Being Green - 17 July 2020

One of the environment ironies of the pandemic is the fact that conservation areas are benefiting from the reduction in tourist traffic – as far as biodiversity is concerned, though not funding. So if the funding is compromised, it upsets the conservation-must-pay-for-itself model, and there may be a future reduction in land or water area under conservation regimes, a double irony if you like. So far, no clarity emerging, and it’s too soon to make any definite call.