Wild food from sea and forest: There are some parallels between overfishing and the bushmeat crisis in West Africa, especially in terms of livelihoods and food security

Watson, Ian (2004) Wild food from sea and forest: There are some parallels between overfishing and the bushmeat crisis in West Africa, especially in terms of livelihoods and food security. Samudra Report (39). pp. 3-7. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

Most readers will be well versed with the crisis affecting the world’s fisheries, and the role of the United Nations (UN) in addressing the resultant problems. But they may not know that the UN has also warned of an impending ‘bushmeat crisis’, which threatens both the food security of forest communities and the survival of the species hunted. The high level of hunting in the tropics for bushmeat—the meat obtained from animals caught in the wild—is of increasing international concern.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0500
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Guinea, Ghana, Senegal, Fisheries Management, Food Security, Livelihoods, Piracy, Fisheries Agreements, West Bengal
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2021 12:11
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 09:34
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1292

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