SERENGETI..???????? CAN NOT RELAX YET..?!! I NEED YOU ALL JOIN ME..????? WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES - BUT WE CANT RELAX YET Long term threats still exists, and here is why - There are still plans for road construction in migration areas in the north, outside of the park boundary but well within the larger Serengeti ecosystem. While the court has barred Tanzania from building a paved road, the government still plans to upgrade the existing seasonal dirt track to gravel, even though it lies in a designated wilderness zone where public traffic is not allowed. There will be increased traffic and continued pressure to connect the paved roads with a commercial link through the park. Richard Leakey, for one, says that the highway is inevitable. Development and population are encroaching. The Tanzanian government says its going ahead with plans for two soda ash factories in the Lake Natron area, bordering the Serengeti ecosystem. This is despite a new study showing that soda ash mining will wipe out almost the entire population of Africas Lesser Flamingos. And despite local opposition to it. READ MORE IN OUR SERENGETI WATCH SPECIAL REPORT campaign.r20.constantcontact/render?ca=228f1fbc-447d-465c-82eb-e681f51aab31&c=2e969910-5cbe-11e3-b683-d4ae52844372&ch=2f600390-5cbe-11e3-b6b4-d4ae52844372
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 03:48:10 +0000
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