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Serengeti Highway Status 7 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
We are in a holding pattern on the possible construction of a highway through the Serengeti. But plans for port development at Mwambani Harbor and Bagamoyo on the Indian Ocean coast accelerate. These ...
Tanzania Elephants in Peril 26 Apr 2013 | 07:42 pm
Pratik Patel (pictured on left) gazed glumly as the herder’s scrawny brown dogs moved between piles of bones to eat the rotting elephant flesh. He pointed to the nearby road and wondered aloud: “How ...
Tanzania set to welcome Chinese tourists, investments 11 Apr 2013 | 07:24 pm
Last year Chinese took over the number one spot in international tourism, beating out the Americans and Germans. According to a recent CNN article: “The figures are incredible. By 2015, 100 million Ch...
China in Tanzania does not bode well for Serengeti 27 Mar 2013 | 05:01 pm
China’s new president, Xi Jinping, is on the move. His first stop, Russia, second Tanzania, then South Africa and the Congo. Those of you who have followed the ongoing saga of the Serengeti know what...
Serengeti Watch Partners with Nomad Trust 14 Mar 2013 | 05:55 pm
Serengeti Watch is partnering with Tanzanian based Nomad Trust on our Serengeti Teachers’ Environmental Program (STEP) project. Nomad Trust is a foundation set up by Nomad Tanzania, a well known tour...
Serengeti Special Edition Art Print 4 Mar 2013 | 11:31 pm
Support the Serengeti by acquiring this special edition art print. All profits go to Serengeti Watch. “CHAOS“ by Jan Martin McGuire, McGuire & HInes Studios “Many artists have painte...
Serengeti Legal Case On Track 29 Jan 2013 | 01:43 am
A legal case was filed last year by the Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW), a Kenya nonprofit organization, challenging the Tanzanian government’s decision to build a highway across the Serenget...
Lake Natron Mining Plans Still Underway 29 Jan 2013 | 01:06 am
Lake Natron is the nesting ground for one-third of the world’s Lesser Flamingo population. It lies on the western side of the Serengeti ecosystem and has for years been proposed as a site for soda ash...
ANAW Lawsuit Scheduling Hearing Set For January 23 19 Jan 2013 | 05:49 am
EXPERTS NEEDED AS WITNESSES We have been asked by the attorney for ANAW to send out an appeal to scientists and others that can appear as expert conservation witnesses for ANAW at the hearing. You can...
Tanzania/Serengeti Faces Fresh Pressure Over Airport 7 Jan 2013 | 05:37 am
“The government’s move to put up the airport follows an earlier attempt to construct a 321-kilometre tarmac road through Serengeti. This was shelved over concerns that it would interfere with the wild...
