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the Mafou area of the High Niger National Park, and pro- vides some insights into the drivers of this trade. We fo- cused, however, on only one area of the Park and it remains unclear whether the patterns we observed are the same in other prefectures, such as Kouroussa. Nevertheless, our findings suggest that, contrary to patterns noted elsewhere, especially in Central Africa, urban demand does not appear to be driving the bushmeat trade in this region, especially as supply in rural areas has increased steadily, whereas trade in the local urban center of Faranah remained the same as it was in 1994. Our findings also suggest that agricultural ex- pansion, crop protection practices and the economic status of farmers require greater consideration when addressing the bushmeat trade in and around the High Niger Na- tional Park. In addition, there appears to be an erosion in religious taboos regarding the killing and consumption of primates and Suidae species. This shift is accentuated by a demand for these species from other regions of the country and crop protection challenges faced by farmers locally, combined with the financial benefits resulting from the sale of crop-foraging species. Despite the local reduction in urban demand for bushmeat, pressures on wildlife in the Park are evident and it is hence critical to develop a so- cial science-based approach to better understand the relative importance of various drivers of hunting, to address unsus- tainable hunting practices and to ensure an improved bal- ance between conservation and people’s livelihoods.
Acknowledgements We are grateful to the Ministry of the Environment, the Guinean Office for Protected Areas, especially Colonel Keita, and Captain Kouyaté, director of the High Niger Na- tional Park in Guinea, for granting us permission to pursue this re- search, the field assistants who helped with data collection, and all the people who facilitated our research. This work was funded by an Arcus Foundation grant to TH (No. G-PGM-1702-2116) and the National Sciences Foundations of China.
Author contributions Conception and design of research: LD, AK, TH; fieldwork and market survey: LD, AK; statistical analysis and writing: LD, AK, TH; revision: LD, AK, JX, TH.
Conflicts of interest None.
Ethical standards This research abided by the Oryx guidelines on ethical standards, followed the standards of the Social Research Association, and was reviewed and approved by the ethics’ committee of the School of Anthropology and Conservation of the University of Kent, UK. The Ministry of the Environment, the Guinean Office for Protected Areas, and the High Niger National Park authorities in Guinea granted permission to pursue this research, which complied with all legal requirements for research within the country. Lucie Duonamou, a Guinean PhD student, coordinated and conducted the data collection in collaboration with a Guinean researcher, Alexandre Konate. All field assistants received appropriate training. All market stall sellers were told of the study’s objectives and their participation and collaboration were secured on a voluntary and anonymous basis prior to commencing data collection and to ensure that the study would not have any direct or indirect impact on trade.
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