The High Niger National Park is one of the most important protected areas for biodiversity conservation in Guinea. This study examined the temporal evolution of the bushmeat trade in three rural markets in the Park and in the nearest urban centre, Faranah. We collected data in markets during August–November 2017 in three villages around the Mafou core area of the Park and in Faranah, and compared these data with equivalent published data from the same rural areas in 2001 and 2011 and from Faranah in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 2011. Across all study periods, mammals predominated in the bushmeat trade. In rural markets we noted a marked increase in the number of carcasses and biomass offered for sale from 2001 onwards, whereas in Faranah there were no differences over time other than a peak in 1996. Overall, there was an increase in the sale of smaller sized species (< 10 kg), and a marked increase in the sale of species that forage on crops, including the green monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus and warthog Phacochoerus africanus, in spite of religious taboos against the consumption of primates and Suidae. Green monkeys were not sold in markets during the 1990s but were the dominant species in Faranah in 2011 and 2017. Our findings suggest a marked shift in traded species, associated with crop protection by farmers and economic incentives to kill and trade crop-foraging species. This study highlights the value of a longitudinal perspective for investigating the dynamic relationship between local livelihoods and biodiversity conservation.

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在西非几内亚高尼日尔国家公园交易的野味的时间演变

高尼日尔国家公园是几内亚最重要的生物多样性保护保护区之一。本研究调查了公园内三个农村市场和最近的城市中心法拉纳的丛林肉贸易的时间演变。我们在 2017 年 8 月至 11 月期间在公园的 Mafou 核心区域和 Faranah 的三个村庄收集了市场数据，并将这些数据与 2001 年和 2011 年同一农村地区以及 1994 年和 1995 年来自 Faranah 的同等公布数据进行了比较， 1996 年和 2011 年。在所有研究期间，哺乳动物在丛林肉贸易中占主导地位。在农村市场，我们注意到自 2001 年起出售的胴体和生物质数量显着增加，而在 Faranah，除了 1996 年的峰值外，没有其他时间差异。总体而言，鲭鱼和疣猪非洲鲶鱼，尽管有反对食用灵长类动物和猪科动物的宗教禁忌。绿猴在 1990 年代没有在市场上出售，但在 2011 年和 2017 年是法拉纳的主要物种。我们的研究结果表明，交易物种发生了显着变化，这与农民的作物保护以及杀死和交易作物觅食物种的经济激励有关。本研究强调了纵向视角对于调查当地生计与生物多样性保护之间动态关系的价值。