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A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF TANZANIA NATIONAL PARKS JULY - SEPTEMBER, 2011 ISSUE 012

“Conservation for Sustainable Development”

FSS donates vehicles to TANAPA

TANAPA to reinforce Protection

Kilimanjaro for New Seven Natural Wonders of Nature Finals

Saadani:An Icon of history, tourism and Survival Ground for Green Turtles

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CONTENTS

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Mwl. Nyerere Conservation CentreP.O. Box 3134 Arusha Tanzania

Editor-In-ChiefAllan Kijazi

Assistant EditorPascal Shelutete

Editorial AssistantCatherine G. Mbena

Consulting EditorsLilla N. LyogelloThomas Ratsim

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RegularsMessage From Director General 5From Editor’s Desk 6

Newscompetence 7

American Global Football team tour Tanzania 11

Vodacom Foundation acts to conserve Serengeti wild dogs 15Tanapa to award the best journalists on conservation and tourism reporting 18News in Pictures 20Slovenian handicapped reaches Uhuru Peak 22

FeaturesAmazing Animal Facts 26

How do sites nominated as World Heritage Sites 30Conservationists demand that cites remove China’s ‘ivory trading status’ 32What does the word CITES mean? 33

National Parks 34Humours 35

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Dear readers, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to share with us once again both successes and challenges we are facing. Our newsletter motto is to keep you abreast with all the latest tourism and conservation matters happening in the National Parks in the context of local, regional and international spectrum. As you may notice in the content of this newsletter, this is my

my recent appointment by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete as the new Director General of Tanzania National Parks. I sincerely thank President Kikwete for the trust he has shown on me for this appointment. Together with my team, we will make sure that TANAPA strives to ensure that, conservation and tourism sectors in the country, which the President has a passion with, continue

I am very much pleased to inform our esteemed tourism partners that, statistical trends indicate that, the number of tourist visiting national parks will surpass the records that were met before the world economic downturn. This is a sign that our parks cannot be substituted in whatever way with any other park in the world. The endless plains of Serengeti, famous for the Wildebeest Migration; Kitulo the ‘Garden of God’; Saadani where the bush meets the beach, Kilimanjaro which is the only highest free standing mountain in the world, and all other national parks are just unique natural wonders that we are proud of.

A permanent commitment that we TANAPA are making is to use every resource that we have in ensuring that national parks continue to

generations.

That notwithstanding, poaching is posing a challenge which needs attention of various stakeholders both locally and internationally.

This is due to the fact that, there are both internal and external drivers that ignite this problem. TANAPA is fully committed to ensure poaching activities are fully contained in all national parks. Government support in this endeavor is highly appreciated.

As part of our long term strategy, we will continue to strengthen conservation education amongst communities living around the parks and to the public at large. We believe that this is the only way we can ensure ownership of our strategic objectives by local communities for sustainable conservation and improved relations.

Lastly, we look forward to greater relations with all other stakeholders both in the tourism and conservation arena, as this is the only way we can honour the commitment made in the Arusha Manifesto of ensuring our future generations

that is privileged to Tanzanians.

Keep visiting the parks and don’t forget to wear that million dollar smile!

“Conservation for sustainable development”

Allan KijaziDirector GeneralTanzania National Parks

Message from theDirector General

Allan Kijazi

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From Editor’s Desk

Pascal Shelutete

Dear readers,

Greetings to you all and this editorial is in good

our newsletter is out again bringing you variety of stuff which we believe will keep you informed, educated and sometimes entertained with regards to the issues of conservation and tourism that are happening in the parks as well as outside the protected areas.

The family of TANAPA this time around is more than happy as we now have a new Director General Allan Kijazi together with the new Board of Trustees, the two appointments were done recently and we believe that they were appointed based on their professionalism and experience in the areas of conservation and tourism. Staff will offer them maximum support in executing their responsibilities.

As core function of TANAPA is conservation of the wildlife natural resources, we bring with you a call from the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Hon. Ezekiel Maige on the need to reinforce protection activities in the parks.

As stated clearly in the Arusha Manifesto, the role of conservation involves many stakeholders, Friends of Serengeti Switzerland have taken a lead by donating two vehicles to TANAPA meant for facilitating protection routines in the parks.

In the same spirit, this edition covers a new development of conservation aspect in the country whereby a mobile phone company-

Vodacom has also joined other stakeholders by engaging themselves in a project of bringing back the endangered species of wild dogs in the Serengeti ecosystem.

Without forgetting an international event whereby our only highest free standing mountain in the

the competition to pick the New Seven Wonders of Nature in the World. This edition gives you the status of the competition and we believe that

among the winners.

