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Investigating the risks of removing wild meat from global food systems
2021; Elsevier BV; Volume: 31; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.079
ISSN1879-0445
AutoresHollie Booth, Michael Clark, E.J. Milner‐Gulland, Kofi Amponsah‐Mensah, André Pinassi Antunes, Stephanie Brittain, Luciana C. Castilho, João Vitor Campos‐Silva, Pedro de Araújo Lima Constantino, Yuhan Li, Lessah Mandoloma, Lotanna M. Nneji, Donald Midoko Iponga, Boyson Moyo, James A. McNamara, O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo, Jianbin Shi, Cédric Thibaut Kamogne Tagne, Julia van Velden, David Williams,
Tópico(s)Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
ResumoThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought humanity's strained relationship with nature into sharp focus, with calls for cessation of wild meat trade and consumption, to protect public health and biodiversity.1Yang N. Liu P. Li W. Zhang L. Permanently ban wildlife consumption.Science. 2020; 367: 1434.2-141434Crossref Scopus (21) Google Scholar,2End The TradeEnd The Trade Petition..2020https://endthetrade.com/Google Scholar However, the importance of wild meat for human nutrition, and its tele-couplings to other food production systems, mean that the complete removal of wild meat from diets and markets would represent a shock to global food systems.3Cottrell R.S. Nash K.L. Halpern B.S. Remenyi T.A. Corney S.P. Fleming A. Fulton E.A. Hornborg S. Johne A. Watson R.A. et al.Food production shocks across land and sea.Nat Sustain. 2019; 2: 130-137Crossref Scopus (76) Google Scholar, 4Halpern B.S. Cottrell R.S. Blanchard J.L. Bouwman L. Froehlich H.E. Gephart J.A. Sand Jacobsen N. Kuempel C.D. McIntyre P.B. Metian M. et al.Opinion: Putting all foods on the same table: Achieving sustainable food systems requires full accounting.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2019; 116: 18152-18156Crossref PubMed Scopus (29) Google Scholar, 5Friant S. Ayambem W.A. Alobi A.O. Ifebueme N.M. Otukpa O.M. Ogar D.A. Alawa C.B.I. Goldberg T.L. Jacka J.K. Rothman J.M. Eating Bushmeat Improves Food Security in a Biodiversity and Infectious Disease "Hotspot".EcoHealth. 2020; 17: 125-138Crossref PubMed Scopus (16) Google Scholar, 6Roe D. Dickman A. Kock R. Milner-Gulland E.J. Rihoy E. 't Sas-Rolfes M. Beyond banning wildlife trade: COVID-19, conservation and development.World Dev. 2020; 136: 105121Crossref PubMed Scopus (46) Google Scholar The negative consequences of this shock deserve consideration in policy responses to COVID-19. We demonstrate that the sudden policy-induced loss of wild meat from food systems could have negative consequences for people and nature. Loss of wild meat from diets could lead to food insecurity, due to reduced protein and nutrition, and/or drive land-use change to replace lost nutrients with animal agriculture, which could increase biodiversity loss and emerging infectious disease risk. We estimate the magnitude of these consequences for 83 countries, and qualitatively explore how prohibitions might play out in 10 case study places. Results indicate that risks are greatest for food-insecure developing nations, where feasible, sustainable, and socially desirable wild meat alternatives are limited. Some developed nations would also face shocks, and while high-capacity food systems could more easily adapt, certain places and people would be disproportionately impacted. We urge decision-makers to consider potential unintended consequences of policy-induced shocks amidst COVID-19; and take holistic approach to wildlife trade interventions, which acknowledge the interconnectivity of global food systems and nature, and include safeguards for vulnerable people.
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