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2/7/2011
Unpaved road through
Serengeti to progressTo read more about Tanzania's recent announcement related to the
Serengeti road: Richard Leakey: 'selfish' critics choose wrong fight in
Serengeti road.
After a week of confusion, the ...
23/6/2011
Breaking news:
Serengeti road cancelled
In what is a victory for environmentalists, scientists, tourism, and the largest land
migration on Earth, the Tanzanian government has cancelled a commercial road that would have cut through the ...
14/4/2011
From the
Serengeti to Lake Natron: is the Tanzanian government aiming to destroy its wildlife and lands?
Thousands of lesser flamingoes (Phoenicopterus minor) crowd in Lake Bogoria in Kenya. Nearly all of these flamingoes will breed in ...
26/3/2011
International pressure is growing on the Tanzanian government to shelve its controversial plans to build a two-lane highway across the
Serengeti, one of the most important wildlife sites in the
world.
Scientists claim that the road will ...
16/3/2011
Serengeti road project opposed by 'powerful' tour company lobby
Government plans to build a road through
Serengeti National Park came up against more opposition this week as the Tanzanian Association of Tour Operators (Tato) came out ...
1/3/2011
The
World Bank has offered Tanzania an alternative to stop a major road project across the
Serengeti national park that conservationists say threatens one of Africa's biggest wildlife spectacles.
Conservation groups say the government's ...
23/2/2011
First International
Serengeti Day hopes to halt road project
Migrating wildebeest and zebra. Photo by: Jan Martin McGuire.
On March 19th the conservation organization,
Serengeti Watch, is planning the
world's first International ...
10/2/2011
Leaked government study: road will damage
Serengeti wildlife, despite president's assurances
Tanzania's President, Jakaya Kikwete, today gave promises that his proposed road project, which will bisect the
Serengeti plains, would not hurt ...
10/2/2011
An environmental impact study on a road Tanzania wants to build through the
Serengeti found that it may affect the famed wildebeest
migration and threaten endangered species, according to a copy of the leaked report.
Tanzanian President ...
31/1/2011
World Bank offers to save
Serengeti from bisecting road
The
World Bank has offered to help fund an alternative route for a planned road project that would otherwise cut through Tanzania's
world famous
Serengeti National Park, according ...
27/10/2008
In the field of conservation, success stories about saving individual species abound. Bald eagles have recovered from their bout with the pesticide DDT; from fewer than 500 breeding pairs in 1963, the population in the lower 48 states has grown ...
9/9/2001
Sit back, close your eyes and imagine your favorite vacation spot. That secluded cabin on the Chesapeake. That five-star beach resort in Martinique. The powdery slopes of Aspen in winter. The narrow streets of Paris in summer.
Now ...
19/2/2001
1) IPCC-WORLD DISASTERS SEEN AS GLOBAL WARMING OUTCOME (NY Times, CNN, Express India, BBC, Japan Times, MSNBC, CBC, ABC) 2) BUSH TEAM UNDER ATTACK ON EMISSIONS TALKS (NY Times) 3) EUROPE BLAMED FOR CLIMATE STALEMATE (BBC, Montreal Gazette) 4) ...