Elephant meat trade in Central Africa : Republic of Congo case study

Complete Title

Publication Year

2011

Language(s)

English

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Description

The IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group AfESG) has been charged by MIKE with implementing a project to investigate the linkages between the elephant meat trade and larger social and economic dynamics at play, including, but not limited to, ivory trade, logging (legal and illegal), mining, infrastructure development, global economic trends, law enforcement at the national and international level, and community forest governance. This report presents the results of a pilot project carried out in ROC to assess the importance of elephant bushmeat as a causative factor in the illegal killing of elephants.

Other title

Elephant meat trade in Central Africa : summary report

ISBN

978-2-8317-1419-6

Author(s)

Stiles, Daniel

Latour, Stéphanie

Organization(s)

IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)

IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE)

Imprint

Gland : IUCN, 2011

Physical Description

62 p. : ill., maps

Notes

<p>Includes bibliographic references. Summary report available in separate English and French language versions and accompanied by three other supplementary country case study reports.</p>

Monographic Series

Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission

Keywords

Wildlife conservation

Geographic keywords

Central Africa

Congo, Republic of