Media plays a very important role in development of many sectors including conservation and tourism, in recognition of this, TANAPA has introduced Media Awards in the areas of Conservation and Domestic Tourism and the media will need to compete on the prizes offered by TANAPA. Read thoroughly as you go along the articles to get more details on the matter.

This editorial has no enough space to brief you all the good that we have prepared for you but we promise you that by having opportunity you will be much informed, educated and get entertained as well.

Pascal ShelutetePublic Relations ManagerTanzania National Parks

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By Pascal Shelutete

The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Hon. Ezekiel Maige, has said that in the year 2011/2012 the government through Tanzania National Parks

(TANAPA) will strengthen its protection activities to make them more effective in curbing poaching trends in the parks. The minister said this during his budget speech in the just ended Parliamentary session in Dodoma.

Maige said that TANAPA will employ 120 park rangers; build 26 ranger posts in various national parks; buy 34 patrol vehicles and conduct short and long-term training sessions for that purpose.

“TANAPA will continue monitoring the climate changes in the parks and construct more dams to be

used by wildlife animals. Animal census will also be carried out to identify the real number of our wildlife species in the parks,” said Maige.

In developing the tourism sector, the Minister said TANAPA will extend the tourism services and products such as balloon safaris and night game drives in Mikumi, Ruaha and Katavi National Parks to attract more visitors. Moreover, TANAPA will continue coordinating investors’ activities in the parks and increase efforts in promoting domestic tourism, eco-tourism and cultural tourism.

“In the year 2011/2012 TANAPA expects to receive about 889,920 visitors who will bring in revenues of about Tshs. 141 billion,” pointed out the Minister. He further said that TANAPA will continue to provide education on conservation activities through public meetings with the communities surrounding the

Maige: TANAPA to reinforce Protection competence

Hon. Ezekiel Maige

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parks, radio and television programs, journals and periodicals. TANAPA has also increased its community outreach program’s budget from 550 millions in the year 2010/2011 to 744 million in the year 2011/2012.

During his budget speech in Parliament in Dodoma, the minister informed Member of Parliament (MPs) that TANAPA will improve its infrastructure in the parks by making maintenances on 3,200 kilometers and build four bridges in Ruaha, Tarangire and Serengeti National Parks. About 30 staff houses will also be built as part of the plan to improve staff welfare.

Maige further briefed the MPs that in recognition

TANAPA and neighboring communities, it has

During the submission of the ministerial budget, it was also disclosed that the ministry has contracted former Commissioner of Police Venance Tossi a task of enforcing the protection activities within the Ministry. He will now be responsible in carrying out various operations in the Game Reserves, Ngorongoro Conservation Area and National Parks.


Sympathetic look from the Park rangers towards an elephant who was shot by poachers. Incidents like this one will no longer be tolerated

Training to park rangers will be emphasized during this

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said as he received keys for the vehicles from the

Switzerland, Ms. Suzan Shiyo.

TANAPA manages 15 National Parks countrywide and these include Serengeti, Lake Manyara, Tarangire, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Mkomazi, Saadani, Mikumi, Udzungwa, Ruaha, Kitulo, Katavi, Mahale, Gombe Stream and Rubondo. Saanane Island in Mwanza is in the process of being upgraded into a national park and upon the completion of the process it would add TANAPA to have 16 parks.

It was learnt during the event that the two Land Cruisers would be taken to Serengeti and Tarangire National Parks to be used in anti-poaching activities.

been supporting conservation programmes in the world for the last 20 years. They have lately been concerned by wanton killing of wildlife by poachers for their trophies. “We will continue to work together with TANAPA in this endeavour”, she explained, adding that the organization has recently donated funds for the construction of two bridges in the national parks.

By Pascal Shelutete

Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) will

for indiscriminate killing of wildlife, the Director General, Mr. Allan Kijazi, said in Arusha recently in a brief function of receiving two vehicles

Switzerland. Kijazi said poaching incidences in

existing conducive environment of the business related to the poached items both nationally and internationally. He, however, pointed out clearly that TANAPA will use every resource it has to ensure that these incidences get to an end. He therefore called on stakeholders in the tourism and wildlife conservation sectors to give every

activities in National Parks. “Stakeholders have a very important role to play by assisting TANAPA in whatever way to ensure that it works effectively to protect the wildlife natural resources in the parks,” said Kijazi.

“In recent days, the support we enjoyed from well-wishers has gone down; yet we are in dire

TANAPA Director General Allan Kijazi (second right) shaking hands with Suzan Shiyo, CEO of Friends of Serengeti Switzerland soon after the handing over of two vehicles to TANAPA. Looking on right is Chief Park Warden for Serengeti, Mtango Mtahiko and Chief Park Warden for Tarangire Erastus Lufungulo .

