Wildmeat or Bushmeat? Subsistence Hunting and Commercial Harvesting in Papua (West New Guinea), Indonesia

Human Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 611-621

  Pangau Adam, Margaretha ^a,b   Noske, Richard ^c   Muehlenberg, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CENDERAWASIH UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Irian Jaya; Papua Indonesia; Rusa deer; Sustainable hunting; Threatened species; Tropical forests; Wildmeat

Indexed keywords

DEER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUNTING; MEAT; SUBSISTENCE; TROPICAL FOREST; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

INDONESIA; JAYAPURA; PAPUA [(PRV) INDONESIA];

AVES; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84864538092     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-012-9492-5     Document Type: Article

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