Food taboos and animal conservation: a systematic review on how cultural expressions influence interaction with wildlife species

Abstract Background Human societies have food taboos as social rules that restrict access to a particular animal. Taboos are pointed out as tools for the conservation of animals, considering that the presence of this social rule prevents the consumption of animals. This work consists of a systematic...

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Main Authors: André Santos Landim, Jeferson de Menezes Souza, Lucrécia Braz dos Santos, Ernani Machado de Freitas Lins-Neto, Daniel Tenório da Silva, Felipe Silva Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-07-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-023-00600-9