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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51555#.VG2ny2fHRK0 Author(s) Greg Simpson , Michael E. Barnes * , Timothy M. Parker , Jill Voorhees Affiliation(s) South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA . ABSTRACT The activities of all 1513 individuals who visited a public hunting and fishing area near Spearfish, South Dakota, USA, were recorded from May 16 to August 16, 2006. Over the entire period, slightly less than 60% of the visitors were engaged in fishing, and they accounted for nearly 80% of the total visitation time. Over 40% of the visitors were primarily there for non-consumptive (not hunting or fishing) reasons, including t...

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...