SWM Programme scientific papers

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Franklin, A., Sandrin, A., Asaha, S., Abid, C. & Kabangu, N. 2022. Insect farming in support of wildlife conservation efforts in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, D.R. Congo. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 8(1): S29.
    https://www.wageningenacademic.com/toc/jiff/8/Supplement+1
  • L'Roe, J., Detoeuf, D., Wieland, M., Ikati, B., Kimuha, M.E., Sandrin, F., Sukari, O.A., Nkumu, J.N., Kretser, H.E. & Wilkie, D. 2023. Large-scale monitoring in the DRC’s Ituri forest with a locally informed multidimensional well-being index. World Development, 169: 106284. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X2300102X
  • L’Roe, J., Detoeuf, D., Wieland, M., Hoerner, A., McMillan, D., Kretser, H.E., Bertalan, M. et al. undated. Exploring the Uneven Terrain of Perceived Benefits from Protected Areas. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2025.2505688
  • Gomez, J., S. Shephard, K. James, E. K. Mbangale, J. K. Muhindo, J. K. Nyumu, S. Nziavake, T. B. Williams, and N. van Vliet. 2025. Fostering care and agency for wildlife stewardship on Indigenous and local lands: the power of place, practice, and virtue. Ecology and Society, 30(4):35. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-16462-300435 

Madagascar

  • Caballero-Huertas, M., Canonne, M., Rakotomanana, D., Tianandriatsiferana, R.J.C., Andrianjafisoa, T.,  Rasoloariniaina, J.R., Mortillaro, J.M. 2024. New insights into the reproductive physiology and culture approaches of Paratilapia sp., a Malagasy cichlid with potential interest for sustainable aquaculture. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, https://doi.org/10.1111/jwas.13103 
  • Spira, C., Raveloarison, R., Cournarie, M., Strindberg, S., O'Brien, T. & Wieland, M. 2021. Assessing the prevalence of protected species consumption by rural communities in Makira Natural Park, Madagascar, through the unmatched count technique. Conservation Science and Practice, 3(7). https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/csp2.441

Gabon

  • Efoua Tomo, N., Pouliquen, A., Boupana Mapeyi, G. A., Makouloutou-Nzassi, P., N’dilimabaka, N., Ngoubangoye, B., Cornelis, D., Lebel, S., Peyre, M., Olive, M.-M., Vanthomme, H., Maganga, G. D., and Delabouglise, A. 2025. Co-designing zoonotic diseases prevention practices when people depend on wild meat. One Health, 20(1):1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101074
  • Fonteyn, D., A. Fayolle, C. Orbell, R. Malignat, D. Cornélis, H. Vanthomme, P. Vigneron, and C. Vermeulen. 2022. Range extension of the agile mangabey (Cercocebus agilis) and of the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) in eastern Gabon evidenced by camera traps. African Journal of Ecology, 60(4): 1267–1270. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aje.13061
  • Fonteyn, D., C. Vermeulen, N. Deflandre, D. Cornelis, S. Lhoest, F. G. Houngbégnon, J. L. Doucet, and A. Fayolle. 2021. Wildlife trail or systematic? Camera trap placement has little effect on estimates of mammal diversity in a tropical forest in Gabon. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 7:321-336. https://publications.cirad.fr/une_notice.php?dk=599068
  • Wilkie, D., Wieland, M. & Poulsen, J.R. 2019. Unsustainable versus sustainable hunting for food in Gabon: modelling short- and long-term gains and losses. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7:357. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00357/full

