Wildlife Conservation Legislation at a Fork in the Road

Fang, Guirong; Liu, Hong; Wang, Qing

doi:10.1093/biosci/biab122

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“…The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has generated a vivid debate on whether or not the wildlife trade should be banned. Contrasting calls from and within the scientific community, the political spheres and the public have been put forward (Fang et al, 2021), from an outright permanent ban (Sills et al, 2020) to maintenance of the wildlife trade for the sake of social development (Roe et al, 2020).…”

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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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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

Preprint

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“…With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, arose a vivid debate on whether or not the wildlife trade should be banned, notably in China. Contrasted calls from and within the scientific community, the political spheres and the public have been put forward (Fang et al 2021), from a permanent ban (Sills et al 2020) to maintenance for the sake of social development (Roe et al 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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 and central Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned on sanitary measures and awareness campaigns

Gaubert,

Djagoun,

Missoup

et al. 2024

Environmental Science & Policy

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Wildlife Conservation Legislation at a Fork in the Road

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

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

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

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 and central Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned on sanitary measures and awareness campaigns

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