Rural Livelihoods Vulnerabilities and Commercial Bushmeat Hunting Challenges in Cross River National Park, Nigeria
Read full paper at： http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50662#.VEh8b1fHRK0 Author(s) Oliver O. O. Enuoh 1* , Francis E. Bisong 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Tropical Ecological Consult, Abuja, Nigeria . 2 Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria . ABSTRACT Biodiversity conservation in parks and protected areas in Africa in general and especially in Nigeria is seriously threatened by the explosion of commercial bushmeat hunting activities in buffer zone communities. Several fauna species are becoming endangered and the list of extinct species is increasing due to commercial bushmeat hunting activities. Using a combination of qualitative and quanti...