Entangled Realms: Hunters and Hunted in the Dzanga-Sangha Dense Forest Reserve (APDS), Central African Republic

• Published in: Anthropological quarterly Vol. 87; no. 3; pp. 613 - 636
• Main Authors: Robinson, Carolyn A. Jost, Remis, Melissa J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington George Washington University Institute for Ethnographic Research 01.07.2014; Institute for Ethnographic Research
• Subjects: Animals; Anthropology; Central African Republic; Ecosystems; Forest conservation; Forest ecology; Forest reserves; Forest resources; Forests; Human ecology; Hunter gatherers; Hunters; Hunting; Management; Natural Resources; Protected areas; SPECIAL COLLECTION: Hybrid Landscapes: Science, Conservation, and the Production of Nature; Studies; Subsistence hunting; Technological change; Trade; Wildlife; Wildlife conservation; Wildlife ecology; Congo Basin
• ISSN: 0003-5491; 1534-1518; 1534-1518
• DOI: 10.1353/anq.2014.0036

Researchers across disciplines have struggled to understand the entanglement of human-environment relationships. Nowhere are these entanglements more evident than among human communities situated within protected areas. These communities often rely on natural resources, such as wildlife, as an integral component of daily livelihoods. The success of human livelihood strategies and the continued presence of wildlife hinges upon our ability to understand inherently dependent relationships between animals and humans. Using the bushmeat trade as an entry point, this article draws on theoretical developments in anthropology, specifically mutual ecologies and data-based approaches to wildlife management, to examine relationships between hunters and hunted in the Dzanga-Sangha Dense Forest Reserve (APDS).