A. Species
Scientific name: Gyps africanus
Common name(s): White-baked vulture
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Critically Endangered
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Nigeria
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: Individual Site
Name/Details of location: 30km2 radius of Katsina town and about 50km2 to the border of Nigeria with Niger Republic
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2011
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 and Only parts or products of the organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Medicine and hygiene
Motivation of use: Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual
Is this use legal or illegal?: not recorded
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?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: 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
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
there is the need to carry out comprehensive assessment of trade in avifauna for improving conservation policies and practices in Nigeria sensitize the public on the importance of conservation of vulture in order to scale down the rate at which the species and its parts are over harvested in the study area and Nigeria at large
Record source
Information about the record source: own_res_data_knowledge
Date of publication/issue/production: 2020-01-01T00:00:00+0000
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Date of record entry: 2024-08-19