Sport hunting around Bénoué National Park provides limited and unequal benefits to local communities, leading to marginalization and resentment due to scarce, seasonal employment and exclusion from decision-making and revenue allocation. This inequitable benefit-sharing undermines local support for conservation, potentially increasing poaching. The study recommends improved governance and transparency in revenue sharing, increased local participation in management and linking conservation outcomes with tangible local benefits like revenue shares, infrastructure investment or alternative livelihoods to foster a win-win for both livelihoods and wildlife conservation.
