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Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve faces calls to be stripped of World Heritage Site status due to dam damage

by Adam Cruise | Jul 16, 2021 | News

By Zaina Alibhai, iNews Environmentalists are calling for Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve to be stripped of its status as a World Heritage Site because it is damaging wildlife habitats. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) says the construction of the...
Conservation Vs “Development”? The Political Ecology of the Stiegler’s Gorge Dam and the Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania)

Conservation Vs “Development”? The Political Ecology of the Stiegler’s Gorge Dam and the Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania)

by Adam Cruise | Apr 1, 2020 | News

By Boyce Sarokin, The Elephant Wildlife tourism is one of Tanzania’s main foreign exchange earners and an important source of formal employment, but the sector’s survival is threatened by poaching, mineral exploration, and pressure from farmers and cattle-keepers to...
Tanzania’s Selous-Mikumi ecosystem has over 15,000 elephants

Tanzania’s Selous-Mikumi ecosystem has over 15,000 elephants

by Adam Cruise | Feb 12, 2020 | News

By Xinhua DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania’s Selous-Mikumi ecosystem has 15,501 elephants, according to the latest aerial wildlife census released on Tuesday. The aerial wildlife census was led by the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI) in collaboration with...
‘Make Upper Part Of Selous Game Reserve A National Park’ – Magufuli

‘Make Upper Part Of Selous Game Reserve A National Park’ – Magufuli

by Adam Cruise | Jul 31, 2019 | News

By East African Business Week Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has directed wildlife conservation authorities in his country to split Selous Game Reserve and have its upper part turned into a national park. Magufuli said the current situation of Selous Game...
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