Friends of Serengeti donates vehicles to TANAPA

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President Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete had earlier this year re-appointed Mr. Modestus Lilungulu the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Tanzania National Parks for a period of three years. Mr.

achievements in leading TANAPA towards proper guidance in policy making in the areas of conservation and tourism in the National Parks.

Meanwhile, the Minister for Natural Resources, Hon. Ezekiel Maige (MP) has appointed Members of Board of Trustees who will serve in that capacity for a period of three years. The new members include Hon. Lekule Laizer (MP); Hon. Jenista Mhagama (MP); Hon.Nyambari Nyangwine (MP); Mr. George

and Mrs Ruth Mollel.

Others who will continue serving in the second term include Inspector General of Police Said Mwema, Hon. Riziki Lulida (MP), Dr. Marcelina Chijoriga and the Director of Wildlife Mr. Obeid Mbangwa. The Director General of TANAPA Mr.Allan Kijazi serves as the Secretary of the Board.

Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Hon. Ezekiel Maige (seated third from right) in a group picture with the newly appointed Board of Trustees. Others in the picture (seated from left) are Allan Kijazi, Hon. Riziki Lulida, Modestus Lilungulu and Dr. Marcelina Chijoriga. Standing from left are Hon. Nyambari Nyangwine, Hon. Lekule Laizer, IGP Said Mwema, Obeid Mbangwa, Ruth Mollel, Winfrida Nshangeki and George Fumbuka.

President Appoints Kijazi as New TANAPA Chief

President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete had earlier this year appointed Mr. Allan Kijazi, the new Tanzania National Parks Director General. Mr. Kijazi took over from Mr. Edward Kishe who was acting Director General since the retirement of Mr. Gerald Bigurube in 2009.

Before his new post, Mr. Kijazi was a Director of Planning, Development Projects, Tourism Services at TANAPA. Mr. Kijazi has a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Planning from the University of Dar es Salaam; Master of Science of Management of Natural Science from the Agriculture University of Norway and Master of Business Administration (MBA- Strategic Management) from the Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute and (ESAMI) and Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands.

Before joining TANAPA Mr. Kijazi worked with the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority between 1998- 1999. He also worked with the

Allan Kijazi

TANAPA gets New Board of Trustees

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A college American football on the African continent, more than 100 players, coaches

and staff from Drake University, the CONADEIP

the summit of the famous Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

The Drake Bulldogs won the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl, presented by Tanzania National Parks, with a 17-7 fourth quarter comeback in front of 11,781 curious but enthusiastic Tanzania spectators at the Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium in Arusha on May 21.

The participants have also stood at the highest point

American Global Football team tours Tanzania

Some of the members of American Football team who succeeded to reach Uhuru Peak of Mount Kilimanjaro

dubbed ‘Tupande Kileleni’ – ‘Lets Climb to the Summit’ – and two-day descend.

“We have achieved so much during our time here

community in Moshi, and have made history on

Steenberge, “This is an experience that those who have climbed will never forget”.

“It was a wonderful and humbling moment when the two groups met at the summit and we realized a dream conceived two years ago to bring American football to Tanzania and to then give the players and coaches a truly memorable experience. It was worth every grueling step on old volcanic rock and scree.”

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The CONADEIP All-Stars group from Mexico climbed via the Machame route on the western slope and met the Drake University party who had traveled on the Rongai route on the northeast side of Mount Kilimanjaro.

The climbers converged on Africa’s rooftop at dawn

between six and nine hours. Headlamps lit the parade of players, coaches, staff, guides and porters, that had started at 11 pm on the Rongai and Machame routes and came to a spectacular conclusion when the sun peeked over Mawenzi, the second highest point of Mount Kilimanjaro.

The climbers gathered at Uhuru Peak (freedom peak) for photos, with Mount Meru to the west and massive glaciers all round. The Tanzanian guides received well-earned hugs of appreciation from the climbers and as the celebrations continued, CONADEIP head coach Juan Carlos Maya and assistant Carmelo Ramirez fought through the barrier of pain and

to meet on top of Africa.

The children of Drake Athletic Director Sandy

became two of the youngest-ever climbers of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Global Kilimanjaro Bowl Presenting Sponsor TANAPA, the Tanzania National Parks Association carefully cares for and manages the Kilimanjaro National Park area, as well as the other 14 National Parks and 32 game reserves. The best known of these is the Serengeti, named in 2006 as the New Seventh Wonder of the World by USA Today. Also among these is the world acclaimed Ngorongoro Crater; Olduvai Gorge, the cradle of mankind; the Selous, the world’s largest game reserve; and Ruaha, now the largest National Park in Africa.

The opportunity to support the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl through its position as Presenting Sponsor will provide TANAPA with broad media coverage around the world, as the uniqueness of this event will certainly attract vast attention.

