U.S., June 30 -- African states battling COVID-19 with its accompany economic recession are observing the great danger and adverse impacts on wildlife conservation for sustainable tourism development on the continent.

The pandemic has set off the first recession in sub-Saharan Africa, the leading wildlife rich area that attracts most photographic safari tourists visiting Africa each year.

The East African region , one among the leading wildlife safari destinations in Africa, had its regional annual budgets allocation to conservation with a focus on tourism with wildlife and environment counted as lower than expected.

East African regional budgets were tabled before each country's parliament in mid-June.

Kenya allocated 1.4 percent of ...