I just happened to be reading a bit on this topic, here are a few recent articles I thought were cool in addition to the ones already suggested. Good luck!
Manenti, R., Mori, E., Di Canio, V., Mercurio, S., Picone, M., Caffi, M., ... & Rubolini, D. (2020). The good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 lockdown effects on wildlife conservation: Insights from the first European locked down country. Biological conservation, 249, 108728. Article The good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 lockdown effects ...
Sarkar, P., Debnath, N., & Reang, D. (2020). Coupled human-environment system amid COVID-19 crisis: A conceptual model to understand the nexus. Science of The Total Environment, 753, 141757. Article Coupled human-environment system amid COVID-19 crisis: A con...
Pinder, A. C., Raghavan, R., Britton, J. R., & Cooke, S. (2020). COVID-19 and biodiversity: The paradox of cleaner rivers and elevated extinction risk to iconic fish species. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(6), 1061-1062. https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/34170/1/aqc.3416.pdf
Roe, D., Dickman, A., Kock, R., Milner-Gulland, E. J., & Rihoy, E. (2020). Beyond banning wildlife trade: COVID-19, conservation and development. World Development, 136, 105121. Article Beyond banning wildlife trade: COVID-19, Conservation and Development
As millions of people have lost jobs due to COVID-19 crisis, people as alternative, may exploit forest resources for income source. Hence, these natural habitats of wildlife may face increasing pressure from human impingement, driving those animals out of their habitats, thus leading to human-wildlife conflicts.