The reduction of foreign tourism is an opportunity for Africans to experience many of the continent’s premier parks at a discount.
Jimmy Kisembo, a Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger looks up at a lion on his daily monitoring patrol in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.
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Africa’s public and private protected areas took a massive blow from the collapse in tourism because of the pandemic. Tourism is a key source of funding for managing protected areas.
Buffalo in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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In the era of neoliberal capitalism, both the ideology of Pan-Africanism and the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade have become marketable commodities.
Scuba diving must be done in a sustainable manner to preserve the industry.
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