Vulnerability and coping strategies within wild meat trade networks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Enns, Charis; van Vliet, Nathalie; Mbane, Joseph; Muhindo, Jonas; Nyumu, Jonas; Bersaglio, Brock; Massé, Francis; Cerutti, Paolo Omar; Nasi, Robert

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106310

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“…This has resulted in revenue losses from ecotourism for funding conservation programs and related expenditures. The local economic crisis has also affected the rural communities living on the fringes of the forest, which are potential ecotourism (Lindsey et al, 2020;Enns et al, 2023). The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority estimated a US$3.8 million (50%) deficit from April to June 2020 due to a decline in revenue generated by tourism (Lindsey et al, 2020).…”

Section: Ecotourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19, deforestation, and green economy

Singhal,

Jinger,

Rathore

et al. 2024

Front. For. Glob. Change

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Corona has severely impacted many sectors in the past 2. 5 years, and forests are one of the major hits among all sectors affected by the pandemic. This study presents the consolidated data on deforestation patterns across the globe during COVID and also analyzes in depth the region-specific contributing factors. Exacerbated deforestation during COVID alarms biodiversity conservation concerns and pushes back the long-term efforts to combat pollution and climate change mitigation. Deforestation also increases the risk of the emergence of new zoonotic diseases in future, as deforestation and COVID are intricately related to each other. Therefore, there is a need to check deforestation and inculcation of conservation measures in building back better policies adopted post-COVID. This review is novel in specifically providing insight into the implications of COVID-19 on forests in tropical as well as temperate global regions, causal factors, green policies given by different nations, and recommendations that will help in designing nature-based recovery strategies for combating deforestation and augmenting afforestation, thus providing better livelihood, biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, and better environmental quality.

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Section: Ecotourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19, deforestation, and green economy

Singhal,

Jinger,

Rathore

et al. 2024

Front. For. Glob. Change

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“…Conversely, rural families, facing restricted livelihood options and increased urban-rural migration during the pandemic, may have increasingly relied on wild meat as a crucial source of food and income. Nonetheless, McNamara et al's hypotheses are yet to be tested quantitatively: previous attempts to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 shock on wild meat extraction and use mostly used qualitative interviews collected retrospectively and often focusing on single species (Enns et al, 2023;Mendiratta et al, 2022;Vliet et al, 2022;Kamogne Tagne et al, 2022;Briceño-Méndez et al, 2021).…”

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Changes in wild meat hunting and use by rural communities during the COVID-19 socio-economic shock

Emogor,

Coad,

Balmford

et al. 2024

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There has been limited quantitative research into the effects of socio-economic shocks on biological resource use. Focusing on wild meat hunting, a substantial livelihood and food source in tropical regions, we evaluated the impacts of the shock from Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdown on species exploitation around a global biodiversity hotspot. Using a three-year quantitative dataset collected during and after the lockdown (covering 1,008 hunter-months) and matching by time of year, we found that successful hunting trip rates were more frequent during lockdown, with a corresponding increase in the monthly number, mass, and value of animals caught. Moreover, hunters consumed a larger proportion of wild meat and sold less during lockdown compared to non-lockdown periods. These results suggest that local communities relied on wild meat to supplement reduced food and income during lockdown, buffering COVID-19’s socio-economic shock. Our findings also indicate that wild species may be especially vulnerable to increased hunting pressure during such shocks.

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“…Conversely, rural families, facing restricted livelihood options and increased urban-rural migration during the lockdown, may have increasingly relied on wild meat as a crucial source of food and income. Nonetheless, McNamara et al's hypotheses have yet to be quantitatively tested: Previous assessments of the impacts of the COVID-19 shock on wild meat extraction and use largely used qualitative interviews collected retrospectively and often focused on single species (Briceño-Méndez et al, 2021;Enns et al, 2023;Kamogne Tagne et al, 2022;Mendiratta et al, 2022;Vliet et al, 2022).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Changes in wild meat hunting and use by rural communities during the COVID‐19 socio‐economic shock

Emogor,

Coad,

Balmford

et al. 2024

Conservation Letters.

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There is limited quantitative evidence of the effects of socio‐economic shocks on biological resource use. Focusing on wild meat hunting, a substantial livelihood and food source in tropical regions, we evaluated the impacts of the shock from Nigeria's coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) lockdown on species exploitation around a global biodiversity hotspot. Using a 3‐year quantitative dataset collected during and after the lockdown (covering 1008 hunter‐months) and matching by time of year, we found that successful hunting trip rates were more frequent during the lockdown, with a corresponding increase in the monthly number, mass, and value of animals caught. Moreover, hunters consumed a larger proportion of wild meat and sold less during lockdown, compared to non‐lockdown periods. These results suggest that local communities relied on wild meat to supplement reduced food and income during the lockdown, buffering the COVID‐19's socio‐economic shock. Our findings also indicate that wild species may be especially vulnerable to increased hunting pressure during socio‐economic shocks.

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Vulnerability and coping strategies within wild meat trade networks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 8 publications

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COVID-19, deforestation, and green economy

COVID-19, deforestation, and green economy

Changes in wild meat hunting and use by rural communities during the COVID-19 socio-economic shock

Changes in wild meat hunting and use by rural communities during the COVID‐19 socio‐economic shock

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