A. Species
Scientific name: Tayassu pecari
Common name(s): White-lipped peccary
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Vulnerable
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Amazonas
Country/Region: Brazil / Amazon
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: Sub-national / Sub-region / Sub-State
Name/Details of location: The Rio Iriri ER and the Riozinho do Anfrísio ER / middle portion of the Xingu River basin, state of Pará, eastern Brazilian Amazon
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2014
End Year: 2019
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed
Motivation of use: Basic subsistence and Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: Based on hunting data from a community-based monitoring programme conducted in 30 communities during 63 consecutive months to address temporal trends in hunting yields in terms of catch per unit of effort of all game species, notably the white-lipped peccary (most hunted), and the six most hunted species.
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: The stability of CPUE (catch per unit effort) in this study were interpreted by the authors as evidence that hunting levels were probably sustainable in the study area both for all game species considered, and for each of the most hunted species.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: The study concludes that protecting the lifestyles and cultural integrity of local communities is key to ensuring the long-term sustainability of hunting, especially when government enforcement is lacking or insufficient.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
SUPAs )sustainable use protected areas) embedded within a much larger mosaic of relatively intact PAs have significant potential to regulate hunting, reinforcing their role in biodiversity conservation and sustainable management. Maintaining the current social and environmental contexts in the study region was considered the best way to ensure long-term hunting sustainability. The legal status of hunting regulations in SUPAs in human-occupied forest reserves in Brazil remains ambiguous, leaving this practice subject to arbitrary local enforcement = this should be improved.
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2022-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
doi: 10.1017/S0376892922000145
Date of record entry: 2022-11-22