African buffalo and the human societies in Africa: Social values and interaction outcomes

Mukamuri Billy B., Garine-Wichatitsky Michel, Gandiwa E., Perrotton Arthur, Kupika O.L., Perrotton Arthur, Kupika O.L., Monin L.. 2023. African buffalo and the human societies in Africa: Social values and interaction outcomes. In : Ecology and management of the African buffalo. Caron Alexandre (ed.), Cornélis Daniel (ed.), Chardonnet Philippe (ed.), Prins Herbert H.T. (ed.). Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1-20. (Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation) ISBN 978-1-316-51874-8

Résumé : The African buffalo has interacted with human societies for millennia across its vast African range. It is part of the bestiary of the few African imaginaries and mythologies that have managed to reach us. These representations of the species in African cultures seem to have percolated more recently into the imaginaries of European cultures, especially from the angle of hunting and photographic safaris. The buffalo is also at the centre of services and disservices to different actors, providing uses but also generating conflicts in African landscapes, the species being central in so-called Human–Wildlife Conflicts. For animal health services, the buffalo represents in some instances a public enemy, influencing meat trade policies, land uses and boundaries in many parts of the continent. The African buffalo is therefore an emblem of the coexistence between humans and nature in Africa.

Mots-clés libres : Buffalo, Coexistence, Africa, Cultural ecosystem services, Cultural keystone species

Agences de financement hors UE : Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Fondation François Sommer

Auteurs et affiliations

• Mukamuri Billy B., University of Zimbabwe (ZWE)
• Garine-Wichatitsky Michel, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR ASTRE (THA) ORCID: 0000-0002-5438-1473
• Gandiwa E., Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZWE)
• Perrotton Arthur, CIRAD-ES-UPR Forêts et sociétés (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0001-5338-021X
• Kupika O.L., University of Botswana (BWA)
• Perrotton Arthur, CIRAD-ES-UPR Forêts et sociétés (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0001-5338-021X
• Kupika O.L., University of Botswana (BWA)
• Monin L., Université Paris-Nanterre (FRA)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/607054/)

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