Guyana

  • Braga-Pereira F., Puran A., Oswin D., Paemelaere E.A.D., van Vliet N. 2024. Factors influencing wildmeat trade in Guyana and expected changes in the context of the oil-related development prospects Global Ecology and Conservation. Volume 56 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989424004591 
  • Braga-Pereira, F., Anthony, R., Millar, N., Van Vliet, N. 2024. Nesting trends and predation risks among yellow-spotted river turtles in Essequibo River Basin. Global Economy and Conservation, Volume 50. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989424000246 
  • Gomez J., van Vliet, N. & Canales, N.  2022. The values of wildlife revisited. Ecology and Society, 27(4): 23. https://ecologyandsociety.org/vol27/iss4/art23/
  • Gomez, J., S. Shephard, K. James, E. K. Mbangale, J. K. Muhindo, J. K. Nyumu, S. Nziavake, T. B. Williams, and N. van Vliet. 2025. Fostering care and agency for wildlife stewardship on Indigenous and local lands: the power of place, practice, and virtue. Ecology and Society, 30(4):35. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-16462-300435
  • Hallett, M. T., Rovero, F., Van Vliet, N.,Li, F. M., Li, R., Melville, J., Wilson, A., Barnabas, H., Albert, A., Da Silva, D., Earl, E., David, O., Quintero, S. 2025.  Drivers of medium- and large-bodied terrestrial mammal communities within a savannah–forest mosaic on Makushi and Wapichan customary lands in the Rupununi, Guyana. Oryx, 59(3):385-396. doi:10.1017/S003060532400156X
  • Paemelaere E.A.D., Puran A., Williams T., Agard G., Pierre M.A., Yang H., Kenyon A., Zammett J. and van Vliet N. 2024. Value orientations toward wild meat in Guyana are determined by gender, ethnicity, and location. Frontiers in Conservation Science. Volume 5 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/conservation-science/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1277599/full 
  • Paemelaere, E.A.D., Hallett, M.T., Freitas, F., Balvadore, S., Ignace, M., Mandook, A., Lewis, M., Igancio L., Joaquim, M., O'Shea, B., van Vliet, N. 2024. Medium and large mammal responses to fire in a neotropical savanna system in Guyana. BioTropica,  57: e13397, 1–13. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/btp.13397 
  • Paemelaere, E.A.D., Mejía, A., Quintero, S., Hallett, M., Li, F., Wilson, A., Barnabas, H., Albert, A., Li, R., Baird, L., Pereira, G. & Melville, J. 2023. The road towards wildlife friendlier infrastructure: Mitigation planning through landscape-level priority settings and species connectivity frameworks. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 99. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195925522002761?via%3Dihub
  • Samuel Shephard, Kevin Edwards, Susan George, Elvis Joseph, Samantha James, Oswin David, Addevi Persaud, L. Cynthia Watson, Nathalie Van Vliet. 2022. Community-­based monitoring, assessment and management of data-­limited inland fish stocks in North Rupununi, Guyana. Fisheries management and Ecology. 30(2): 121–133. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fme.12604 
  • Van Vliet N, Millar N, Roberts RA and Braga-Pereira F (2025) Balancing conservation and traditional use of yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) in Southern Rupununi, Guyana. Front. Ecol. Evol. 13:1456048. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2025.1456048 
  • Van Vliet, N., A. Sirén, E. A. D. Paemelaere, E. Y. Cuesta Rios, M. S. Santiago Antúnez Correa, T. B. Williams, and S. Quintero. 2022. Immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of wildlife as food among indigenous people and local communities in South America. Ecology and Society, 27(3):42. https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol27/iss3/art42 
  • Van Vliet, N., Millar, N., Melville, A., David, O., & Ignacio, L. 2022. Participation in subsistence activities and maintenance of traditional skills among indigenous youth in the South Rupununi, Guyana. Ethnobiology and Conservation, 11. https://ethnobioconservation.com/index.php/ebc/article/view/653
  • Van Vliet, N., Puran, A., David, O., & Nasi, R. 2022. From the forest to the coast: the wild meat trade chain on the Coast of Guyana. Ethnobiology and Conservation, 11. https://www.ethnobioconservation.com/index.php/ebc/article/view/646