The Tanzania Horticulture Association (TAHA),

and fruit production and export in Tanzania, provided fruit for both teams during their stay in the country, as well as decorating the Arusha Stadium

arrival reception when players and coaches land at JRO Airport.

The two teams from USA ready to start their American football match at Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium in Arusha recently



The Arusha Hotel served as host for the Drake

Kibo Palace Hotel hosted the CONADEIP Mexico

all local transport; safari coordination and the Kili climb operations.

Younger Optics supplied polarized Rx sun wear, equipped with Drive wear lenses that were part of the players, coaches and staff’s essential defense

more information about Younger Optics and their other products, visit the company’s website.

TANAPA Director General, Alan Kijazi commented, “We are excited to welcome this new

sport to Tanzania, and to have these young men from the USA and Mexico visit our unique national parks, and to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. They will certainly tell many others of the beauty and special quality of our land and its wildlife. Karibu to all our visitors.”

While most of the players will be climbing Kilimanjaro, a group of family members will take time to visit a number of parks, including Serengeti, plus Lake Manyara and Tarangire, staying in uniquely appointed guest lodges and traveling in specialized safari vehicles that enable them to take photos and travel in comfort.

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By Pascal Shelutete

Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa and the highest free standing mountain in the world, has been nominated as a

candidate for the seven natural wonders of the world, in a competition organized by an organization known as Seven Natural Wonders in which tourist attractions from all over the world are voted to be nominated as The Seven Natural Wonders of The World. Tanzania will gain much publicity from being listed in the new list of Seven Natural Wonders of the World and will be able to use this opportunity to promote Mt. Kilimanjaro as being in Tanzania. Out of the 28 contestants who have made it to this stage, only two nominations are from Africa, these being Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) and

competition between the two African destinations. Voting trends have shown that most people who are voting for Mount Kilimanjaro are those residing outside

the country and that very few Tanzanian residents are voting for Mt. Kilimanjaro unlike the case for Table Mountain where large numbers of South Africans are participating in voting for Table Mountain.

Snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the most famous and highest free-standing mountains in the world, rising from the north-eastern part of Tanzania. Kilimanjaro stands at 5,895 metres (19,336 feet) above sea level. Kilimanjaro comprises 3 volcanoes of which the most famous (and the most recent), snow-capped dormant Kibo stands at 5,895 m (19,455 feet). The mountain is situated in the Kilimanjaro

distinct vegetation zones, namely lower slopes, rainforest, heath and moorland, alpine and desert and the glaciers/summit. Within each zone there is an association between altitude, rainfall, temperature, plants and animals. The name Kilimanjaro, is thought to be a combination of the Kiswahili word Kilima, meaning “mountain,” and the Kichagga vernacular language word ’Njaro’, translated as “whiteness,” giving the name White Mountain itself.

Mount Kilimanjaro nominated as candidate for the New Seven Natural Wonders of Nature

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By Pascal Shelutete Tanzania hosts one-third of the African wild dogs’ population in Africa. Yet catching a glimpse of the

of the wild canines has been diminishing at an alarming rate over the last few years, compliments to both human activities and nature’s habits. Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI) reports that the current population of wild dogs in the country is estimated to be around 8,000 in the wild. The wild dog species is categorized as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List as of 2009 and its population status is still decreasing rapidly. In a means to rescue the threatening trend,

has provided 450,000 US dollars to a three-year project to bring back more wild dogs in the wild.

Serengeti Wild Dog Conservation Project is to bring

Vodacom Foundation acts to conserve Serengeti wild dogs

back home the wild dog and to address the wild dog versus human

areas surrounding the park.

at Soroi in the Serengeti National Park, the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Hon. Ezekiel Maige (MP) noted that the major challenge facing African wild dogs’ conservation is retaliatory killing by use of organo phosphate and strychnine poisoning by humans. “A very sad example is the recent killing of 80 per cent of the Loshwash pack where eight out of 10 dogs were poisoned after attacking and killing one cattle. Intentional killing poses the greatest challenge of African wild dog survival in the community area as poison is easily available in the market,” he said.

Managing Director of Vodacom Tanzania Dietlof Mare presents a symbolic wild dog carving to TANAPA’s Director General Allan Kijazi

Serengeti Wild Dogs Conservation Project.

Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Hon. Ezekiel Maige (second right) in discussion issues of conservation and tourism with the Managing Director of Vodacom Tanzania, Dietlof Mare, before

Dogs Conservation Project). Right is the Member of Vodacom Board of Trustees from United Kingdom Ms. Elizabeth Filkin.

