Bushmeat hunting by communities adjacent to the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania: The importance of livestock ownership and alternative sources of protein and income

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 391-398

  Loibooki, Martin ^a,b   Hofer, Heribert ^c,d   Campbell, Kenneth L I ^e   East, Marion L ^c,d  

^a Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Rose Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Illegal hunting; Livestock; National Park; Rural economy; Serengeti ecosystem

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; MEATS;

MIGRATORY HERBIVORES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HUNTING; LIVESTOCK; NATIONAL PARK; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INCOME; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036761672     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892902000279     Document Type: Article

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