Vertebrate Hunting in the Serra do Divisor National Park, Acre
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https://doi.org/10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.v8i1.795Keywords:
Amazon, food security, game species, protected area, trade, subsistence huntingAbstract
Although hunting provides food security for rural and indigenous peoples in the Amazon, it may represent a challenge for wildlife conservation. Hunting yields on vertebrate populations are still not clearly estimated in this biome, even inside protected areas, hampering effective decision-making and locally based conservation strategies. In this study, we presented the hunting patterns inside the Parque Nacional da Serra da Divisor (PNSD), located in southeastern Amazonia. Through semi-structured interviews conducted during January 2018 and surveillance actions’ data collected from January 2016 to January 2018, we have identified that 57.9% of the 69 game species known to occur in the Pé da Serra’s village are targeted by hunters to obtain food. Around one fifth of threatened species are included in the local diet. Ungulates, birds, caviomorph rodents, the armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) and the tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus) were the most appreciated species. Hunters employ the active search, nocturnal flashlighting, traps and waiting in order to kill or capture animals. Pé da Serra’s inhabitants also use wildlife as medicine and as pets. Although trade in wild meat has not been declared by these villagers, we verified that 30.8% of the surveillance actions inside the PNSD’s resulted in wildlife seizures. The total biomass of seized specimens was 428.08kg. The most frequent species was C. denticulatus, accounting to 37.9% of the total species seized. The diversity of species and wildlife uses in the PNSD’s revealed highlights the role of wildlife as resource for human populations. We suggest the implementation of low-impact production chains linked to local development projects and regional governance to ensure biodiversity conservation inside the PNSD.
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