Serengeti Road Scrapped Over Wildlife Concerns
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 6,
June 2011
The Tanzanian government planned a two-lane highway across the park to connect Lake Victoria with coastal ports.
But studies showed it could seriously affect animals such as wildebeest and zebra, whose migration is regarded as among the wonders of the natural world.
The government confirmed the road across the park will remain gravel.
In a letter sent to the World Heritage Centre in Paris, the Department of Natural Resources and Tourism says the 50km (30-mile) section of road across the park will "continue to be managed mainly for tourism and administrative purposes, as it is now".
The government is considering an alternative route for a major trade highway that would run to the south of the park. Read the full report here.
Source: by Richard Black, Environment correspondent, BBC News, U.K.
