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Lockdown underscores Uganda's overreliance on tourism to fund conservation

KAMPALA, Uganda Tour guide Patrick Kataama relied heavily on income from leading gorilla-trekking tours in Uganda’s national parks. These tours were abruptly shut down in late March 2020, after the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Uganda and the country was placed under lockdown. “This came as a shock to me,” Kataama tells Mongabay. […] ....

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