Social Correlates of and Reasons for Primate Meat Consumption in Central Amazonia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationCenter for International Forestry Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationManchester Metropolitan Universityen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00214-6en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0164-0291en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalInternational Journal of Primatologyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ciforWILD MEATen
cg.volume42en
dc.contributor.authorLemos, L.P.en
dc.contributor.authorLoureiro, L.F.en
dc.contributor.authorMorcatty, T.Q.en
dc.contributor.authorFa, J.E.en
dc.contributor.authorVasconcelos Neto, C.F.A. deen
dc.contributor.authorSouza Jesus, A. deen
dc.contributor.authorSilva, V.C. daen
dc.contributor.authorOliveira Ramalho, M.L. deen
dc.contributor.authorMatos Mendes, A. deen
dc.contributor.authorValsecchi, J.en
dc.contributor.authorEl Bizri, H.R.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-29T04:11:56Zen
dc.date.available2021-09-29T04:11:56Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/115222
dc.titleSocial Correlates of and Reasons for Primate Meat Consumption in Central Amazoniaen
dcterms.abstractTraditionally, humans have consumed nonhuman primates in many places, including throughout the Amazon region. However, primate consumption rates are changing with rising urbanization and market access. We characterize primate consumption in central Amazonia using 192 qualitative interviews with inhabitants in three rural villages and in the city of Tefé. We used a generalized linear model to investigate how individual consumer characteristics, such as age and gender, and livelihoods affected primate consumption. We also used principal coordinate analysis (PCoA), and word clouds and network text analyses, to describe reasons people gave for eating or avoiding primates. Our results show that men were more likely to say that they eat primates than women, and that the probability that a person said that they eat primates correlated positively with the percentage of their life lived in rural areas. People gave sentiment and ethical reasons not to eat primates. Custom influenced whether people said they eat primates both positively and negatively, while taste positively influenced whether people said they eat primates. A preference for other wild meats in rural areas, and for domestic meats in cities negatively influenced whether people said they eat primates. People also cited the perceptions that primates have a human-like appearance and that primate meat is unhealthy as reasons not to eat primates. People in urban areas also cited conservation attitudes as reasons for not eating primates. Our findings provide an understanding of factors influencing primate consumption in our study area and will be useful for designing tailored conservation initiatives by reducing hunting pressure on primates in rural settings and increasing the effectiveness of outreach campaigns in urban centers.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2021-05-30
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLemos, L.P., Loureiro, L.F., Morcatty, T.Q., Fa, J.E., de Vasconcelos Neto, C.F.A., de Souza Jesus, A., da Silva, V.C., de Oliveira Ramalho, M.L., de Matos Mendes, A., Valsecchi, J. and El Bizri, H.R., 2021. Social Correlates of and Reasons for Primate Meat Consumption in Central Amazonia. International Journal of Primatology, 42: 499-521. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00214-6en
dcterms.extent499-521en
dcterms.issued2021-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectfood consumptionen
dcterms.subjectwildlifeen
dcterms.subjecthuntingen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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