Abstract
This study investigated species that are hunted in protected rainforest areas and the methods used to hunt them, using data obtained by recording items in the possession of 17 poachers arrested in Kakum Conservation Area in Ghana over a period of 12 months. Twelve species were recorded among 69 total animals. Most were mammals, including primates. Shotguns and wire snares were the main hunting methods used. Primates must be given special protection and conservation attention, as they were found to be prominent among the animals poached.
Highlights
Human activities have had major impacts on natural resources (Struhsaker 1997)
Since the beginning of the 20th century, land has been demarcated for conservation with little or no regard for the impact on the livelihood of fringe communities in Africa
This study aimed to investigate the animal species poached at the Kakum Conservation Area and the hunting methods normally used
Summary
Habitats have been devastated and an unknown number of plant and animal species have been harvested to extinction. The harvest of wild meat (bushmeat) by subsistence hunters in tropical countries has resulted in conspicuous population declines and extinctions at local to global scales for many species of birds and mammals (Diamond 1989; Bakarr et al 2011). Since the beginning of the 20th century, land has been demarcated for conservation with little or no regard for the impact on the livelihood of fringe communities in Africa. As a result, these communities were alienated from the resources upon which their material well being depends.
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