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By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Tanzania aims to bring large-scale logging to the Selous Game Reserve, one of Africa's most celebrated wildlife areas and already earmarked by the ...
Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Friday ordered the sprawling Selous Game Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site, to be split in two to restrict the access of big game hunters.
Selous Game Reserve is one among seven recognized World Heritage Sites in Tanzania. The rest are Mount Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park, Kilwa Ruins, Rock ...
Then, on June 8, during a public meeting between pastoralists at Ololosokwan village, FFU police officers informed villagers that they were to begin demarcating the land for a game reserve.
Selous currently generates 6 million U.S. dollars in annual revenues, which are distributed between the reserve, the national government, and more than 1.2 million people living in the surrounding ...
WWF Tanzania Country office has donated ranger equipment for 200 rangers in the Selous Game Reserve. The equipment that is valued at 50,000 USD was handed over to the Tanzania Wildlife Management ...
Dr. Amani Ngusaru, WWF Tanzania Country Director, said: “The end of the threat of mining is great progress towards saving Selous World Heritage site. Mining concessions overlapped over six per cent of ...
Tanzania plans to introduce a new auctioning system for big game hunting blocks next month, in a move aimed at enhancing transparency and curbing corruption in that part of the tourism industry.