Food taboos and animal conservation: a systematic review on how cultural expressions influence interaction with wildlife species

• Main Authors: André Santos Landim (Author), Jeferson de Menezes Souza (Author), Lucrécia Braz dos Santos (Author), Ernani Machado de Freitas Lins-Neto (Author), Daniel Tenório da Silva (Author), Felipe Silva Ferreira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Human societies have food taboos as social rules that restrict access to a particular animal. Taboos are pointed out as tools for the conservation of animals, considering that the presence of this social rule prevents the consumption of animals. This work consists of a systematic...