Bushmeat and Livelihoods: Wildlife Management and Poverty Reduction

Copyright © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Bushmeat and Livelihoods: Wildlife Management and Poverty Reduction

Editor(s): Glyn Davies, David Brown

Published Online: 7 APR 2008

Print ISBN: 9781405167796

Online ISBN: 9780470692592

DOI: 10.1002/9780470692592

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This book explores the links between bushmeat and livelihoods in Africa, with a focus on the human dimension of the debate.


  • Assembles biological, social and economic perspectives that illuminate the bushmeat debate
  • Features a series of case studies that explore what species survive different intensities of bushmeat hunting and trapping
  • Examines the shape and size of household bushmeat consumption and market trading
  • Reviews governance and institutional impacts on wildlife management; lessons learned from agriculture, forest plant product, and development sectors; and perspectives from Asia and Latin America
  • Provides an excellent resource for students and policy makers in wildlife management, conservation, and development

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–x)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–10)

      David Brown and Glyn Davies

  3. Part 1: Bushmeat: Markets and Households

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      Bushmeat: Markets and Households (pages 11–14)

      Glyn Davies and John G. Robinson

    2. Chapter 1

      Hunting and Trapping in Gola Forests, South-Eastern Sierra Leone: Bushmeat from Farm, Fallow and Forest (pages 15–31)

      Glyn Davies, Björn Schulte-Herbrüggen, Noëlle F. Kümpel and Samantha Mendelson

    3. Chapter 2

      Livelihoods and Sustainability in a Bushmeat Commodity Chain in Ghana (pages 32–46)

      Guy Cowlishaw, Samantha Mendelson and J. Marcus Rowcliffe

    4. Chapter 3

      Bushmeat Markets - White Elephants or Red Herrings? (pages 47–60)

      John E. Fa

    5. Chapter 4

      Cameroon: From Free Gift to Valued Commodity — The Bushmeat Commodity Chain Around the DJA Reserve (pages 61–72)

      Hilary Solly

    6. Chapter 5

      Determinants of Bushmeat Consumption and Trade in Continental Equatorial Guinea: an Urban-Rural Comparison (pages 73–91)

      Noëlle F. Kümpel, Tamsyn East, Nick Keylock, J. Marcus Rowcliffe, Guy Cowlishaw and E. J. Milner-Gulland

    7. Chapter 6

      Livelihoods, Hunting and the Game Meat Trade in Northern Zambia (pages 92–105)

      Taylor Brown and Stuart A. Marks

  4. Part 2: Institutional Contexts

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      Institutional Contexts (pages 107–110)

      E. J. Milner-Gulland

    2. Chapter 7

      Is the Best the Enemy of the Good? Institutional and Livelihoods Perspectives on Bushmeat Harvesting and Trade — Some Issues and Challenges (pages 111–124)

      David Brown

    3. Chapter 8

      Bushmeat, Wildlife Management and Good Governance: Rights and Institutional Arrangements in Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resources Management Programme (pages 125–139)

      Christopher Vaughan and Andrew Long

    4. Chapter 9

      Wildlife Management in a Logging Concession in Northern Congo: Can Livelihoods be Maintained Through Sustainable Hunting? (pages 140–157)

      John R. Poulsen, Connie J. Clark and Germain A. Mavah

    5. Chapter 10

      Institutional Challenges to Sustainable Bushmeat Management in Central Africa (pages 158–171)

      Andrew Hurst

  5. Part 3: Extrasectoral Influences and Models

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      Extrasectoral Influences and Models (pages 173–175)

      JO Elliott

    2. Chapter 11

      Can Wildlife and Agriculture Coexist Outside Protected Areas in Africa? A Hopeful Model and a Case Study in Zambia (pages 177–196)

      Dale M. Lewis

    3. Chapter 12

      Food for Thought for the Bushmeat Trade: Lessons from the Commercialization of Plant Nontimber Forest Products (pages 197–211)

      Elaine Marshall, Kathrin Schreckenberg, Adrian Newton, Dirk Willem Te Velde, Jonathan Rushton, Fabrice Edouard, Catarina Illsley and Eric Arancibia

    4. Chapter 13

      Bushmeat, Forestry and Livelihoods: Exploring the Coverage in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (pages 212–226)

      Neil Bird and Chris Dickson

    5. Chapter 14

      The Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board (BQCMB): Blending Knowledge, People and Practice for Barrenground Caribou Conservation in Northern Canada (pages 227–236)

      Ross C. Thompson

  6. Part 4: Regional Perspectives

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      Regional Perspectives (pages 237–240)

      Glyn Davies and Ruth Whitten

    2. Chapter 15

      Hunting, Wildlife Trade and Wildlife Consumption Patterns in Asia (pages 241–249)

      Elizabeth L. Bennett

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      References (pages 250–262)

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      Index (pages 263–274)

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