Presented by John Fa, from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Manchester Metropolitan University, at the meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) in Montreal, Quebec (Canada) on December 11, 2017.
6. MAMMALS
POPULATION
DECLINE
UP TO 90%
Hunted x Non-hunted
(Peres, 2000)
10MILLION
TONS/YEAR
MAMMAL MEAT
TROPICS(Fa et al. 2002; Nasi et al. 2011)
26%
THREATENED
(Ripple et al. 2016)
Impact of Uncontrolled Hunting
8. Guidance to promote, implement and accelerate
integrated action to:
• Ensure the supply of wild meat is sustainably
managed at the source;
• Control the excessive demand of wild meat in
towns and cities;
• Create an enabling environment for the
sustainable management of wild meat.
Resolution Objectives
9. Aichi Biodiversity Targets (by 2020)
– Target 4, sustainable production and consumption, keeping
impacts of use of natural resources well within safe
ecological limits.
– Target 7, sustainable management of areas under
agriculture, aquaculture and forestry, ensuring conservation
of biodiversity.
– Target 12, prevent the extinction of known threatened
species and improve and sustain their conservation status,
particularly of those most in decline.
Sustainable Use of Components of Biological Diversity
– Article 10 requires Parties, as far as possible and as
appropriate actions identified in this note should be
undertaken in the context of the 2050 Vision of the Strategic
Plan for Biodiversity and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.
Global Policy Context
10. • Integrate conservation and sustainable use of biological resources into national
decision-making;
• Use biological resources to avoid or minimize adverse impacts on biological
diversity;
• Protect and encourage customary use of biological resources according to
traditional cultural practices compatible with conservation or sustainable use
requirements;
• Support local populations develop and implement remedial action in degraded
areas where biological diversity has been reduced; and
• Encourage cooperation governmental authorities - private sector in
developing methods for sustainable use of biological resources.
Working Aims
11. Specific Solutions
(Nasi et al. 2011)
A. Manage and
improve
sustainability of
wild meat supply
at the source
B. Reduce
demand for
unsustainably
managed wild
meat
C. Create
enabling
conditions for a
controlled,
sustainable wild
meat sector
12. Suggested Steps
A. Manage/improve
sustainability
B. Reduce demand C. Create enabling conditions
Review existing policies and legal
framework
Develop demand-reduction
strategies, focussing on towns and
cities
Increase international
collaboration
Strengthen law enforcement
capacity
Increase the availability of
substitutes
Acknowledge the role of wild
meat, where legitimate, and adapt
national policy and legal
frameworks accordingly
Develop and strengthen
participatory processes
Decrease availability and demand
for unsustainably produced wild
meat
Create regional and national
monitoring frameworks for wild
meat
13. Authors
Lauren Coad (CIFOR / University of Sussex); John E. Fa (CIFOR /
Manchester Metropolitan University); Nathalie Van Vliet (CIFOR);
Katharine Abernethy (University of Stirling); Catalina Santamaria
(SBSTTA-CBD), David Wilkie (Wildlife Conservation Society); Donna-
Mareè Cawthorn (University of Salford); Robert Nasi (CIFOR).
Acknowledgements
The resolution document was prepared in response to a call from the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat and under
contract to the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).
14. References
Fa, J. E., Currie, D. & Meeuwig, J. 2003. Bushmeat and food security in the
Congo Basin: linkages between wildlife and people’s future. Environmental
Conservation 30, 71-78.
Nasi, R., Taber, A. & Van Vliet, N. (2011). Empty forests, empty stomachs?
Bushmeat and livelihoods in the Congo and Amazon Basins. International
Forestry Review 13, 355– 368.
Notes de l'éditeur
This resolution document is a response to The Conference of the Parties, decision XIII/8 (para. 5(a)) in collaboration with other members of the Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management. The aim of the document was to further elaborate technical guidance for better governance towards a more sustainable bushmeat sector, with a view to supporting Parties’ implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.
Wild animals are hunted for subsistence, commercial, and recreational purposes. In subsistence hunting, the benefits obtained from wildlife (particularly food) are directly consumed or used by the hunter and his or her family.
Food security and livelihoods of many rural people in the tropics and subtropics depends on the use and trade of wild animals. Wild meat has long served as a source of nutrition for millions of people in many regions of the world, in both developed and developing countries.
Indigenous peoples in tropical and sub-tropical regions maintain a strong connection to the environment through hunting, herding, fishing and gathering renewable resources. These practices provide the basis for food production and have endured over thousands of years, with cultural adaptations and the ability to utilize resources often associated with or affected by seasonal variation and changing ecological conditions.
Growing human populations, advances in hunting technologies and the emergence of a booming commercial wild meat trade has driven increased exploitation of wildlife. Unprecedented extraction rates cause the decline of numerous wildlife populations and endanger foundation species critical to the functioning of ecosystems. Increased hunting pressure, alongside rising rates of habitat destruction and conversion in tropical forest regions, make it highly likely that wild meat supplies in some tropical and subtropical countries will diminish.
The present document proposes joint approaches that can be applied to achieve sustainable use of wild meat in tropical and sub-tropical regions, but can be used to guide similar efforts in other parts of the world. The information therein supports continued dialogue, learning and methodological exchanges on sustainable wildlife management among forest, agriculture, natural resources, veterinary and public health, finance, rural development and legal sectors.
The document comprises guidance to support the work of Parties as well as relevant organizations and initiatives to promote, implement and accelerate integrated action. Can be used by various ministries, decision makers, as well as planning and implementing agencies at the national level.