The threat of COVID-19 to the conservation of Tanzanian national parks

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dc.contributor.authorRanke, Peter Sjolte
dc.contributor.authorKessy, Beatrice Modest
dc.contributor.authorMbise, Franco Peniel
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, Martin Reinhardt
dc.contributor.authorArukwe, Augustine
dc.contributor.authorRøskaft, Eivin
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-25T13:44:36Z
dc.date.available2023-05-25T13:44:36Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionFull text article. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110037en_US
dc.description.abstractIn many low-income countries, the conservation of natural resources in protected areas relies on tourism revenue. However, tourist numbers in Africa were severely reduced by the COVID-19 pandemic, thus, putting the conservation of these important protected areas at risk. We use records from gate passings at national parks across Tanzania to demonstrate the immediate and severe impact on tourist numbers and revenues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions, and whether international and local (East African) tourists were affected equally. We discuss mechanisms that may reduce future negative impacts of sudden loss of revenue from international tourism, such as increasing the revenue portfolio and thereby decrease the dependency on revenues from international tourists. More important, we encourage local governments, national park authorities, and the world community to further develop and initiate external funding options to reduce the dependency on income from international nature-based tourism to preserve national parks and biodiversity. An additional long-term goal for ensuring sustained conservation would be to increase benefits to local communities adjacent to national parks, encouraging local involvement and thereby reducing the dependence on external funding in the future.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRanke, P. S., Kessy, B. M., Mbise, F. P., Nielsen, M. R., Arukwe, A., & Røskaft, E. (2023). The threat of COVID-19 to the conservation of Tanzanian national parks. Biological Conservation, 282, 110037.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110037
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/4018
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectTourism declineen_US
dc.subjectRevenuesen_US
dc.subjectNational parksen_US
dc.subjectTourism revenueen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemicen_US
dc.subjectBiodiversityen_US
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen_US
dc.subjectNational parks conservationen_US
dc.titleThe threat of COVID-19 to the conservation of Tanzanian national parksen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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