The specter of empty countrysides and wetlands—Impact of hunting take on birds in Indo‐Burma
Abstract Hunting for the wild meat trade, medicines and other human uses has decimated Indo‐Burma's vertebrate biota and has led to widespread defaunation. Yet, there is surprisingly little data on how hunting impacts wild bird assemblages in different landscapes here. Based on concurrent snaps...
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| author | Ding Li Yong Anuj Jain Sayam U. Chowdhury Emily Denstedt Kongsy Khammavong Phonesavanh Milavong Thiri Dae We Aung Ei Thinzar Aung Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok Wich'yanan Limparungpatthanakij Rongrong Angkaew Khwankhao Sinhaseni Trong Trai Le Hoai Bao Nguyen Punleu Tang Porchhay Taing Victoria R. Jones Bou Vorsak |
| author_facet | Ding Li Yong Anuj Jain Sayam U. Chowdhury Emily Denstedt Kongsy Khammavong Phonesavanh Milavong Thiri Dae We Aung Ei Thinzar Aung Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok Wich'yanan Limparungpatthanakij Rongrong Angkaew Khwankhao Sinhaseni Trong Trai Le Hoai Bao Nguyen Punleu Tang Porchhay Taing Victoria R. Jones Bou Vorsak |
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| description | Abstract Hunting for the wild meat trade, medicines and other human uses has decimated Indo‐Burma's vertebrate biota and has led to widespread defaunation. Yet, there is surprisingly little data on how hunting impacts wild bird assemblages in different landscapes here. Based on concurrent snapshot surveys of bird hunting, food markets and hunting attitudes across six Indo‐Burma countries, we found that hunting threatens species not only in forested landscapes but also wetlands and farmlands such as orchards and paddy fields—ecosystems overlooked by past studies, with at least 47 species associated with wetlands and agricultural lands identified from market surveys across the region. High rates of mortality are suffered when hunting tools such as nets are used to exclude perceived bird pests in both aquaculture and agricultural landscapes, with over 300 individual carcasses of at least 29 identifiable species detected in one aquaculture landscape sampled in Thailand. We warn that the potentially unsustainable trapping of species for consumption and trade in Indo‐Burma, coupled with high incidental mortalities, could decimate the populations of erstwhile common and/or legally unprotected species. There is an urgent need for stronger regulatory oversight on the hunting take of wild birds and the use of hunting tools such as nets. Alongside this, conservation practitioners need to better engage with rural communities to address unsustainable hunting practices, especially outside of protected areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fc6b01c1261c4a1490e1f5d3a590a6a12022-12-22T03:28:13ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542022-05-0145n/an/a10.1111/csp2.12668The specter of empty countrysides and wetlands—Impact of hunting take on birds in Indo‐BurmaDing Li Yong0Anuj Jain1Sayam U. Chowdhury2Emily Denstedt3Kongsy Khammavong4Phonesavanh Milavong5Thiri Dae We Aung6Ei Thinzar Aung7Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok8Wich'yanan Limparungpatthanakij9Rongrong Angkaew10Khwankhao Sinhaseni11Trong Trai Le12Hoai Bao Nguyen13Punleu Tang14Porchhay Taing15Victoria R. Jones16Bou Vorsak17BirdLife International (Asia) Tanglin International Centre SingaporeBirdLife International (Asia) Tanglin International Centre SingaporeConservation Science Group, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge UKWildlife Conservation Society Lao PDR Vientiane Lao PDRWildlife Conservation Society Lao PDR Vientiane Lao PDRWildlife Conservation Society Lao PDR Vientiane Lao PDRBiodiversity and Nature Conservation Association Yangon MyanmarBiodiversity and Nature Conservation Association Yangon MyanmarBird Conservation Society of Thailand Bangkok ThailandBird Conservation Society of Thailand Bangkok ThailandConservation Ecology Program King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok ThailandBird Conservation Society of Thailand Bangkok ThailandViet Nature Conservation Centre Hanoi VietnamVietnam National University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department University of Science Ho Chi Minh City VietnamBirdLife International Cambodia Programme Phnom Penh CambodiaBirdLife International Cambodia Programme Phnom Penh CambodiaBirdLife International, The David Attenborough Building Cambridge UKBirdLife International Cambodia Programme Phnom Penh CambodiaAbstract Hunting for the wild meat trade, medicines and other human uses has decimated Indo‐Burma's vertebrate biota and has led to widespread defaunation. Yet, there is surprisingly little data on how hunting impacts wild bird assemblages in different landscapes here. Based on concurrent snapshot surveys of bird hunting, food markets and hunting attitudes across six Indo‐Burma countries, we found that hunting threatens species not only in forested landscapes but also wetlands and farmlands such as orchards and paddy fields—ecosystems overlooked by past studies, with at least 47 species associated with wetlands and agricultural lands identified from market surveys across the region. High rates of mortality are suffered when hunting tools such as nets are used to exclude perceived bird pests in both aquaculture and agricultural landscapes, with over 300 individual carcasses of at least 29 identifiable species detected in one aquaculture landscape sampled in Thailand. We warn that the potentially unsustainable trapping of species for consumption and trade in Indo‐Burma, coupled with high incidental mortalities, could decimate the populations of erstwhile common and/or legally unprotected species. There is an urgent need for stronger regulatory oversight on the hunting take of wild birds and the use of hunting tools such as nets. Alongside this, conservation practitioners need to better engage with rural communities to address unsustainable hunting practices, especially outside of protected areas.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12668birddefaunationIndo‐Burmawild meat |
| spellingShingle | Ding Li Yong Anuj Jain Sayam U. Chowdhury Emily Denstedt Kongsy Khammavong Phonesavanh Milavong Thiri Dae We Aung Ei Thinzar Aung Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok Wich'yanan Limparungpatthanakij Rongrong Angkaew Khwankhao Sinhaseni Trong Trai Le Hoai Bao Nguyen Punleu Tang Porchhay Taing Victoria R. Jones Bou Vorsak The specter of empty countrysides and wetlands—Impact of hunting take on birds in Indo‐Burma Conservation Science and Practice bird defaunation Indo‐Burma wild meat |
| title | The specter of empty countrysides and wetlands—Impact of hunting take on birds in Indo‐Burma |
| title_full | The specter of empty countrysides and wetlands—Impact of hunting take on birds in Indo‐Burma |
| title_fullStr | The specter of empty countrysides and wetlands—Impact of hunting take on birds in Indo‐Burma |
| title_full_unstemmed | The specter of empty countrysides and wetlands—Impact of hunting take on birds in Indo‐Burma |
| title_short | The specter of empty countrysides and wetlands—Impact of hunting take on birds in Indo‐Burma |
| title_sort | specter of empty countrysides and wetlands impact of hunting take on birds in indo burma |
| topic | bird defaunation Indo‐Burma wild meat |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12668 |
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