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After a post-mortem, it was established that the Alpha female of the poisoned pack was pregnant with eight puppies. He said that historical data indicate that African wild dogs were formerly distributed throughout sub- Saharan Africa, from deserts to mountain summits and probably were absent only from lowland rainforests and the driest deserts. “They have disappeared from much of their former range – 25 of 39 countries no longer support populations. In addition, the current distribution of wild dog population reduced its former range and falls outside protected areas,” he said. However, conservation activities outside protected areas are likely to be critical for the protection of this species. The species is virtually eradicated from West Africa and greatly reduced in central Africa and north- East Africa, he said. The largest remaining population is in southern Africa (northern Botswana, western Zimbabwe, eastern Namibia and South Africa) and the southern part of East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and northern Mozambique). The minister commended Vodacom for supporting the project, noting that it is a historic gesture since

support the conservation of the endangered African wild dog in the world famous Serengeti ecosystem. “I urge Vodacom to consider extending its support beyond three years until when a viable and stable population is attained. I believe that the involvement of Vodacom in this support will enhance the use of modern technology in supporting wildlife conservation in the Serengeti ecosystem and elsewhere in the country,” he said.

Vodacom Managing Director, Mr Dietlof Mare

to conservation in August 2010, at a meeting between a conservationist and himself where he was inspired to support conservation in the country. “The inspiration was also deeply rooted in Vodacom’s commitment to all aspects of Tanzania’s life and culture as we also support issues involving environment. After careful consideration, Vodacom

is not a money-making opportunity for us,” he said. Mr Mare said that since Vodacom has no expertise in matters related to conservation, it was decided that the help of experts be sought, thus, the partnership with TAWIRI and Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), among others. Through the project, the population of African wild dog is not only being monitored but also jobs are created in each village where the project is conducted as one village game scout is employed. The project also boosts tourism, brings education on conservation to local communities and creates awareness on the dangers of depleting the population of wild animals. TAWIRI Director General, Dr. Simon Mduma, was quick to point the importance of Tanzania for the conservation of the world’s remaining wild dogs, as it holds one-third of all the population. However, despite this international importance, information on wild dogs in the country is limited,

this species. In the Serengeti–Mara ecosystem, wild dogs have been on the decline since the 1960s and the species was presumed locally extinct in the 1990s after successive outbreaks of rabies and possibly canine distemper virus.

other large carnivores and possibly habitat loss through anthropogenic activities may have led to population reduction of the wild dogs in and around Serengeti National Park in the early 1990s.

Conservation Project’s Manager, Mr Emmanuel Masenga, said that genetic analysis of the current wild dog population revealed that they are closely related to the population that went locally extinct in 1991.

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Wild dogs in the plains near Serengeti National Park

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communities are developed and to increase wild dog conservation awareness among relevant national and international stakeholders. According to Mr. Masenga, the monitoring of packs, where they go, what they do and how they reproduce has helped to establish how many are reproduced and how many get into circulation. He noted that they have helped to reduce the deaths of the wild dog by involving local communities through education which has in turn played an important role for the communities to see the importance of wild in tourism. It has been reported that Ngorongoro District has seen a growing popularity of wild dogs as a tourist attraction. As Minister Maige noted, wildlife is a major source of revenue for Tanzania as 98 per cent of tourism in the country is wildlife related.

Conservation Project might be a drop in the ocean, but it gives meaning to efforts of ensuring that the grandchildren of this land will be able to enjoy the rich and precious inheritance Tanzania has to offer.

There have also been fears that plans to construct a tarmac road stretch linking Mto wa Mbu and Musoma may devastate wildlife within the area. As the wild dogs are known to freely cross within their natural habitats, road killings may further diminish their numbers. There is a glimmer of hope though with the current initiative. Mr Masenga said that at the moment

at the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) and the Loliondo Game Controlled Area (LGCA). “Wild dogs have been sighted frequently in the Loliondo Game Controlled Area since 2004 and since then their population has increased between the years 2006-2007, they serve as a resident population within the area to date”, he said. The objectives of the project include stabilizing wild dog population in LGCA through community participation and to establish viable re-colonised population in the Serengeti National Park, enhancing the population and health status of Serengeti wild dogs

Other objectives are to ensure sustainable wild

Zebra being chased away by wild dogs in the Serengeti

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Tanapa to award the best journalists on conservation and tourism reporting

The Director General of Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), Mr. Allan Kijazi, has urged reporters in the country to frequently report on conservation and domestic tourism activities taking place in the Tanzania National Parks in order to educate and sensitize Tanzanians on the same.

Mr. Kijazi said this while addressing 35 editors and journalists from different media houses, who attended of a-two- day workshop held by TANAPA at Edema Conference Centre in Morogoro where different topics about national parks and their activities were presented by directors, managers and communication experts.

On his opening remarks, Mr. Kijazi said that the organisation will award the best journalist who, through his/her reporting, will enable Tanzanians to understand the organisation and its activities, to publicize tourist attractions in the parks and also sensitize Tanzanians to visit the national parks for leisure while contributing to national income.

