Social Correlates of and Reasons for Primate Meat Consumption in Central Amazonia

Traditionally, humans have consumed nonhuman primates in many places, including throughout the Amazon region. However, primate consumption rates are changing with rising urbanization and market access. We characterize central Amazonia using 192 qualitative interviews inhabitants three rural villages city of Tefé. used a generalized linear model to investigate how individual consumer characteristics, such as age gender, livelihoods affected consumption. also principal coordinate analysis (PCoA), word clouds network text analyses, describe reasons people gave for eating or avoiding primates. Our results show that men were more likely say they eat than women, probability person said correlated positively percentage their life lived areas. People sentiment ethical not Custom influenced whether both negatively, while taste A preference other wild meats areas, domestic cities negatively cited perceptions human-like appearance meat is unhealthy urban areas conservation attitudes findings provide an understanding factors influencing our study area will be useful designing tailored initiatives by reducing hunting pressure on settings increasing effectiveness outreach campaigns centers.