Evaluation of the Daily Bush Meat Intake in Urban Household Consumption in Brazzaville, the Capital City of the Republic of Congo

摘要

Bushmeat is of major importance to the food security of urban and rural populations of the CongoBasin. A quantitative survey of bush meat consumption was undertaken in Brazzaville, involving about 1,050urban households. The survey?s objectives were to evaluate the bush meat intake. The meat was drawnessentially from three mammalian orders-artiodactyls (50.2%), rodents (28.1%) and primates (13.3%). Theaverage daily bushmeat consumption per capita was estimated at 14.03±33.8 g or 5.2 kg per inhabitant per yearand the total annual consumption in Brazzaville at 5121 tons. The probability distribution of mean dailybushmeat intake by individual was highly asymmetric and assumed to be poisson type with a 8 value close to7 g/day. This survey highlights the importance of implementing a new forest policy involving local and nativepopulations in the sustainable management of protected areas and hunting zones.