A5018516156- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Seed and Plant Biochemistry
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Indigenous Health and Education
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Global Maternal and Child Health
University of Douala
2020
Manchester Metropolitan University
2020
As a result of sedentarisation many Baka Pygmies have changed their mobility patterns away from nomadic lifestyles to living in roadside villages. These settled groups are increasingly dependent on cultivated foods but still rely forest resources. The level dependence hunting wild animals for food and cash, as well the profiles sedentarised Pygmy is little known. In this study we describe use meat 10 villages along Djoum-Mintom road southeastern Cameroon. From data collected 1,946 trips by...
Abstract Unsustainable wild meat hunting poses a significant threat to wildlife and tropical forest ecosystems. While high levels of extraction linked commercial trade have received attention, the sustainability subsistence by Indigenous Peoples in Africa has been less studied. Understanding how changing lifestyles, particularly sedentarisation former hunter-gatherers, affected use resources is crucial for conservation livelihoods. The spatial management through establishment no-take zones,...
Forest inhabitants worldwide, and indigenous people especially, have depended for generations on plants animals harvested in these ecosystems. A number of Baka hunter-gatherer populations south-eastern Cameroon became sedentarised the 1950s, but still rely hunting gathering to meet their basic needs. The use wild edible (WEP) by communities remains largely undocumented. In this study, we record diversity WEP used dense rainforests Mintom region. area contains relatively undisturbed forest...
Abstract A significant number of Baka Pygmies in Cameroon have been sedentarised roadside villages, contrast to their nomadic hunter-gatherer existence the past. Although this change lifestyle has had important consequences on health, most villages still supplement diets from forest products, especially wild meat. We used a combination participatory methods and monitoring individual hunters map hunting territories 10 southeastern Cameroon. From these, we determined whether meat extraction...
The sedentarization of Pygmies in the Congo Basin has triggered a profound transformation their traditional lifestyles, particularly affecting dietary habits and food consumption. We employed 24-hour recalls 10 sedentarized Baka Pygmy villages southeastern Cameroon, gathering data on diet composition, diversity (Household Dietary Diversity Score, HDDS), nutrient intake per adult male equivalent (AME) from 67 homes (28% all households). Our findings revealed that 62% consumed foods were...
Abstract We determined stunting, wasting, and obesity frequencies in a total 1092 2-to-12 year old Baka Pygmy children from anthropometric health data gathered 34 villages the Djoum-Mintom region southeastern Cameroon four campaigns 2010 2017–9. compare these to WHO Child Growth Standards, Amazonian Tsiname growth references for inter-population comparisons study population itself. Population-specific charts were constructed using GAMLSS modelling. Our results show that have one of highest...
Abstract Background African Pygmies exhibit a unique, genetically determined child growth dynamics and adult stature but the impact on assessing undernutrition remains unknown. Baka Pygmy health is highly compromised compared to sympatric populations. Evaluating an important step address this quandry. We estimate stunting wasting in Cameroon’s children investigate applicability of standards for people. Methods Anthropometric data from 685 2-to12 year old were collected at 25 centres southern...
Abstract Background: Forest inhabitants worldwide, and Indigenous Peoples especially, have depended for generations on plants animals harvested in these ecosystems. A number of Baka hunter-gatherer populations south-eastern Cameroon became sedentarised the 1950s, but still rely hunting gathering to meet their basic needs. The use wild edible (WEP) by communities remains largely undocumented. In this study we record diversity WEP used people dense rainforests Mintom region. area contains...
Abstract Background Forest inhabitants worldwide, and Indigenous Peoples especially, have depended for generations on plants animals harvested in these ecosystems. A number of Baka Pygmy populations south-eastern Cameroon became sedentarised the 1950s, but still rely hunting gathering to meet their basic needs. The use wild edible (WEP) by communities remains largely undocumented. In this study we document diversity WEP used people dense rainforests Mintom region. area contains relatively...
Abstract Background: Forest inhabitants worldwide, and Indigenous Peoples especially, have depended for generations on plants animals harvested in these ecosystems. A number of Baka hunter-gatherer populations south-eastern Cameroon became sedentarised the 1950s, but still rely hunting gathering to meet their basic needs. The use wild edible (WEP) by communities remains largely undocumented. In this study we record diversity WEP used people dense rainforests Mintom region. area contains...