Fewer tourists meant less money for wildlife during the pandemic – but there’s an alternative — UBI

Many areas are confronting COVID-19’s economic fallout, illegal hunting , mining, deforestation , and bushmeat consumption all tend to increase during downturns. This is why UBI can help.

“Nature is healing” read social media posts at the outset of the pandemic, as birdsong replaced the drone of traffic during lockdown. But for wildlife conservation in Africa, the reality was very different. Anti-poaching operations in protected areas were paused or restricted to limit the spread of the virus, leaving populations of threatened species like the African lion vulnerable. Now these areas are confronting COVID-19’s economic fallout, and research suggests that […]

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