Primates and Bushmeat Hunting Around the High Niger National Park, Guinea, West Africa: Drivers and Patterns of Change

Bushmeat hunting contributes to the decline of primate species across Africa; however, few

in land-use patterns and economic drivers may enhance threats to primates in Muslim dominated

Park (HNNP) is one of only two national parks in the Republic of Guinea. The park is one of the

of high conservation priority for ungulates and the western subspecies of chimpanzee. This study

several markets in and around the HNNP, (2) analyse the evolution of the bushmeat trade since

area. Local market assessments were conducted across four village markets and in Faranah, one

of 46 species and 22 families on markets surveyed over a 7 month period spanning both the dry

in the bushmeat trade helped identify more recent drivers of the bushmeat trade in the

crop-foraging and local microcredit systems in exacerbating the presence of primate species sold

future research, this study emphasises the growing risks facing primates as targets for bushmeat

complied with the International Primatological Society (IPS) Guidelines for the Use of Nonhuman

Primates in Research.