An evaluation of poaching and bushmeat off takes in the Ebo Forest Reserve (EFR), Littoral Region, Cameroon

Fuashi, Nkwatoh Athanasius; Ekane, Melle Maurice; Jacqueline, Engongwie; Zeh, Fang Amos

doi:10.5897/jene2018.0711

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“…It is important to note that energy and time that would have been wasted during poaching and illegal hunting that in most cases runs local people into trouble with the forestry administration is been used for legal NTFPs production. The concentration of local people in NTFPs propagation and harvesting added up on food provision, medicines and plants of socio-cultural importance The sales of these products provides a direct cash benefits and subsidiary means of income to the local people as indicated by Nkwatoh et al (2019), which this study agrees to.…”

Section: Agroforestry and Sustainable Non-timber Forest Products Coll...supporting

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Contributions of Mount Cameroon National Park (MCNP) activities to livelihood of the local people, South West Region Cameroon

Sebastian,

Nkwatoh,

Melle

et al. 2023

Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.

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The survival of Protected Areas (PAs) in Cameroon is very much dependent on alternative economic benefits derived by local people living around these areas. This study was set out to assess the contributions of Mount Cameroon National Park (MCNP) activities to livelihood of the local people. To achieve this, a household survey was conducted using simple random sampling technic where each household was given equal opportunity of being selected to take part in the survey. Line transects questionnaires and a selection of some Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools were used to source information. A total of 600 questionnaires were administered in 10 villages. The results showed no significant contribution of MCNP activities to livelihood of the local people. Implemented innovative income programs had not yet attained optimum production level. Household income level was perceived to have increased slightly. Previous income activities that impacted negatively conservation such as small-scale logging and shifting cultivation have been abandoned and replaced mainly by innovative income programs such as agroforestry farming, mixed crop farming and sustainable debarking of Prunus africana. However, the sustainability of the innovative income activities would require a more practical match making approach for management.

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confidence: 76%

Contributions of Mount Cameroon National Park (MCNP) activities to livelihood of the local people, South West Region Cameroon

Sebastian,

Nkwatoh,

Melle

et al. 2023

Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.

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“…From a domestic trade perspective, the Northern African rock python is used extensively for meat, leather and use in traditional medicine (e.g. Eniang et al 2008;Fuashi et al 2019). The use of pythons as traditional medicine has a number of animal welfare implications.…”

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Snake oil and pangolin scales: insights into wild animal use at “Marché des Fétiches” traditional medicine market, Togo

D’Cruze¹,

Assou²,

Coulthard³

et al. 2020

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Traditional medicine beliefs are culturally important in some West African communities, where there is a thriving domestic consumer demand for wild animal derivatives. Yet, such practices can threaten the conservation of wild populations and negatively impact animal welfare. To identify those species most likely to be affected, we investigated wildlife derivative trade at the largest fetish market of West Africa in Togo. Specifically, we asked what wild animals or animal products were most profitable, which wild animals were perceived by vendors to have increased most in rarity and what they were used for. A key question was whether vendors also sold plant-based alternatives. Vendors provided 36 local animal names, from which we inferred an estimated 281 species. Thirteen percent of these inferred species are categorised on the IUCN Red List as threatened (n = 35); 26% are declining (n = 72). The most commonly cited most profitable wildlife derivatives were “Pangolin” and “Python”; the most commonly cited most profitable live wild animal was “Chameleon”. Overall, wildlife use was predominantly spiritual rather than medicinal. Plant-based alternatives were available, but comprised < 40% of sales and appeared to be considered less important or less useful than wild animal products. The legal status of this domestic trade in Togo is unclear given the existence of potentially conflicting national legislation. In addition to further research focused on the actual impacts on populations and individuals of the species indicated, socio-economic importance of this trade, societal pressures driving consumer demand and an assessment of the feasibility of sustainable plant-based alternatives is warranted.

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“…Having said that, both showed a wide range of sourcing, respectively extending c. 600 and 500 km from Douala, beyond the maximal range delineated for Yaoundé. The two markets shared a unique supply source through the Yabassi population, situated c. 90 km north of Douala, in line with the recognized role of the unprotected Ebo forest as a feeding source of the Douala bushmeat market places (Din Dipita et al, 2022; Fuashi et al, 2019).…”

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Genetic tracing of the white-bellied pangolin’s trade in western central Africa

Dipita

Missoup

Aguillon

et al. 2023

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African pangolins are intensively harvested to feed illegal trade networks. We focused on the conservation genetics of the most trafficked African species, the white-bellied pangolin (WBP; Phataginus tricuspis), through the genotyping of 562 individuals from reference populations and urban bushmeat markets in a vibrant trade hub from western Central Africa. Across Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and northern Gabon, there was a lack of genetic differentiation and a signature of isolation-by-distance possibly due to unsuspected dispersal capacities involving a Wahlund effect. Despite a high level of genetic diversity compared to western Africa, we detected a 74-83% decline in the effective population size of WBP during the Middle Holocene. Private allele frequency tracing approach indicated up to 600 km sourcing distance by large urban markets from Cameroon, involving transnational trade activities. The 20 microsatellites markers used in this study provided the necessary power to distinguish among all WBP individuals and should be considered a valuable resource for future forensic applications. Because lineage admixture was detected in the study area, we recommend a multi-locus approach for tracing the pangolin trade. The Yaounde market was a major recruiter of genetic diversity in the region, and should receive urgent conservation action to mitigate the pangolin trade.

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An evaluation of poaching and bushmeat off takes in the Ebo Forest Reserve (EFR), Littoral Region, Cameroon

Cited by 12 publications

References 6 publications

Contributions of Mount Cameroon National Park (MCNP) activities to livelihood of the local people, South West Region Cameroon

Contributions of Mount Cameroon National Park (MCNP) activities to livelihood of the local people, South West Region Cameroon

Snake oil and pangolin scales: insights into wild animal use at “Marché des Fétiches” traditional medicine market, Togo

Genetic tracing of the white-bellied pangolin’s trade in western central Africa

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