Wild Meat Consumption in the Northeastern Peruvian Amazon: Implications for Conservation and Sustainability

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dc.contributor.advisorGilmore, Michael P
dc.creatorBriceño Huerta, Fiorella Andrea
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-10T18:46:28Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractHunting is one of the most critical drivers of animal population decline. Despite its significance, wild meat consumption in Amazonian cities is poorly understood. In Iquitos, the largest urban center of the Peruvian Amazon, there is access to many different animal proteins, but people are still consuming a great deal of wild meat. To create more effective conservation strategies for highly consumed species, accurate estimates of wild meat consumption are needed. By systematically sampling the entire city and interviewing heads of households, this dissertation answers the question: How much wild meat are people eating, and what is driving their consumption?
dc.description.embargo2027-05-31
dc.description.noteThis work is embargoed by the author and will not be publicly available until 2027-05-31.
dc.format.extent193 pages
dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/13242
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2022 Fiorella Andrea Briceño Huerta
dc.rights.urihttps://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0
dc.subjectAmazonia
dc.subjectDrivers for wild meat consumption
dc.subjectIquitos
dc.subjectMammals
dc.subjectReptiles
dc.subjectUrban wild meat consumption
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental science
dc.subject.keywordsConservation biology
dc.titleWild Meat Consumption in the Northeastern Peruvian Amazon: Implications for Conservation and Sustainability
dc.typeText
thesis.degree.disciplineEnvironmental Science and Public Policy
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D. in Environmental Science and Public Policy

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