Namibia: Survival of Wildlife Reserves Under Threat in Namibia

19 September 2020

After six months of lockdown, the Namibian government ended travel restrictions and curfews on Friday, in light of a drop in new COVID-19 cases. But Namibia's economy, which depends heavily on wildlife tourism, has taken a major hit during the period, and the future of the country's wildlife reserves, otherwise known as conservancies, is far from certain.

When radio host Tashia Kalondo visited a conservancy in Namibia, she didn't realize just how close she would get to the wildlife. Ms. Kalondo had travelled widely and seen wildlife before, but when the camp staff said they'd have to camouflage the gate to their campsite with shrubs to prevent elephants from coming in overnight, she found it hard to believe. "I laughed because, what a joke, right?" she recalls. "Wrong!"

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