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Sodeinde, O.A.; Soewu, D.A.
Pilot study of the traditional medicine trade in Nigeria
1999 Traffic Bulletin: 35-44
Despite the prevalence of traditional medicine trade in suburban and rural areas of Nigeria (Ntiamoa-Baidu, 1987), only anecdotal eferences to the nature and dynamics of this trade are available (Afolayan, 1980; Anadu et al., 1988). The lack of information about this trade and about the impact such harvesting or trade might be having on wild animal species, prompted the authors to initiate a pilot study in several Nigerian towns during 1994. The aim was to determine which wild animal species are used as traditional medicine ingredients, their uses, and whether the trade includes protected species. The following report, which presents the findings of the pilot study, is based on a paper that was presented at the first Pan African Symposium on Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Community Participation, held in Harare, Zimbabwe, in June 1996. Further investigation of the traditional medicine trade throughout Nigeria is planned.
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