BUSHMEAT: Lack of meat for refugees causing large scale poaching
Relief agencies versus conservation agencies. From TRAFFIC:
“The scale of wild meat consumption in East African refugee camps has helped conceal the failure of the international community to meet basic refugee needs,” says Dr George Jambiya, the main author of the report.“Relief agencies are turning a blind eye to the real cause of the poaching and illegal trade: a lack of meat protein in refugees’ rations,” he added.
Sheer numbers of refugees often leads to extensive habitat degradation and dramatic loss of wildlife in affected areas, with rare species like chimpanzees threatened by the demand for meat. Populations of buffalo, sable antelope and other grazing animals have also shown steep declines.
On the Net: The report by TRAFFIC ‘Night Time Spinach’: Conservation and livelihood implications of wild meat use in refugee situations in north western Tanzania
On the Net: TRAFFIC
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