bushmeat research in the past 3 decades: what has it changed for sustainable hunting?

ATBC, Cairns 20-24 July 2014

van Vliet N., Cornelis D. and Nasi R.

Bushmeat research in the past 3 decades: What has it changed for sustainable

hunting?

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IntroductionMammals

Amphibians

Reptiles

Birds

Bushmeat is defined by the CBD (2008) as any non-domesticated terrestrial mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians harvested for food. Insects, crustaceans, grubs, molluscs and fish are excluded from this definition.

Introduction 4 million tons / year in the Congo Basin

1 million tons/ year in the Amazon

BeefBushmeat

• Europe produces 7,5 million tons /year of beef

• Brazil (second world producer) produces 8,5 million tons /year of beef

Bushmeat as an evolving topic

• Ecological issues• Socio-economic issues• Health issues• Cultural issues

Transitions in disciplines, theoretical frameworks and management options tested in the field

Future trends in bushmeat research

Transitions in disciplines and theoretical frameworks related to Bushmeat

Ecological issues (1990-onwards)

Empty forest syndrom

Ecological issues (1990s-onwards)

Simple biological modelsRobinson & Redford, 1991


Ecological issues (1990s-onwards)Law enforcement and sensitization (Hyp: Hunting is criminal, unsafe and unsustainable)

Department of Geography & Geology

"According to BIOLOGICAL MODELS, HUNTING IS UNSUSTAINABLE AND DUIKERS ARE BOUND TO BECOME EXTINCT, but DUIKERs don't know anything about BIOLOGICAL MODELS, so they ahead and SURVIVE anyway.”

Nathalie van Vliet

Transitions in terms of the theoretical frameworks used for the analysis

Ecological issues (1990s-onwards)“Long-term population monitoring programmes will be the

most informative approach to provide baseline information

against which any hunting effects and/or conservation

interventions can be monitored”


Socio-economic issues (2000 onwards)

“There is a need to shift the bushmeat debate onto more positive terrain, recognizing the many benefits which the trade in wild meat offers the range state economies”.


Ecological issues (1990s onwards)

Socio-economic issues (2000 onwards)


Markets

Food security

and nutrition

Local liveliho

ods

Poverty and

income



Law enforcement and sensitization Socio-economic issues (2000 onwards)

Alternatives of livelihood(Hyp: People will switch to other alternatives of income and food if those were made available)

Ecological issues (1990 s onwards)

Socio economic issues (2000 onwards)

Health issues (2005 onwards)


Ecological issues (1990s onwards)

Socio economic issues (2000 onwards)

Health issues (2005 onwards)

Cultural aspects (2010 onwards)


Bushmeat in the international policy framework

Future trends in Bushmeat researchFood security and

health

Cultural Identity

Ecological foot print


Multifuntionality of hunting

Sustainable hunting and trade?

Future trends in Bushmeat research

Is sustainable hunting still possible?

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Future trends in bushmeat research

Multidisciplinary approaches:EconomyEcologyEthno biologyHealth ….

Innovative techniques Camera trappingGeneticsTelemetryBio-chemical analysisModeling tools….

Pictures: Nathalie Van Vliet, Daniel Cornelis,

Blanca Yague

THANK YOUIn Cairns

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