Serengeti National Park under critical threat?
Serengeti National Park. A proposed highway through the Serengeti threatens to upset the area’s ecosystem, according to 27 scientists writing in the scientific publication Nature. Â Some predictions suggest that, if the road was to go ahead, the migrating wildebeest herds could drop from 1.3 million to as little as 300,000. Â Pressure is mounting for the road to be built ahead of national elections as it has a perceived economic benefit, linking the coast of Tanzania with Lake Victoria, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Â Let’s hope that an alternative route, to the south of the park, will be deemed a more sensible option.
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Thank you for this post! I really hope this won’t happen. I was in Tanzania this summer – the wildlife is so beautiful and I hope it will stay like this.