Media Editors in the country during their excursion trip into Mikumi National Park after the end of their workshop with TANAPA.

On his opening remarks Mr. Kijazi said that the organisation will award the best

journalist who, through his/her reporting, will enable Tanzanians to understand the

organisation and its activities

Tanzania Editors Forum in a group picture with TANAPA Director General Allan Kijazi (seated third from right) during a workshop organized by TANAPA to Editors in the country.

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Media Editors taking notes from one of the presentations during their workshop with TANAPA recently

“The organisation is educating the public through its community conservation education and various programs on TVs and radio station. However, we urge the journalists to take this as their responsibility to educate Tanzanians,” said Mr. Kijazi. Commenting on invasive and alien species, the Outreach Manager, Mr. Ahmed Mbugi on behalf of Manager Ecological Monitoring said that this has been a problem in some national parks like Arusha, Serengeti, Mahale, Rubondo Island and Kitulo. The organisation has been setting aside a budget for

curbing this problem. The organisation is having a strategy to curb by having development project budget instead of current budget in order to have enough money for the project.

On the other hand, journalists called for good and sustainable cooperation between TANAPA and the media in all areas of branding the organisation and publicity of its national parks. They also urge TANAPA to work with Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) in order to get the Best TANAPA Journalist of the Year.

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President Jakaya Kikwete in a souvenir picture with children who toured Serengeti National Park recently.

News in Pictures

by the Board Chairman Mr. Modestus Lilungulu (seated fourth right).

TANAPA’s 2011 Best Workers during their study tour in South Africa recently.

President Jakaya Kikwete in a souvenir


Director General of TANAPA Allan Kijazi talking to students who visited Mikumi National Park recently.

TANAPA-TBC Programs producers in the Kilewo in Serengeti NP before a wounded lion.

Chief Park Wardens for Tarangire,

Erastus Lufungulo (left) and for

Serengeti, Mtango Mtahiko (right)

congratulating each other before the

CEO of Friends of Serengeti, Suzan

Shiyo soon after the handing over of

two vehicles which will be used in the

respective parks.

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Community Conservation Service Wardens from the National Parks who were attending their workshop in Moshi during their excursion trip to Mkomazi National Park.

Director General of TANAPA Allan Kijazi inspecting Ulinzi Team

from Uganda who played against Simba Sports Club during the

Simba Day Bonanza where he was a guest of honour.

By Thomas Ratsim

Saturday, July 16, 2011 was a joyous day for thirty-years old, Slovenian handicapped Jan Simon, when at 06:00 a.m., he reached the

Uhuru Peak of the Kilimanjaro Mountain as the

Route only with his crutches and neither with day of acclimatization nor asking any help from the crew.

Jan started his climb on July 12, this year with Mr. Gervas Rweyemamu, a mountain guide from

safari itinerary which covered the Ngorongoro Crater of Lake Manyara and Serengeti National Parks. In his tour on the shores of Lake Eyasi, he also visited the Khoisan and Nilotic tribes, Hadzabe and Datoga, respectively.

Speaking before the hike, why opted for Machame Route instead of Marangu, Jan said that he found it more interesting though the Barancco Camp way is regarded as narrow and steep, he felt that it will not

”People think that it would be hard for me, but I

be able to reach the peak,” said Jan.

Jan, a holder of Bachelor degree in Computer Science and Informatics from Slovenia University of Ljubljana, is disabled from birth and he has undergone several surgeries, but due to the deformity of Artorogriposis Multipla Congenita, a term describing multiple joint contractures at birth thus he cannot stand by himself without the help of scrutches.

Jan, who resolved to climb Kilimanjaro this year as part of his vacation, before hiking Kilimanjaro Mountain, has also climbed mountains in his home country Slovenia and other countries such

Slovenian handicapped reaches Uhuru Peak


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Accomplished mission: Jan Simon at the Uhuru Peak on Mount Kilimanjaro.

Jan smiling with her


as Switzerland, Italy, Peru. Last year he climbed one mountain in Bolivia (5,100 metres above sea level).

In my climb I did not get any problem as I was not attacked by any altitude sickness,” said Jan

He said that he had done lots of training by walking, using stairs instead of elevators, physical exercises and gymnastics,

I am worried about altitude sickness, but I am

Besides his interest of hiking, Jan also participates in other sports such as scuba diving, snorkelling, swimming, skiing, bicycle riding etc. He also participates in table tennis competition.

As a musician, Jan plays bass guitar in two bands namely Little Flowers and Korte Sexperience and they perform in various concerts and occasions.

started early for the summit at the Uhuru Peak, the highest point in Africa at 5896 metres above sea level.

