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The bushmeat chain reaction

Source: Redmond, I.,

et al., Recipes for Survival:

Controlling the Bushmeat Trade

, WSPA Report 2006.

Demographic

increase

Logging

and

Mining

Fossil fuel

extraction

Hydroelectric

production

War

Weak

governance

Hunting

methods

Lack of meat

farming

Cultural and

social changes

Plans

imposed by

International

Finance

Poverty

Demand Increase

Species

threatened

with extinction

Deforestation and

habitat loss

Infrastructure

building

Forest wildlife

access facilitated

Soldiers and refugees

subsistence

Low or no

regulation

Firegun usage

Hunting efficency

increased

Low meat productivity and higher

costs of production

Unemployment

All year hunting

Absence of economic and

alimentary alternatives

Increasing harvest

competition

Workers

concentration in

wildlife habitat