@article{fdi:010071335,
  title = {{S}easonal bushmeat hunger in the {C}ongo basin},
  author = {{D}ounias, {E}dmond and {I}chikawa, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{U}nlike the {S}udano-sahelian regions, which are confronted to severe periods of food shortage, tropical rainforests are known to provide a constant supply of a great diversity of food resources that mitigates the risk of food starvation for omnivorous humans. {N}evertheless, several {A}frican forest ethnic groups suffer from a seasonal hunger induced by depletion in the procurement of bushmeat, which is a food of paramount importance. {A}lthough the diet remains well balanced and meets all the nutritional needs, the bushmeat cravers loose weight and experience a stress that affects their well-being. {B}ushmeat hunger is a psychocultural form of hunger that generates several mental disorders. {W}e present results from nutritional anthropology studies carried out among various {C}ongo {B}asin forest peoples, which regularly suffer from bushmeat hunger. {W}e expose the physiological risks that result from this psychological unrest, we argue that this type of unsatisfied compiling desire for meat should be considered as a factor of food insecurity and we conclude on its incidence on bushmeat trade. {T}he immoderate craving for bushmeat compromises the attempts to replace bushmeat by other sources of meat and is a persisting obstacle to conservation initiatives that fail to take the psychocultural values of bushmeat into consideration.},
  keywords = {{C}ongo {B}asin forest dwellers ; {M}eat ; {H}unger ; {C}raving ; {F}ood insecurity ; {M}ental health ; {B}ushmeat trade ; {C}onservation ; {CAMEROUN} ; {CENTRAFRIQUE} ; {AFRIQUE} {CENTRALE} ; {REPUBLIQUE} {DEMOCRATIQUE} {DU} {CONGO} ; {CONGO} {BASSIN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cohealth},
  volume = {14},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {575--590},
  ISSN = {1612-9202},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10393-017-1252-y},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010071335},
}