Toward a quantification of risks at the nexus of conservation and health: The case of bushmeat markets in Lao PDR.

ABSTRACT: Trade of bushmeat and other wildlife for human consumption presents a unique set of challenges to policy-makers who are confronted with multiple trade-offs between conservation, food security, food safety, culture and tradition. In the face of these complex issues, risk assessments supported by quantitative information would facilitate evidence-based decision making. We propose a conceptual model for disease transmission risk analysis, inclusive of these multiple other facets. To quantify several processes included in this conceptual model we conducted questionnaire surveys with wildlife consumers and vendors in semi-urban centers in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR, Laos) and direct observations of consumer behaviors. Direct observation of market stalls indicated an estimated ave

SUBMITTER: Pruvot M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7112076 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature