Primates, represented by 521 species, are distributed across 91 countries primarily in the
Neotropic, Afrotropic, and Indo-Malayan realms. Primates inhabit a wide range of habitats …

Displacement resulting from the establishment and enforcement of protected areas has
troubled relationships between conservationists and rural groups in many parts of the world …

This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the rise of
protected areas and their current social and economic position in our world. It examines the …

Primary tropical forests are lost at an alarming rate, and much of the remaining forest is
being degraded by selective logging [1–5]. Yet, the impacts of logging on biodiversity remain …

Faunal resources have played a wide range of roles in human life from the earliest days of
recorded history. In addition to their utilitarian importance, animals have been recognized in …

We calculated extraction and production rates of bushmeat species in two main tropical,
moist‐forest regions, the Amazon and Congo basins. Extraction was estimated from the …

Subsistence game hunting has profound negative effects on the species diversity, standing
biomass, and size structure of vertebrate assemblages in Amazonian forests that otherwise …

All is not well for biodiversity in the tropics. Despite recent debate over the extent of future
tropical extinctions and the effectiveness of reserve systems, the continued disappearance …

Connections between animals and humans date back thousands of years, and cultures all
over the world have developed characteristic ways of interacting with the regional fauna …

Available information on the consumption of wild meat in West and Central Africa is
reviewed. We show that mammals are the prime source of bushmeat, and that ungulates …