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Economic commodity or environmental crisis? An interdisciplinary approach to analysing the bushmeat trade in central and west Africa
Author(s) -
BowenJones E,
Brown D,
Robinson E J Z
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.0004-0894.2003.00189.x
Subject(s) - bushmeat , wildlife trade , commodity , biodiversity , wildlife , commodity chain , economics , natural resource economics , geography , business , international trade , ecology , production (economics) , market economy , biology , macroeconomics
Bushmeat is a large but largely invisible contributor to the economies of west and central African countries. Yet the trade is currently unsustainable. Hunting is reducing wildlife populations, driving more vulnerable species to local and regional extinction, and threatening biodiversity. This paper uses a commodity chain approach to explore the bushmeat trade and to demonstrate why an interdisciplinary approach is required if the trade is to be sustainable in the future.