The uncovered volumes of bushmeat commercialized in the Amazonian trifrontier between Colombia, Peru & Brazil

The Importance of bushmeat trade in Amazonian towns has been very little studied, either because it is thought to be insignificant or due to the context of illegality. Based on preliminary field work to identify the main stakeholders involved and the existing trade routes, our study aimed at describ...

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Autores principales: Vliet, N. van, Quiceno Mesa, M.P., Cruz Antia, D., Aquino, L.J.N. de, Moreno, J., Nasi, Robert
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Universidade Estadual da Paraiba/Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (Ethnobiology and Conservation) 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95039
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author Vliet, N. van
Quiceno Mesa, M.P.
Cruz Antia, D.
Aquino, L.J.N. de
Moreno, J.
Nasi, Robert
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Cruz Antia, D.
Moreno, J.
Nasi, Robert
Quiceno Mesa, M.P.
Vliet, N. van
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Quiceno Mesa, M.P.
Cruz Antia, D.
Aquino, L.J.N. de
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Nasi, Robert
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description The Importance of bushmeat trade in Amazonian towns has been very little studied, either because it is thought to be insignificant or due to the context of illegality. Based on preliminary field work to identify the main stakeholders involved and the existing trade routes, our study aimed at describing the invisible bushmeat trade using a participatory monitoring protocol in Leticia and Puerto Nariño in Colombia, Tabatinga, Benjamin Constant and Atalaia do Norte in Brazil, and Santa Rosa and Caballococha in Peru. The monitoring system included two key levels of the market chain: hunters and market traders. With the support of our research team, the hunters and traders self monitored their activities during 60 days and 20 days respectively during two hydro-climatic periods. Our study shows that the most hunted species are paca, tericaya turtle and currassows while the most commercialized species are paca, tapir, collared peccary and the red brocket deer. We registered a total of 13 tons of bushmeat captured by hunters (from 29 species) and 6.7 tons of bushmeat sold by market sellers (from 19 species). We extrapolated this data to a year and to the total numbers of stakeholders involved in the trade and found that 473 tons of bushmeat are traded per year in market places from the main Tri frontier towns, which taken to the total urban population size of the area, equals to 3.2 kg/hab/year, a number that is comparable to those found in Central African urban settings.
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spelling CGSpace950392025-06-17T08:23:35Z The uncovered volumes of bushmeat commercialized in the Amazonian trifrontier between Colombia, Peru & Brazil Vliet, N. van Quiceno Mesa, M.P. Cruz Antia, D. Aquino, L.J.N. de Moreno, J. Nasi, Robert meat animals trade food availability food preferences The Importance of bushmeat trade in Amazonian towns has been very little studied, either because it is thought to be insignificant or due to the context of illegality. Based on preliminary field work to identify the main stakeholders involved and the existing trade routes, our study aimed at describing the invisible bushmeat trade using a participatory monitoring protocol in Leticia and Puerto Nariño in Colombia, Tabatinga, Benjamin Constant and Atalaia do Norte in Brazil, and Santa Rosa and Caballococha in Peru. The monitoring system included two key levels of the market chain: hunters and market traders. With the support of our research team, the hunters and traders self monitored their activities during 60 days and 20 days respectively during two hydro-climatic periods. Our study shows that the most hunted species are paca, tericaya turtle and currassows while the most commercialized species are paca, tapir, collared peccary and the red brocket deer. We registered a total of 13 tons of bushmeat captured by hunters (from 29 species) and 6.7 tons of bushmeat sold by market sellers (from 19 species). We extrapolated this data to a year and to the total numbers of stakeholders involved in the trade and found that 473 tons of bushmeat are traded per year in market places from the main Tri frontier towns, which taken to the total urban population size of the area, equals to 3.2 kg/hab/year, a number that is comparable to those found in Central African urban settings. 2014 2018-07-03T11:02:17Z 2018-07-03T11:02:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95039 en Open Access Universidade Estadual da Paraiba/Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (Ethnobiology and Conservation) Van Vliet, N., Quiceno-Mesa, M.P., Cruz-Antia, D., de Aquino, L.J.N., Moreno, J., Nasi, R. . 2014. The uncovered volumes of bushmeat commercialized in the Amazonian trifrontier between Colombia, Peru & Brazil Etnobiology and Conservation, 3 (7) : 58. https://doi.org/10.15451/ec2014-11-3.7-1-11
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trade
food availability
food preferences
Vliet, N. van
Quiceno Mesa, M.P.
Cruz Antia, D.
Aquino, L.J.N. de
Moreno, J.
Nasi, Robert
The uncovered volumes of bushmeat commercialized in the Amazonian trifrontier between Colombia, Peru & Brazil
title The uncovered volumes of bushmeat commercialized in the Amazonian trifrontier between Colombia, Peru & Brazil
title_full The uncovered volumes of bushmeat commercialized in the Amazonian trifrontier between Colombia, Peru & Brazil
title_fullStr The uncovered volumes of bushmeat commercialized in the Amazonian trifrontier between Colombia, Peru & Brazil
title_full_unstemmed The uncovered volumes of bushmeat commercialized in the Amazonian trifrontier between Colombia, Peru & Brazil
title_short The uncovered volumes of bushmeat commercialized in the Amazonian trifrontier between Colombia, Peru & Brazil
title_sort uncovered volumes of bushmeat commercialized in the amazonian trifrontier between colombia peru brazil
topic meat animals
trade
food availability
food preferences
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95039
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