After reaching the peak, I felt that I had a nice walk and enjoyed the view,” said Jan cheerfully.

His guide, Mr. Rweyemamu said that Jan was not always willing to be helped and he highly encouraged other climbers to reach the peak as some always keep on saying, ”If Jan can do it why can’t I do it, this climb is quite unique compared with other climbs with physically disabled people,” said Mr. Rweyemamu.

He said he was always wondering whether they were going on the appropriate pace as he in other cases with disabled they were using special gears, pills and extra days

Commenting on Jan’s success, Ms. Vesna Glamocanin General Manager of Arusha based Pure Afro Travel, the tour company which organized his excursion, said it is a great inspiration for other people to climb Kilimanjaro.

musician, Jan plays bass in two bands namely Little

It wasn’t an easy task

In jovial mood with her companion

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icon of history and tourismSaadani:

By Thomas Ratsim

One can hardly narrate history of Tanzania without mentioning Tanga, Pangani, Saadani and Bagamoyo, the places in the ecosystem of the Saadani National Park. More than conventional game viewing in the Tanzania’s National Parks, Saadani National Park gazetted in 2005 is a unique park where the bush meets the beach of Indian Ocean and has much to offer in tourism.

Periplus of the Erythraean thalasses (Greek for ‘sailing around the Red Sea’) had then mentioned one port along the coastline between Tanga and

Rhapta (sewn). Its

there are a number of probable sites, Pangani being one of them. The Periplus also describes that it was a source of ivory and tortoise and it was in the estuary of a river. Both Pangani and Saadani have estuaries of Pangani and Wami Rivers, respectively. Nevertheless, the Rhapta port is still believed to be Pangani which now is also on the thresholds for the present Saadani National Park.

After the Berlin Conference in 1884 held for partitioning of Africa, three members of Society for German Colonization who pretended to be mechanics, Dr. Karl Peters accompanied by two others docked in Saadani while on their colonization trip. Dr. Peters succeeded to enter a dozen of treaties with local chiefs as it then known as ‘Treaty

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In this way the Germans gained control over a number of and trading posts along the coast of the Indian Ocean.

However, Arab traders and the coastal native tribes

of Germans over them. One who railed against the Germans was Abushiri Bin Salim al-Harthi, a local wealthy Arab who in 1888 instigated Arab

the Germans.

On September 20, 1888 the uprising struck the

attack.

Bagamoyo held out on the coast while two trading

under siege. The German trading company, unable to control the situation, appealed to the German

On September 22, Abushiri with 8,000 men

Germans.

Responding to the crisis, the German government

commissioner to the colony. With Wissmann were

400 mercenaries who would soon become the core

Sadani, and Tanga, Abushiri led new assaults against Dares Salaam and Bagamoyo which were repulsed with heavy losses to the natives.

better-armed Germans with spears and shields, the Yao and Mbunga deserted Abushiri, who was again

By December 1889, the rebellion was all but over. Abushiri was turned over to the Germans by some natives on December 15 and he was hanged in Pangani.

The park with an area of 1,100 square kilometers (mile) derives its name from corrupted Kiswahili phrase for ‘saa ipo ndani’. Grammatically, the phrase is an expression which is in the dative case meaning the clock is inside. It has been said that sometimes back, the residents of the area frequently come to ask the time to one businessman and he told them that they should go and see the clock inside his shop.

The area protected as a game reserve in 1961, which has much to offer in nature, history and culture was gazetted as a national park in 2005.

While the game viewing is one of the activities, it is awe-inspiring sense of ultimate isolation that distinguishes this unique slice of wild, as yet unpopular by the mass safari market.

According to the Chief Park Warden of Saadani National Park, Alhajj Hassan Nguluma, besides day game viewing, the park has activities such as night game drives, boat trips. While those activities are complemented by sea sports such as swimming,

River itself hosts hippo and crocodile population,


Gazelles at Saadani National Park

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The mammals, giraffes, wildebeests, Lions, Leopards, spotted hyena and Sables, Waterbucks and bushbucks are some of the animals to be seen.

The Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) have the breeding site at Madete.

the Saadani Salt hips. About 200 species of bird have been recorded in the park.

The indigenous trees and shrubs which ecologically grow in 0- 2000 metres above sea level grow well in the Saadani’s alluvial and black cotton soils. Since most of the trees are evergreen, the park remains verdant throughout the year and thus provides browsers with food throughout the year. The trees are Acacia seyal (Acacia Zanzibarica) desert date (Balanite aegyptica), toothbrush tree (Salvadora persica), camel’s foot (Piliostigma thonningii), Sea pine (Casuriana equisetifolia).

Also Simple-spined carissa (Carissa edulis) is one of the evergreen, which is an important medicine in Tanzania.

