Human consumption of meat from roadkilled animals in the southwestern Amazon

Oliveira, Marcela Álvares; Afonso, Pommer-Barbosa, Raul; Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega; Bizri, Hani R. El; Messias, Mariluce Rezende; Doria, Carolina Rodrigues da Costa

doi:10.15451/ec2023-03-12.07-1-9

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“…Roadkill is the most visible negative effect of roads on biodiversity (Forman and Alexander 1998;Ferreira et al 2023;Oliveira et al 2023), and one that can cause major environmental impacts, such as extinctions of local populations (Barrientos et al 2021;Tres et al 2024). Therefore, it is considered a major problem for PAs (Collison et al 2019).…”

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Analysis of scientific production and knowledge about wildlife roadkill in Brazilian protected areas

Miranda,

Schiavetti

2024

Ethnobio Conserv

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Roads are responsible for great biodiversity loss, especially in protected areas (PAs). Thus, considering the great risk of roads to PAs and the lack of knowledge about these areas, we aimed to analyze the scientific production on wildlife roadkill in Brazil and compare the studies that surveyed roads with and without PAs. We searched for papers in five databases: SciELO, Google Scholar, Reet Brasil, Scopus and Plataforma Lattes. Studies considered to be near PAs (PPA) collected data within a radius of 1km of PAs and the other studies were considered to have no PA (NPA). We found 126 studies that surveyed wildlife roadkill in Brazil, of which 57% are PPA. Publications on wildlife roadkill have increased in recent years, with a greater number of PPA studies than NPA studies (W = 618, p = 0.5992). Mammals are the most-studied group (n = 108), followed by reptiles (n = 79), birds (n = 73) and amphibians (n = 58). Most of the studies took place in the Cerrado (54) and the Atlantic Forest (45), where are the greatest number of surveyed PAs, greatest number of PAs and greatest number of PAs without studies. Only 18 papers suggest specific mitigation measures for the study site. The increase in PPA studies is positive, but researchers need to increase contact with PA managers to produce scientific knowledge and develop more efficient mitigation measures for these areas. We encourage increased surveying of roads near PAs, involvement of researchers with environmental agencies, and more studies with small animals.

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Analysis of scientific production and knowledge about wildlife roadkill in Brazilian protected areas

Miranda,

Schiavetti

2024

Ethnobio Conserv

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“…Residents of urban centers frequent the rural or peri-urban environment to hunt for either food supplementation or commercialization [ 20 ]. Comparative analysis between these two types of hunters in the Amazon is restricted to the use of zootherapeutics [ 33 ] and the relationship of potentially hunted species with those captured [ 34 ]. In general, these hunters conduct hunting to meet different motivations, which include commercialization, medicinal use, subsistence, conflict retaliation, and recreation [ 20 , 28 , 35 – 37 ].…”

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Hunting practices in southwestern Amazonia: a comparative study of techniques, modalities, and baits among urban and rural hunters

Oliveira

Braga-Pereira

Bizri

et al. 2023

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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Background Hunting is a vital means of obtaining animal in various human populations. Hunters rely on their knowledge of species ecology and behavior to develop and employ hunting techniques and increase their chances of success. The comparison of the hunting practices of different human societies can shed light on the sustainability of hunting and the impact it has on species’ populations. In this study, we examine and compare the techniques, modalities, and baits used by urban and rural hunters in Rondônia, a state in southwestern Amazonia, Brazil. We expected that rural hunters would use these elements and have greater knowledge when compared to urban hunters. We also expect that the use of specific hunting techniques and modalities will have greater selectivity and specificity of capture for rural hunters and that this knowledge will differ between groups. Methods We conducted 106 semi-structured interviews with rural and urban hunters from October 2018 to February 2020. We analyzed the data using PERMANOVA and Network analyses to compare and contrast the hunting practices of each group. Results We recorded four main hunting techniques divided into ten modalities with three techniques and seven modalities being the preferred choices among hunters. Waiting for at a Fruit Tree was cited as the primary technique employed by hunters living in urban and rural areas indicated. While the techniques and modalities were similar among hunters, the composition of species targeted and baits used differed between groups. Our network approach showed that modularity in urban areas was numerically lower than in rural areas. All species had one to more techniques associated with their capture. Conclusions Hunters living in urban and rural environments showed high similarity in their practices, probably due to sharing similar environments to hunt containing similar species, as well as targeting preferably the same species.

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“…Species hunted and cited exclusively by each hunter group had a maximum of three citations, representing less than 5% of the total number of citations.Although other studies indicate the killing of felines aimed at control or retaliation(Lima et al, 2020), we observed that the capture of these animals was motivated by both retaliation and consumption. Consumption of the meat of large cats is a one-off behavior that is rarely recorded in the Amazon (Srbek-Araujo 2015;Oliveira et al, 2023) and in other areas of the world (Braga-Pereira et al, 2021).…”

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Comparing hunting practices of urban and rural inhabitants in Western Amazonia: the role of religion, wealth, and livelihoods

Oliveira

Bizri

Morcatty

et al. 2023

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Hunting is essential for securing access to energy and nutrients by rural and urban populations throughout the tropics. The hunting patterns of urban hunters are unknown, and we do not know how much they resemble or differ from rural hunters. On the other hand social factors that influence hunting choice of these hunters are still largely unclear. Here we analyzed the impact of socioeconomic and cultural factors on frequency and composition of species hunted by urban and rural Amazonian hunters. Within 10 municipalities in western Amazonia in Brazil, we interviewed 49 urban hunters and 57 rural hunters. A total of 44 species were cited as hunted. Our analyses showed that the probability of engaging in sport hunting (for recreation) was greater in urban hunters. Rural inhabitants, who had overall incomes lower than urban hunters, and were non-practicing Christians and Atheists hunted more frequently. Species hunted or preferred were similar independently of the livelihood or religion of the urban or rural hunters. However, we found that hunting frequency was influenced by the hunters’ socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, which did not affect the composition of the harvest. This similarity between urban and rural hunters might be related to species distribution and availability and could potentially impact the most hunted species if hunting grounds overlap. Understanding hunting patterns, especially those of urban hunters can be used to manage hunting activities more effectively, improve law enforcement against illegal hunting as well as develop more effective conservation strategies.

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Human consumption of meat from roadkilled animals in the southwestern Amazon

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

Analysis of scientific production and knowledge about wildlife roadkill in Brazilian protected areas

Analysis of scientific production and knowledge about wildlife roadkill in Brazilian protected areas

Hunting practices in southwestern Amazonia: a comparative study of techniques, modalities, and baits among urban and rural hunters

Comparing hunting practices of urban and rural inhabitants in Western Amazonia: the role of religion, wealth, and livelihoods

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