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Tanzania: Migration Camp Serengeti Picked for Conde Nast Readers Choice AwardsReaders of Conde Nast Traveler have named Elewana's Migration Camp in the "Best Resort in Africa category, in the magazine's 21st Annual Readers' Choice Awards. Taking 11th place overall in the Africa category, the results place Migration Camp as Number 1 in East Africa.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Nov-2008 14:42
Tanzania: Tanapa Locked in Land Conflict With Villagers
The Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Ezekiel Maige has urged the Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) to work more closely with communities surrounding the national parks in order to avoid conflicts.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Nov-2008 14:42
Uganda: Dutch Youth Get the Feel of Ugandan Life
UGANDA is a beautiful country, says Jolanda Vian Schie, a citizen of the Netherlands. And to show how much she appreciates the country Jolanda who has been in and out of Uganda for the last six years married a Ugandan.
Source : AllAfrica | 13-Nov-2008 10:40
Uganda: Queen Elizabeth Park Lions Face Extinction
A LION is supposed to be a strong, fierce animal that defends its den and protects the cubs from any danger. But, this seems not to be the case at Hakabale in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Nov-2008 11:40
Another Conservancy Soon up and Running
A new conservancy will soon open its doors in the Khorixas constituency of the Kunene Region, increasing the number of conservation areas in the region.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Oct-2008 10:54
Zambia: Salvaging Chimfunshi Wildlife Heritage
On a June afternoon, Mads slipped from a branch and fell to the ground. It was not a usual fall.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Oct-2008 22:41
Botswana: After the Nata Bird Sanctuary Inferno
As the driver brings the Toyota Hilux to a halt at the Tsaathoka veterinary boom gate, a solitary figure garbed in khaki dashes out to meet us. On the left side, the gloomy and dull scenery is vivid.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Oct-2008 21:28
Kenya: MP in Sh2.2 Billion Plea for Vital Road
More than Sh2.2 billion is needed to tarmac the Malindi-Sala Gate road leading to Tsavo National Park.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Oct-2008 10:21
Uganda: Amuru Refugees Vow to Kill Loitering Elephants
Leaders in Koch Goma Sub-county in Amuru District have vowed to kill elephants loitering in the area if they are not driven back to Murchison Falls National Park.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 10:58
Nigeria: Conservator Decries Poachers Activities
The conservator of the Gashaka-Gumti National Park, Taraba State, Deacon Okeyoyin Agboola, has decried the killings of two rangers at the park recently.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 11:25
Namibia: No Trade-Off on Etosha - Govt
NAMIBIA and the United States yesterday said that the document that sparked controversy over lodge concessions in Etosha National Park had been leaked before the details had been finalised.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 12:27
Namibia: Katjavivi Explains Etosha
National Planning Commission Director, Peter Katjavivi, was at pains yesterday to explain the content of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact that Namibia and the United States government signed.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 11:15
Etosha Park Deal to NA
THE controversy around a multibillion-dollar development deal from the US government could come to a head in the National Assembly today, when parliamentarians will be asked to ratify it.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Oct-2008 13:12
Cameroon: With 40,000 Signatures in Hand, Africans Come to World Bank to Save Their Last Forests
Cameroonian Students Ask World Bank Not to Repeat Mistakes in Congo
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 21:24
Uganda: MPs Want to End Safari Company's Gorilla 'Monopoly'
Members of Parliament have demanded the termination of monopoly rights given to a private firm that operates lodging facilities for tourists visiting gorilla sites in southwestern Uganda.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Sep-2008 09:56
Tanzania: District to Have a Game Park
Rombo district is soon to have a wildlife park to save local farmers from roaming elephants.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Sep-2008 15:36
Nigeria: Kamuku Games Reserve - Beautiful Scenery Under Human Threat
The beauty of nature is boundless. It is distributed in the form of geographical features, including flora and fauna species all over the world. But over the years, human engendered development and other forms of human activities as well as natural disasters continue to prove considerable threat to the survival of the natural beauties bestowed by nature especially the flora and fauna.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Sep-2008 11:16
Kenya: Sh8.6 Million Raised for Park Conservation Efforts
Some Sh8.6 million has been raised for wildlife conservation at the Lake Nakuru National Park.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Sep-2008 09:30
Kenya: Counting Samburu's Vanishing Lions
It is a matter of concern that in only two decades, Africa's lion population has dwindled from 200,000 to 20,000 today.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Sep-2008 10:45
Kenya: Big Cats Roaring Back Into Nairobi Park
The Kenya Wildlife Service and Friends of the Nairobi National Park (FoNNaP) staged a ceremony on August 21 at the main gate to the Nairobi National Park to celebrate the return of lions and other big cats to the Nairobi National Park.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Sep-2008 10:41
Kenya: Game Reserve Invaders Given a Month to Leave
The government has issued a one-month ultimatum to Mt Elgon district residents who have invaded a national game reserve to leave or face eviction.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Sep-2008 08:58
Namibia: Germany Increases Funding for National Parks
The German government has increased its contribution to the Bwabwata, Mudumu, Mamili (BMM) National Parks' project because of its good progress.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Sep-2008 13:21
Tanzania: Court Told of Leopard's Craving for Roast Meat
The leopard, which killed the son of a United Nations employee in October, 2005, had been frequenting a tourist lodge during barbecue dinners to feed on the leftovers, the High Court was told yesterday.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Sep-2008 12:29
Kenya: Survival of the Mara Must Always Take Priority
The recent bitter verbal exchange between two Cabinet ministers on whether or not one more tourist camp should be put up at the Maasai Mara national game reserve, must not be taken as just another episode in a drama that has come to characterise our politics since the formation the grand coalition Government.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Sep-2008 11:25
Kruger Park Elephants to Find New Home in Mozambique
Operations to capture six elephant bulls in the Kruger National Park began on Monday to relocate them to Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park.
