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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Koné, Inza
• Refisch, Johannes
• Jost Robinson, Carolyn A.
• Ayoola, Adeola Oluwakemi

Titel

Hunting of Primates in the Tropics: Drivers, Unsustainability, and Ecological and Socio-economic Consequences

Ist Teil von

• Primates in Anthropogenic Landscapes, p.45-59

Ort / Verlag

Cham: Springer International Publishing

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Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Hunting of primates is an important source of nutritional and economic sustenance for many tropical rainforest inhabitants. However, this reliance has become one of the major drivers of species loss and disappearance. This therefore requires a review of the drivers of the hunting of primates, addressing unsustainable levels of off-take, as well as its multifaceted consequences. In this chapter, we discuss the commercial and nutritional value of wild meat being a great obstacle to primate conservation resulting in population decline of primate populations which negatively affects forest regeneration, human use of forest resources, and human health. Though debates are ongoing as to whether hunting should be banned or regulated, we do not comment on these debates as they require focused attention and representation of multiple levels of stakeholders. What is certain is that the status quo is sustainable for neither people nor primates. We argue in this chapter that there is a need to reduce hunting pressure both to conserve endangered species and to reduce the risk of cross-species transmissions of viruses.