Bushmeat in Nigeria as a Natural Resource with Environmental Implications

dc.contributor.authorMartin, G. H. G.
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T09:30:50Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T09:30:50Z
dc.date.issued1983
dc.descriptionDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0376892900012212en_US
dc.description.abstractThe value of protein from wild animals (‘bushmeat’) in Nigeria was examined, especially with respect to the consumer market. Surveys were made of roadside sales, meat prices in markets, and bushmeat consumption by the general public. The results showed that, in the 1970s, over 50% of the population ate bushmeat regularly, and that bushmeat was popular with all income-groups. The results have wide environmental implications. The case is made for investigating in more detail than hitherto the potential for domestication and game-cropping. In addition to economic advantages resulting from careful management of animal wildlife as a renewable resource, there appear to be others—including major environmental ones through the maintenance of large-scale reserves.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Conservation / Volume 10 / Issue 02 / Summer 1983 pp 125-132 Copyrighten_US
dc.identifier.issn0376-8929
dc.identifier.other1469-4387
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/9646
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.titleBushmeat in Nigeria as a Natural Resource with Environmental Implicationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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