80 percent of conservation careers negatively affected by COVID pandemic

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With health and economic impacts at the forefront of global concerns, what’s happening to the people whose job it is to protect the future of our health, wealth and wellbeing – that of the planet?

Once labeled a field for ‘radical environmentalists,’ today conservation is a diverse and booming sector that employs hundreds of thousands of professionals worldwide and draws thousands of passionate people through its doors each year.

They are the youth who envision a world where decision-makers don’t compromise their futures. They’re the professionals who wake up mid-career seeking more than a paycheck and security. They’re the people who put meaning before material gains, community above competition and tomorrow’s prosperity ahead of today’s profit.

Rangers and researchers, fundraisers and filmmakers seek little recognition as guardians of the planet for future generations – the oceans we fish, the forests we harvest and the species that have intrigued and inspired us for millennia. But how has the employment sector for conservationists been hit by COVID-19?