This book explores the links between bushmeat and livelihoods in Africa, with a focus on the human dimension of the debate.

• Assembles biological, social and economic perspectives that illuminate the bushmeat debate
  
• Features a series of case studies that explore what species survive different intensities of bushmeat hunting and trapping
  
• Examines the shape and size of household bushmeat consumption and market trading
  
• Reviews governance and institutional impacts on wildlife management; lessons learned from agriculture,...