Extractive (i.e., the entire organism or parts of the organism are removed from its environment)
If extractive, for the target species, is this use
Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of
The whole entire organism
Are specific characteristics/traits being targeted?
Unknown/not recorded
Purpose of Use
Basic subsistence (meeting day to day essential needs)
Income generation from trade at individual or household or community
Additional Details (if available)
Since the 1800s, brocket deer have been an important source of meat and income for subsistence and professional hunters in the Peruvian Amazon. Today, local people continue to hunt brocket deer for subsistence meat and for sale in local meat markets
What is the main end use for any living organisms, parts or products taken/extracted?
Is the use part of a strategy to generate conservation incentives, to finance conservation, or to improve tolerance/stewardship?
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting the conservation status of the species? HIDE
No – no clear evidence of the impact of use compared to other factors influencing
Is there evidence that the use is affecting natural selection?
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting poaching of illegal wildlife trade?
Unknown/not reported
Is there any evidence that this use of the species is having a knock-on effect on the status of non-target species
Unknown/not recorded
Unknown/not recorded
Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out
The sustainability of brocket deer hunting will depend on the con- tinued presence of other valuable wildlife species (e.g. peccaries and large rodents), which are more preferred due to their ease of hunting and higher rates of encounters. Gross productivity indicates that brocket deer are showing resilience in the form of density dependent reproductive adjustments in the TTCR, but they may still be vulnerable to overhunting. Consequently, current levels of harvesting may be continued until further ecological and biological information on the species’ population trends assist in defining more reliable sustainable offtake levels.
The density comparisons between the treatment (hunted) and control areas (non- hunted) showed that red brocket deer have similar population densities in the heavily hunted sites (1.16 0.29 individuals/km2) and non-hunted sites (1.14 0.44 individuals/km2;
Gray brocket deer, however, exhibit an increase in their population density in the heavily hunted site, compared to the non-hunted sites;
Our results suggest that red and gray brocket deer harvests are sustainable at current offtake levels in the Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Communal Reserve.
Management must protect the most vulnerable species, gray brocket deer, which is less abundant, and has a more restrictive habitat than red brocket deer.
Has a valuation of financial flows from this use at the site/national/international level been recorded