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A<\/span>frica\u2019s most lauded Indigenous-owned eco-lodge, Il Ngwesi \u2014 which hosts rich tourists amid giraffes, elephants, and rhinos above a watering hole on the Laikipia plateau near Mount Kenya \u2014 is facing the toughtest times in its 25-year history. The Covid pandemic has decimated bookings from the United States and Europe, as it has for tourism throughout sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, drought has pushed cattle herds from neighboring tribes into its protected areas, and the lodge, run by the local Maasai tribe, faces reckless politicians stirring up land disputes and arming bandits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a continent where state-run parks often falter, the Il Ngwesi Eco-Lodge\u2019s model of community conservation that integrates people and wildlife is increasingly seen as the best hope for Africa\u2019s iconic megafauna. So can the lodge, which was founded in 1996, survive the pandemic and growing security threats in the months ahead with its borders, animals, and finances intact?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pandemic has been disastrous for African wildlife tourism. Visits to Kenya crashed by more than 70 percent in 2020 and only gained back a sixth of the loss in 2021. Visitors to South Africa\u2019s national parks were down 96 percent in the second quarter of 2020, with some recovery since. Conservationists have reported a surge in poaching as rural communities deprived of vital tourist revenues struggle to get by. Early in the pandemic, the Kenya Wildlife Service, which runs the country\u2019s national parks, reported a\u00a056 percent<\/a>\u00a0increase in seizures of illegally hunted bushmeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an excerpt from an article by Fred Pearce, originally published by YaleEnvironment360<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Covid pandemic has hit African tourism and the wildlife conservation it supports extremely hard. But Indigenous-managed projects, such as the Il Ngwesi eco-lodge and conservancy run by Maasai in Kenya, have benefited from local people\u2019s stewardship of their lands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":52172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1871,131,130,535,3177,140],"tags":[168],"yoast_head":"\nTribal-Run conservation in Africa proves resilient during the pandemic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Covid pandemic has hit African tourism and the wildlife conservation it supports extremely hard. 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