Tanzania News...

31 Jan. 2011: The Tanzania development partners group, with support from UK (DFID) Government, are funding a study on the ‘Economics of Climate Change in the United Republic of Tanzania’. The methodology emphasises national ownership and long-term sustainability through the inclusion of national bodies, and a collaborative partnership approach with local teams. Read their most recent report.

27 Jan. 2011: The Serengeti wildebeest migration is a rare and spectacular example of a once-common biological phenomenon. A proposed road project threatens to bisect the Serengeti ecosystem and its integrity. The precautionary principle dictates that we consider the possible consequences of a road completely disrupting the migration... Download this recent PloSONe article "Predicted Impact of Barriers to Migration on the Serengeti Wildebeest Population" (Holdo et al. 2011)

27 Dec. 2010: "The [Tanzania] government has stressed that plans for construction of the proposed 480-km Arusha-Musoma highway through the Serengeti National Park are still on despite mounting pressures from local and international activists...read more

20 Dec. 2010: "If elephants in Tanzania are not protected from greedy poachers, the animals will be declared extinct within 10 years," warns Prof Pierre Pfeffer, a renowned wildlife conservationist who has spent most of his life in Africa, including Tanzania, studying the African jumbos...read more

13 Dec. 2010: The [Tanzania] Government has opened a small window to sell the prohibited elephant ivory in an auction scheduled for December 30, 2010 at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam suspected to be a 'litmus test' in an attempt to sell the 90 tonnes of banned ivory stockpiles worth US$ 20 million...read more

15 Aug. 2010:Tanzania’s Serengeti Highway plan could destroy major carbon sink...Environmentalists are dismayed at plans by the Tanzanian government to build a major commercial highway through Serengeti National Park...read more

16 Apr. 2010: Tanzania - China relations (natural resource & economics). It is in Tanzania’s interest to define how to seize China’s development as an opportunity to create long-term prosperity for the people and ensure that the use of natural resources causes minimal harm to the environment... read more