Cost-sensitive bushmeat hunters: Expensive ammunition may help with conservation

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 13:31 in Biology & Nature

Hunting of bushmeat is one major cause of biodiversity loss in tropical countries. Research has shown that consumers of wildlife are price sensitive and that the quantity of meat purchased is influenced by the cost of bushmeat and its substitutes. The rising costs of ammunition could potentially help conserving wild animals.

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