Republic of the Congo

  • Breuer, T., Londza, Y. & Mavinga, F.B. 2021. Primate and wildlife law outreach campaigns in the Republic of Congo: Assessing knowledge gain of school children in urban centres compared to rural villages. American Journal of Primatology, 83(8):e23194. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32945569/
  • Doherty, P.D., Atsango, B.C., Ngassiki, G., Ngouembe, A., Bréheret, N., Chauvet, E., Godley, B.J., Machin, L., Moundzoho, B.D., Parnell, R.J. & Metcalfe, L. 2021. Threats of illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing to biodiversity and food security in the Republic of the Congo. Conservation Biology, 35(5): 1463–1472. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33615559/
  • Mavah, G., Child, B. & Swisher, M.E. 2022. Empty laws and empty forests: Reconsidering rights and governance for sustainable wildlife management in the Republic of the Congo. African Journal of Ecology, 60(2): 212–221. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aje.12953
  • Riddell, M., Maisels, F., Lawrence, A., Stokes, E., Schulte‐Herbrüggen, B. & Ingram, D.J. 2022. Combining offtake and participatory data to assess the sustainability of a hunting system in northern Congo. African Journal of Ecology, 60(2): 250–267. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aje.13001

RESSOURCE Project

  • Carenton N., Defos Du Rau P., Wachoum A.S., Ducros D., Suet M., Deschamps C., Betoloum M.R., Birard J., Djimasngar M.N., Kayser Y., Petersen I.K., Dias J., Wachoum M.A., Portier B., Koumbraït A.M., Le bel S., Mondain-Monval J.-Y. 2024. Migration of humans fleeing conflict in the Lake Chad Region may increase pressures on natural resources in Lake Fitri (Chad): A case study on waterbirds'. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61(9): 2231-2243. http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14700 
  • Carenton, N.,  Defos du Rau, P., Saleh Wachoum, A., Ducros, D., Suet, M.,  Deschamps, C.,  Rotoudjimbaye Betoloum, M., Birard, J., Djimasngar,  M.B.N., Kayser,  Y., Petersen, I.K., Dias, J., Adoum Wachoum, M.,  Portier, B., Mbagogo Koumbraït, A., Le Bel, S., Mondain-Monval, J.Y. 2024. Human conflict, food security and impacts on wildlife: Importance of sustainable harvest models to inform policy. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61(9): 2231-2243.
    https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.14747  
  • Dakki, M., Robin, G., Suet, M., Qninba, A., El Agbani, M.A., Ouassou, A., El Hamoumi, R., Azafzaf, H., Rebah, S., Feltrup-Azafzaf, C., Hamouda, N., Ibrahim, W.A.L., Asran, H.H., Elhady, A.A., Ibrahim, H., Etayeb, K., Bouras, E., Saied, A., Glidan, A., Habib, B.M., Sayoud, M.S., Bendjedda, N., Dami, L., Deschamps, C., Gaget, E., Monval, J.Y.M. & Defos du Rau, P. 2021. Imputation of incomplete large-scale monitoring count data via penalized estimation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(6): 1031–1039. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.13594
  • Deniau C., Mathevet R., Gautier D., Besnard A., Cornu G., Le Bel S. 2021. Flyways to hell? An empirical assessment of Palearctic migratory waterbird harvest practices in key wetlands of Sahel-sub-Saharan Africa. Biological Conservation, 265, 2022, 109419, ISSN 0006-3207.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109419
     
