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Who gets to eat wild fish and meat? A socially disaggregated analysis of wild animal consumption across diverse rural environments in five countries of the Global South

Sharachchandra Lele, Suman Attiwilli, Suman Attiwilli Centre for Environment & Development, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Geoff J. Wells, Anamika Das, Mahesh Poudyal, Kate Schreckenberg, Carlos A. Torres-Vitolas, Casey M. Ryan, Mark Mulligan, Terence P. Dawson, Tim M. Daw

Ecology and Society
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12 August 2026

Wild fish and meat (WFM) are vital provisioning ecosystem services in tropical regions, supporting food security, livelihoods, and cultural identity. Yet their use increasingly intersects with conservation and nutrition challenges amid rapid social and ecological change. Actors engaged in WFM span a wide spectrum, from rural subsistence consumers to commercial harvesters and urban consumers for whom WFM represents a luxury good.

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