Source : AllAfrica | 16-Sep-2008 13:44
Namibia: Onkoshi Camp Shows Govt on Right Track
"I am sure that if all government work including capital development projects is done at the same speed, we can say with confidence that Vision 2030 will be realised," said the Minister of Environment and Tourism, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, at the opening of Onkoshi Camp in the Etosha National Park recently.
Source : AllAfrica | 12-Sep-2008 11:00
Zimbabwe: Authority to Terminate 10 Gonarezhou Leases
THE Parks and Wildlife Authority may terminate leases awarded to private investors who are failing to undertake strategic projects in the Gonarezhou National Park.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Sep-2008 14:47
Namibia: Looking for Friends of the Parks
The Friends of the Parks Association is the first project that the Ministry of Environment and Tourism through the Leadership for Conservation in Africa (LCA) Namibia Chapter wants to undertake.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Sep-2008 11:10
Mozambique: Administrator of Limpopo Park Dismissed
Mozambique's Minister of Tourism, Fernando Sumbana, has dismissed Rudolfo Cumbane from his post as administrator of the Limpopo National Park (PNL), in the southern province of Gaza, because of his poor relations with other members of the PNL staff.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Sep-2008 15:43
Uganda: New Gorilla Groups to Boost Tourism
THE Uganda Wildlife Authority has habituated two new gorilla groups for tourists.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Sep-2008 11:00
South Africa: Youths to Learn About Conservation While Playing Soccer
South African National Parks (SANParks) has teamed up with the Dreamfields Project to merge conservation and soccer for the benefit of young people in communities around the national parks.
Source : AllAfrica | 04-Sep-2008 16:46
Rwanda: Another Global Conservation Medal for Country
A Rwandan by the name Edwin Sabuhoro has recently won a global Young Conservationist Award for his untiring and highly successful efforts to conserve the environment, as well as helping the commnunity around Volcanoes National Park benefit from his innovative concepts.
Source : AllAfrica | 04-Sep-2008 11:15
Africa: Making Wild Africa Earn Its Keep
Despite four Foot and Mouth disease checkpoints in just under 500 kilometres, I am prepared, for the first time since Independence, to describe the future for the Kavango and Caprivi regions as exciting. And this will be based on tourism, but not in the old style that we are accustomed to.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Aug-2008 14:42
Zimbabwe: Parks Still to Implement SADC Strategies on Elephants
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said on Sunday it has not yet started implementing any of the 2005 recommendations of the Sadc Taskforce on strategies to control the population of elephants in the region.
Source : AllAfrica | 27-Aug-2008 12:56
Botswana: Ban On Lion Hunting Still in Force
Lion hunting in Botswana remains prohibited 12 months after government decided to stop awarding hunting licenses last year.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Aug-2008 10:53
Kenya: Kibaki's Day Out At Maasai Mara
President Kibaki was among tourists who turned up to witness the magical annual wildebeest migration that has been declared one of the seven wonders of the world.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Aug-2008 09:26
Namibia: Conservancies Urged to Be Self-Sustaining
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) has called for the broadening of conservancy membership to accommodate broader communities.
Source : AllAfrica | 11-Aug-2008 16:34
Uganda: Government Breeding Wild Animals
THE Government is breeding wild animals and encouraging game hunting by tourists at a fee, the tourism state minister has said.
Source : AllAfrica | 11-Aug-2008 11:16
Namibia: Plans to Conserve Coastal Areas Approved
Government has approved plans to improve the conservation status of the area between the Kunene and the Orange rivers.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Aug-2008 16:20
Wildebeest Migration to Boost Tourism
The annual wildebeest migration is expected to attract a large number of tourists to Kenya coming after six months of uncertainty following the post-election violence.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Jul-2008 23:58
Namibia: Shared Management of Parks 'The Way to Go'
DISASTERS such as veld fires in protected areas can be better managed if these parks are jointly managed by Government and the local communities, says the Deputy Director of Parks and Wildlife Management, Colgar Sikopo.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Jul-2008 13:54
Neighbours Discuss $100 Million Conservation Plan
The countries sharing the Virunga park - home to the world's rare mountain gorillas - are in discussion to conserve biodiversity and support development objectives laid out in a 10-year Strategic Plan, RNA reports.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Jul-2008 21:18
Meru - From a Poachers' Playground to a Model Park
WHEN I VISITED MERU NATIONAL Park for the first time at the turn of the new millennium, it seemed like a ghost town - if the expression can be used for one of Kenya's premier parks today.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Jul-2008 19:00
Kenya: Herders, Miners a Threat to Tsavo Parks
Something is amiss at the Kenya Wildlife Service, according to reports and documents from the wildlife body that The EastAfrican has obtained.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Jul-2008 19:00
Zimbabwe: War Vets Invade Game Farm
A gang of about 16 so-called war vets descended on Imire Safari Ranch in Wedza on Wednesday night and ordered owner John Travers to vacate the property by Thursday morning.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Jul-2008 20:59
Ghana: Tourism Potentials Abound in Kyabobo National Park
The Kyabobo National Park, in the Nkwanta District of the Volta Region, abounds in tourism potentials, which needed to be developed, for the mutual benefit of the people, as revenue generated will go a long way to enhance the living standards of the people.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Jun-2008 23:40