Impact of <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 on wild meat trade in Nigerian markets

Funk, Stephan M.; Fa, Julia E.; Ajong, Stephanie N.; Eniang, Edem A.; Dendi, Daniele; Nasi, Robert; Vittorio, Massimiliano Di; Petrozzi, Fabio; Amadi, N; Akani, Godfrey C.; Luiselli, Luca

doi:10.1111/csp2.599

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“…There was a general consensus among bushmeat vendors from West Africa that the COVID-19 pandemic and related governmental measures had a negative impact on their activities, as translated into a decrease in number of clients. Although information on the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the bushmeat trade remains extremely scarce, governmental measures in Nigeria seem to have significantly decreased the volumes of bushmeat sold on the markets (Funk et al 2022). Such impact was still perceived as visible by most of the interviewed West African vendors after the end of governmental measures against the pandemic.…”

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“…Because the latter remains a loosely controlled activity, such governmental measures were of various lengths and efficiency (Meseko et al 2020;Harvey-Carroll et al 2022), and of variable impact on the trade. For instance, they were reported to significantly decrease the bushmeat sale volumes in Nigeria (Funk et al 2022) and the pangolin trade in Liberia (Deemie et al 2021), whereas they did not seem to affect the pangolin trade in Cameroon (despite a specific ban on the species; Harvey-Carroll et al 2022).…”

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Vendors’ perceptions on the bushmeat trade dynamics across West Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned on sanitary measures and awareness campaigns

Gaubert

Djagoun

Missoup

et al. 2022

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In West Africa, the bushmeat trade is a major societal issue with contrasting implications on biodiversity, health and economy. We studied perceptions of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the bushmeat trade dynamics through questionnaires addressed to 377 vendors across three West African countries. We showed that bushmeat vendors constitute a socio-economic category driven by ethnicity and gender bias, engaged in profitable, long-term careers. There was a general consensus among vendors that the COVID-19 pandemic and related governmental measures had a negative impact on their activities and the number of clients, a cost still perceived as visible at the time of the survey. However, we observed large discrepancies among the national trade dynamics relative to the constraints of the pandemic. Côte d′Ivoire was hardly hit by the bushmeat ban and perceived governmental measures as rather negative, whereas Cameroon generally did not report a temporary stop of bushmeat activities and engaged in the stockpiling of pangolins, and Benin mostly suffered from a weakened supply chain. Because such differences are rooted in the geography and political agenda of each country, predicting the impact of mitigation measures on the global dynamics of bushmeat markets might be an unrealistic task if national specificities are not taken into account. West African vendors generally did not believe that pangolins were involved in the pandemic, for the reason that people have always been eating pangolins and have never been sick. We recommend that future awareness campaigns through television and social networks also include education on microbial evolution and host shift.

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Vendors’ perceptions on the bushmeat trade dynamics across West Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned on sanitary measures and awareness campaigns

Gaubert

Djagoun

Missoup

et al. 2022

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“…This is in line with our original expectation on the efficiency of governmental measures. A significant reduction in carcass numbers was also observed in Nigeria after lockdown (Funk et al, 2021). The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that African states can be efficient in mitigating the bushmeat trade when resources are duly mobilized, a notable point considering the ongoing bushmeat crisis and the zoonotic outbreaks to come (D'Cruze et al, 2020;Reynolds et al, 2019).…”

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“…However, because the bushmeat trade is a poorly regulated, parallel economy across most of Africa, the genuine economic stakes behind the trade are poorly known (van Vliet et al, 2017). Moreover, the impact of bans on trade activities has rarely been quantified (but see Funk et al, 2022), notably in terms of post-ban recovery.…”

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Long-term effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on the dynamics of the bushmeat trade in West Africa (Côte d’Ivoire)

Gossé¹,

Heighton²,

Gaubert³

et al. 2023

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“…With conservation efforts increasingly focused on urban consumption as one of the drivers of wildlife decline, it is important to determine how many people's livelihoods could potentially be impacted by attempts to reduce demand or increase law enforcement (Booth et al, 2021; Ingram, 2020). Wild meat demand reduction campaigns have recently been launched in a few Central African cities, including Kinshasa, and the COVID‐19 pandemic has also caused some people to think twice about eating wild meat due to heightened concerns over the disease risks (Funk et al, 2022; Li et al, in prep). It is therefore conceivable that some restaurateurs—almost exclusively women—could be negatively impacted by reduced wild meat sales as a result.…”

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Profiling the types of restaurants that sell wild meat in Central African cities

Wright

Malekani

Funk³

et al. 2022

Afr J Ecol

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Central African cities are major centres of demand for wild meat, even when affordable alternative proteins are widely available. Many people eat wild meat in restaurants; therefore, restaurateurs are well placed to provide insights into the wild meat trade and consumer preferences. We surveyed 326 restaurants in Brazzaville and Kinshasa, the adjoining capital cities of the Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo, to determine which types of restaurants sell wild meat, how sales of wild meat dishes compared with those containing other proteins, and the importance of wild meat to these businesses. The majority of wild meat‐selling restaurants are informal establishments owned by women. Although most only sell wild meat dishes weekly, we estimate that nearly 10,000 wild meat dishes are consumed daily in restaurants across Brazzaville and Kinshasa. Its wide availability reinforces the social norm around eating wild meat, yet few restaurateurs considered wild meat to be central to the viability of their business. It is important to distinguish between restaurants reliant on wild meat sales and those that offer it to diversify their menus. Forging partnerships with restaurateurs offer untapped potential to develop mutually beneficial allegiances to further wild meat demand reduction efforts.

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Impact of COVID‐19 on wild meat trade in Nigerian markets

Cited by 9 publications

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Vendors’ perceptions on the bushmeat trade dynamics across West Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned on sanitary measures and awareness campaigns

Vendors’ perceptions on the bushmeat trade dynamics across West Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned on sanitary measures and awareness campaigns

Long-term effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on the dynamics of the bushmeat trade in West Africa (Côte d’Ivoire)

Profiling the types of restaurants that sell wild meat in Central African cities

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