  • Diallo, A. & Triplet, P. 2024. Variations mensuelles et inter-annuelles des effectifs de quelques espèces d’oiseaux d’eau au Parc National des oiseaux du Djoudj (Sénégal). Malimbus, 46: 18-38. 
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FfsPRW-dqo6V-1NPQ4MdJHNnWWzPusad/view?usp=sharing 
  • Ducros, D., Devillers, R., Messager, A., Suet, M., Wachoum, A. S., Deschamps, C., Breme, B. M., Petersen, I. K., Kayser, Y., Vincent-martin, N., Djimasngar, M. N., Portier, B., Champagnon, J., Mondain-Monval, J.-Y., & defos Du Rau, P. 2023. Planning from scratch: A new modelling approach for designing protected areas in remote, data-poor regions. Journal of Applied Ecology, 00, 1–13.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14470
  • García-Carrasco, J.M., Muñoz, A.-R., Olivero, J., Figuerola, J., Fa, J.E. & Real, R. 2023. Gone (and spread) with the birds: Can chorotype analysis highlight the spread of West Nile virus within the Afro Palaearctic flyway? One Health, 17. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771423001052?via%3Dihub 
  • Grantham, H. S. 2024. Human conflict, food security and impacts on wildlife: Importance of sustainable harvest models to inform policy. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61(9): 1989-1990. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14747
  • Suet, M., Lozano-Arango, J.G., Defos Du Rau, P., Deschamps, C., Abdalgader Mohammed, M.A., Elbashary Adam, E., Mohammed Eldegair, E., Ali Elbadawi, M.E., Mohammed Hashim, I., Kirrem Kpoore, N., Mohammed, M.A., Mohammed Ibrahim Bihery, M., Adam, M.E.A., Pineau, O. and Mondain-Monval, J.-Y. 2021. Improving waterbird monitoring and conservation in the Sahel using remote sensing: a case study with the International Waterbird Census in Sudan. Ibis, 163: 607-622.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12911 
  • Triplet, P. & Issa Sylla, S. 2023. Sénégal : le Parc National des Oiseaux du Djoudj, un réservoir de biodiversité conservé en intégrant les besoins des populations locales. Plume de naturalistes, 7: 193-210. ISSN 2607-0510. http://www.plume-de-naturalistes.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/10_TRIPLET-SYLLA_2023-09_Parc-National-Oiseaux-DjoudjSenegal_Plume7_195-210.pdf 
  • Triplet, P., Seck, M., and Gueye, I. 2025. Liste des oiseaux du Parc National des Oiseaux du Djoudj, Sénégal: données mensualisées, actualisées et commentées. Malimbus, 47(1):7–32. researchgate.net/publication/391538156
  • Triplet, P., Seck, M., Signaté, O., and Ciss, F. R. M. 2025. La nidification de l’Échasse blanche Himantopus himantopus dans le delta du fleuve Sénégal: une implantation qui se confirme. Malimbus, 47(1):1–6. researchgate.net/publication/391538154
  • Triplet, P., Sylla, S.S., Faye, B., Feka, Z.N., Ndam, N., Anada, T., Adeleke, A. & Balinga, M.B. 2019. La gestion des zones humides avec les populations locales. Nature & Faune, Volume 32, Numéro 2 (pp 11-18)
    French: https://www.fao.org/3/ca4151fr/ca4151fr.pdf
    English:  https://www.fao.org/3/ca4151en/ca4151en.pdf 

Zambia

  • Bersaglio, B., Enns, C., Hichoonga, E., Masse, F., Sommerville, M., van Vliet, N. 2025. How uneven access shapes the socio-economic and environmental potential of game meat value chains: The case of legal game meat in Zambia. People and Nature, 00(1):1–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70021

Zimbabwe 

  • Figuié, M., Munsaka, L. O., Dzingirai, V., Lepiller, O., Phiri, M., and Grimaud, P. 2025. More than proteins for empty stomachs: Wild meat in the BaTonga food system. People and Nature, 00(1):1-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70109
  • Usman, F., Le Bel, S., Grimaud, P., Reinhardt Nielsen, M. 2023. Evaluating the determinants of wildlife tolerance in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area in Zimbabwe. Journal for Nature Conservation, 75(3):126466. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138123001371?via%3Dihub 
  • Usman, M. F., Nielsen, M. R., Le Bel, S., Phiri, M., and Grimaud, P. 2025. Living with elephants: A case study from Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area in Zimbabwe. People and Nature, 7(1):1605–1618.  https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70060

Asia-Pacific

  • Latinne A, Padungtod P. 2025. Wildlife Pathogens and Zoonotic Disease Risk Assessment in Vietnam: A Wildlife Trade Hotspot. Transboundary and emerging diseases, 2025(1):1-19. doi:10.1155/tbed/4926262