Possible Causes
Poor people in remote, marginal and forested areas have limited livelihood opportunities, and many are dependent on bushmeat for income and food. Bushmeat reliance can increase seasonally or in times of stress, such as famine or drought, or when fish catch is low. When wildlife declines or access to wildlife is prevented, poor people can adapt, but often at a short- or long-term cost.
The possible causes of the problem:
The possible causes of the problem:
- Poverty
- Unemployment
- Food shortages
- Settlement of wildlife ares by impoverished communities that is provided open access to wildlife resources
- Failure to provide stakes for communities in wild life-based land uses
- Absence of affordable protein sources other than illegally sourced bushmeat
- Inadequate investment in anti-poaching in areas remaining under wildlife management
- Weak penal systems that don't provide sufficient deterrents to illegal bushmeat hunters
- Absence of political and economic stability which makes it hard to control illegal bushmeat hunting
This graph shows what people prefer for there meat. You can see that bushmeat has a higher percentage than the other types of meat, and that the people chose porcupine over chicken in a taste test.
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This graph shows that the porcupine is the most popular bushmeat most people like to eat.
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