A. Species
Scientific name: Gyps rueppelli
Common name(s): Rüppells Vulture
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Critically Endangered
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Guinea-Bissau
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: 32 (out of 37) Sectors, an administrative division within Guinea-Bissau, which are then grouped in seven (out of eight) Regions; the five remaining Sectors were not sampled due to logistic constraints
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2016
End Year: 2016
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: Medicine and hygiene and Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression
Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community), Recreational and 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, Non-local Internal and National / local government
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
Record source
Information about the record source: own_res_data_knowledge
Date of publication/issue/production: 2018-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
Nuno A, Lecoq M, Cardoso P, et al. (2018) Not in
wilderness: African vulture strongholds remain in
areas with high human density. PLoS ONE 13(1):
e0190594. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.
pone.0190594
Date of record entry: 2024-08-22