Bushmeat and food security in the Congo Basin: Linkages between wildlife and people's future

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-78

  Fa, John E ^a   Currie, Dominic ^a   Meeuwig, Jessica ^b  

^a DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural statistics; Bushmeat; Long term stability; Mass balance; Protein supply; Recommended daily amounts

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PROTEINS;

FOOD SECURITY;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

PROTEIN;

BUSHMEAT; FOOD SECURITY; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONGO; DEFORESTATION; EXTRACTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GABON; GROWTH RATE; MAMMAL; MEAT; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDICTION; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WILDLIFE;

FOOD; FORESTRY; PROTEINS;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; GABON;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037365209     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892903000067     Document Type: Article

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