The organization has calculated that the lack of tourism adds up to a $3 million drop in expected revenue over the next 12 months—and hampered security, coupled with economic distress, means that poaching is a problem.
For wildlife reserves that depend on tourism dollars, that money is essentially gone.
A motorcycle taxi rider cruises past a painted wall with the Swahili slogan that translates to "stop corona," in Nairobi, Kenya, April 8, 2020, during a 21-day cessation of movement in and out of Nairobi and the counties of Kilifi, Kwale, and Mombasa due to the spread of COVID-19 in these regions. The organization has calculated that the lack of tourism adds up to a $3 million drop in expected revenue over the next 12 months, Brown said. And hampered security, coupled with economic distress, means that poaching is a problem.
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