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Exploitation of megapode eggs in indonesia: the role of traditional methods in the conservation of megapodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Marc Argeloo
Affiliation:
Wereld Natuur Fonds, PO Box 7, 3700 AA Zeist, the Netherlands.
René W. R. J. Dekker
Affiliation:
National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Abstract

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Some megapode populations have already become extinct in parts of Indonesia because of the increasing human population, improved infrastructure and the abandonment of traditions governing the collection of megapode eggs for human consumption. In other areas megapode eggs are being collected unsustainably, while in more remote areas traditions, and megapode populations, are still intact. The authors examine the ways that traditional egg-collecting methods could be incorporated successfully into megapode conservation projects.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1996

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