The value of bushmeat and other wild foods to rural households living in extreme poverty in Democratic Republic of Congo

Biological Conservation

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 573-581

  De Merode, Emmanuel ^a   Homewood, Katherine ^b   Cowlishaw, Guy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Congo Basin; Fishing; Gathering; Hunting; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COPING STRATEGY; FOOD SUPPLY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUNTING; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2042496282     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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