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Why Eat Wild Meat? Developing effective alternatives to bushmeat consumption

 

Key Facts

FUNDING SCHEME ICON
FUNDING SCHEME
Main Project
VALUE ICON
VALUE
£365,823
WHERE ICON
WHERE
Cameroon

Summary

The hunting of wild animals for meat is widely practiced. Interventions to reduce bushmeat consumption need first to understand why bushmeat is a preferred food choice. Focussing on the Dja ecosystem in Cameroon, we use participatory approaches to understand factors affecting meat choices. We use our findings to support improvements in design of “bushmeat-alternative” interventions in the Dja and elsewhere, making them more effective at increasing food security, meeting people’s needs and priorities, and conserving species threatened by unsustainable hunting. Strengthened capacity of policy-makers and practitioners in Cameroon and Africa-wide to design and implement effective “bushmeat-alternative” interventions that reflect drivers of food choice, conserve biodiversity and contribute to food security.
 
Status Completed
Reference 25-015
Round 24
Start 01/07/2018
End 30/09/2021

Project Leader

Lead Organisation

Project Partners
Fondation Camerounaise de la Terre Vivante (FCTV), Living Earth - Cameroon, Oxford University- Chancellor, Masters and Scholars


Regions
Sub-Saharan Africa

Biomes
DRY LANDS

Threats To Biodiversity
OVER EXPLOITATION

Broad Approches
IN SITU, POLICY, POVERTY REDUCTION, LIVELIHOODS

Specific Tools
RESEARCH TRAINING, RESEARCH, PARTICIPATORY, MONITORING, GOVERNANCE

Countries
Cameroon

Conventions
CBD

Documents:
Download: Final Report - 25-015 FR - 02/03/2023

Download: Annual Report - 25-015 AR3 - 11/08/2021

Download: Half Year Report - 25-015 HYR3 - 03/02/2021

Download: Annual Report - 25-015 AR2 - 24/08/2020

Download: Half Year Report - 25-015 HYR2 - 24/08/2020

Download: Annual Report - 25-015 AR1 - 24/08/2020

Download: Half Year Report - 25-015 HYR1 - 24/08/2020

Download: Application Form - 25-015 App edited - 13/11/2018