Journal article : Review
Conserving Africa’s wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
- Abstract:
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 illness are driving a global crisis. Governments have responded by restricting human movement, which has reduced economic activity. These changes may benefit biodiversity conservation in some ways, but in Africa, we contend that the net conservation impacts of COVID-19 will be strongly negative. Here, we describe how the crisis creates a perfect storm of reduced funding, restrictions on the operations of conservation agencies, and elevated human threats to na...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Springer Nature Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Nature Ecology and Evolution Journal website
- Volume:
- 4
- Pages:
- 1300-1310
- Place of publication:
- England
- Publication date:
- 2020-07-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-07-13
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2397-334X
- ISSN:
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2397-334X
- Pmid:
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32728187
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- Language:
- English
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- Subtype:
- Review
- Pubs id:
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1123610
- Local pid:
- pubs:1123610
- Deposit date:
- 2020-08-17
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- Copyright holder:
- Springer Nature
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © Springer Nature Limited 2020.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Springer Nature at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1275-6
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