Wildlife at risk from Covid-19 financial fallout and poaching
The economic fallout for the conservation sector is overwhelming, and the way we consume animals may change forever
27 May 2020 - 05:05
In Africa, the wildlife conservation industry has had to deal with many challenges — political, economic and social; from the impacts of urbanisation to disease outbreaks. However, most of these challenges have been contained to specific parts of the continent.
In the case of the novel coronavirus and Covid-19, there have unprecedented challenges the world over. The pandemic has wreaked havoc to our very existence as a species and demanded change to the way we function in the economy to ensure our daily survival...
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