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Human-Wildlife Interactions, Risks and Scaling of Game Meat Value Chains
Year of Publication : 2026
Language : en
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Abstract (English) : Across African landscapes, human-wildlife interactions present both significant challenges and untapped opportunities. Negative interactions such as crop raiding, livestock predation, human injury or loss of life, and retaliatory killing erode community tolerance for wildlife and undermine conservation efforts. At the same time, sustainably managed game meat value chains can transform wildlife from a liability into a tangible asset for rural communities. Through generating income, protein, and employment from well-regulated harvesting, these value chains have the potential to reduce human-wildlife conflict, strengthen coexistence, enhance climate resilience through lower-emission protein systems, and improve food security. This theme series critically examines the human dimensions of scaling game meat value chains, with particular attention to conflict mitigation, risk management (including zoonoses and food safety), governance, and equitable benefit-sharing.
Objectives of the Webinar were to:
• To explore how sustainable game meat value chains can shift human-wildlife interactions from conflict toward coexistence, while contributing to climate resilience and food security in African and SADC contexts.
• To examine the risks, governance challenges, transformation opportunities, and emerging dimensions associated with scaling game meat value chains, and to identify practical, people-centred strategies and policy enablers that support responsible, sustainable, and inclusive development.
Description : MP4 video, size: 604 MB; Duration: 01:25:40
Publisher : Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Citation : Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2026). Human-Wildlife Interactions, Risks and Scaling of Game Meat Value Chains: [Online] Available at: https://youtu.be/2y4OemGSfjE
Sponsorship : Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Peer Review Status : Non-Peer Reviewed
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