June 19, 2020
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The world is shut. Ninety+ countries have closed their borders. Seventy-five to 100 million people working in tourism are projected to lose their jobs. And trillions of dollars will evaporate from global economies. The overall picture is beyond stunning. Today, I’d like to focus on what this means for places where nature and tourism intersect—places like Africa’s National Parks and Marine Protected areas; places where nature and wildlife inevitably must pay their way to exist, and where tourism is the ultimate currency protecting nature and wildlife.
