance of the SPFE, which is threatened by increasing agricultural encroachment and uncontrolled timber extraction and charcoal production. These principal factors need to be controlled and/or abandoned in already impacted areas. Conservation strategies should particularly consider the strict protection of remaining intact forests and both lentic and lotic aquatic systems. They are not only crucial for safeguarding a significant number of species that depend on these habitats for reproduction; they also provide key ecosystem services to the local population. Angola, and Uíge province in particular, is at a crossroads concerning decisions and trade-offs among utilization, conservation, and preservation of its forests and, thus, substantial parts of the country’s biodiversity. The establishment of a National Protected Area in the Serra do Pingano Ecosystem is therefore a necessary and urgently needed first step towards protecting Angola’s national biodiversity heritage.

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At the edge of extinction: a first herpetological assessment of the proposed Serra do Pingano Rainforest National Park in Uíge Province, northern Angola

Ernst¹,

Lautenschläger²,

Bránquima³

et al. 2020

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“…Compared to mammals, the diversity of birds species exploited for the bushmeat trade in our study was lower. Although birds make up the smallest proportion of meat sold in markets, many species, including columbiformes, tinamiformes and cracids, are still hunted and traded as shown in neotropical literature [ 109 – 111 , 113 ]. In the Brazilian Amazon basin, for example, a large volume of cracids (e.g., Crax sp.…”

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Use of wild vertebrates for consumption and bushmeat trade in Brazil: a review

Aragão Silva,

dos Santos Soares,

Ferreira

et al. 2023

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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Background Bushmeat is a resource exploited by thousands of people around the world, especially in tropical and neotropical regions, constituting an important source of protein and income. But what is known, so far, about the consumption and trade of wild vertebrate meat (hereinafter “bushmeat”) in a megadiverse country like Brazil? This question was answered through a systematic survey of publications on the consumption and trade of wild vertebrate meat made in Brazil between 2011 and 2021. Methods We selected 63 scientific articles available on “Google Scholar,” “Science Direct,” “Scopus,” “ Web of Science” and “Portal de Periódico da CAPES.” The articles were categorized as: exclusive to (1) consumption or (2) bushmeat trade, totals of 54 and three articles, respectively; both (3) consumption and trade bushmeat, totaling six articles. We applied a nonparametric Spearman's correlation analysis to verify the association between the number of papers and the species richness of wild vertebrates cited for consumption by Brazilian state. Results The results revealed that the publications were concentrated in the Northeast (36), North (26) and Southeast (1) regions, distributed across 16 states of the federation. These data reinforce the need for more researches in states and other regions of the country. Our research hypothesis was confirmed, since the richness of species cited for meat consumption was positively associated with the amount of work carried out by the states of the federation. We identified a total of 321 species of wild vertebrates mentioned in the categories involving the consumption of bushmeat. We had a greater bird species richness mentioned for consumption (170) to the detriment of mammals (107), reptiles (40) and amphibians (4). Furthermore, in the articles involving the bushmeat trade categories we had 57 species of vertebrates mentioned, with mammals being the most representative in terms of species richness (29), to the detriment of birds (20) and reptiles (8). These data reinforce that birds and mammals have been the groups most used both for consumption and trade in bushmeat in the country's regions, and it is necessary to mitigate the hunting exploitation of these groups. We recorded that socioeconomic, biological, environmental and sociocultural factors were the most cited predictors of the consumption and trade of bushmeat in the articles. We identified that the bushmeat trade chain is dynamic and ramified, made up of several actors, including specialized and diversified hunters, intermediaries, market sellers, market vendors, restaurant owners and final customers. Public markets and open-air fairs were the most cited places for buying and selling wild meat in commerce. Conclusions In general, our results indicate that we have made significant advances in publications on the consumption and trade of bushmeat in Brazil over the last few years. However, we highlight the need to better understand the patterns of consumption and trade of bushmeat in different regions of the country, as well as the factors associated with the dynamics of the trade chain and uses of wildlife by local communities. We emphasized that a multidimensional understanding of hunting activities is important to face socio-ecological problems and improve the conservation of target species which have continually been explored for uses by populations in different regions of the world.

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“…However, current population growth, increased access of hunters to row forests due to expansion of roads, marketing of bushmeat in large urban cities, taste preference and illegal hunting procedure have resulted in hunting and related bushmeat trade activities which negatively impact wildlife worldwide, with serious implications for biodiversity conservation (Chaves et al, 2019;Gonçalves et al, 2019).…”

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Quantifying poached wildlife mammal species in Center-western region of Cte dIvoire

Koffi²,

Sylla³

et al. 2020

J. Ecol. Nat. Environ.

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A rapid assessment of hunting and bushmeat trade along the roadside between five Angolan major towns

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

At the edge of extinction: a first herpetological assessment of the proposed Serra do Pingano Rainforest National Park in Uíge Province, northern Angola

At the edge of extinction: a first herpetological assessment of the proposed Serra do Pingano Rainforest National Park in Uíge Province, northern Angola

Use of wild vertebrates for consumption and bushmeat trade in Brazil: a review

Quantifying poached wildlife mammal species in Center-western region of Cte dIvoire

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