The Park Warden responsible for tourism, Mr. Yasin Sharif said due to the fact that most of the villages

be locally obtained from Zanzibar which is only 40 kilometres, through the famous Zanzibar Channel.

Collection of ruin and graves in Saadani are reminiscence of its nineteenth century heyday as a major port.

Guided walking is one of the activities in the

activities to be done

The park has campsites in the cooling ocean breeze. Also the park has self-contained bandas with verandahs overlooking the ocean.

As there is no coastal road access from Dar es Salaam, Saadani is quite accessible by car as it is four hour drive from Dar es Salaam via Chalinze Road and take a turn-off at Mandera Village. Also, one can enter through Pangani Town and across the River. The distance from Dar es Salaam is 100 miles and roughly same distance from Tanga Port.


1. Dolphins sleep with one eye open2. Giraffes have no vocal chords3. Crocodiles are blind in the water but very keen of

sight in the air.4. Crocodiles are color-blind.5. Owls are the only bird that can see the color blue.6.

They have two large eyes and three smaller eyes between them.

7. Snails have four noses.

8. The tongues of chameleons are as long as its body or even longer. Some chameleon types have a tongue longer than two times of its body.

9. The tongues of chameleons are faster than a

10. The eyes of ostrichs are bigger than their brains.11. 12. A cockroach can survive without its head for nine

days. At the end of nine day, it dies because of hunger.

Amazing Animal Facts

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By Thomas Ratsim

The nesting ground of Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas is not only conspicuously adding value to the newly gazetted Saadani National Park, but also serves as survival place for the species.

Nesting ground found at sandy beach along Madete in the northern part of the Park, besides that is the tourist attraction, is one of the critical sites in Tanzania for Green sea turtle breeding. The species which has a breeding site at Madete Beach is a large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae.

According to Mr. Yassin Sharif, a Park Warden responsible for Tourism in the Saadani National Park, Green sea turtles migrate long distances between feeding sites and nesting sites;. He said that some of them swim more than 2,000 kilometers (1,600 miles) to reach their spawning grounds. Mature turtles often return to the exact beach from which they hatched like Madete. The turtle females usually mate every two to four years. Males, on the other hand, visit the breeding areas every year, attempting to mate. Mating seasons vary between

populations. Indian Ocean turtles nest year-round, but prefer the months of July to December.

Green sea turtles mating are similar to other marine

populations practice polyandry, although this does After mating in the

water, the female moves above the beach’s high tide

deposits her eggs. Clutch size depends on the age of the female and species, but can range between 100 and 200. She then covers the nest with sand and returns to the sea.

The turtle is mostly herbivorous while the adults commonly inhabit shallow lagoons feeding mostly on various species of sea grasses. Green turtles, like other sea turtles, migrate long distances between feeding grounds and hatching beaches and they swim at 2.5 to 3 kilometers per hour. Through tagging, it has been realized that one had been found in South Africa.

Saadani: Survival Ground for Green Turtles


Green turtle in Saadani National Park

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The carapace of the turtle has various color patterns that change over time. Hatchlings of like those of other marine turtles have mostly black carapaces and light-colorued plastrons. Carapaces of juveniles turn dark brown to olive, while those of mature adults are entirely brown, spotted or marbled with variegated rays. Underneath, the turtle’s plastron is hued yellow. The Green sea turtle limbs are dark-coloured and lined with yellow, and are usually marked with a large dark brown spot in the centre of each appendage.

of what is known of sea turtle ecology comes from studies of green turtles. The ecology of the turtles

changes drastically with each stage of its life history. Newly emerged hatchlings are carnivorous, oceanic organisms. In contrast, immature juveniles and adults are commonly found in sea grass meadows closer inshore as herbivorous grazers.

Green sea turtles move across three habitat types, depending on their life stage. They lay eggs on beaches.and the mature turtles spend most of their time in shallow, coastal waters with lush seagrass beds. Adults frequent inshore bays, lagoons and shoals with lush seagrass meadows. Entire generations often migrate between one pair of feeding and nesting areas.

adult turtles and are thus the predators of the Green

turtles. Young ones, new hatchlings and eggs have

sea mammals as well as the birds on the shores.

Historically, the turtles’ skin was tanned and used

delicacy particularly fat and ingredients for making turtle stew. In recent decades, sea turtles have moved from unrestricted exploitation to global protection, with individual countries providing additional protection, although serious threats remain unabated. This coincides with the efforts being made by the rangers in the Saadani National Park.

Globally, the species is listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Convention on International

Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and is protected from exploitation in most countries. It is illegal to collect, harm or kill them. In addition, many countries have laws and ordinances to protect nesting areas. However, turtles are still in danger because of several human practices. In some countries, turtles and their eggs are hunted for food. Pollution indirectly harms turtles at both population and individual scales. Many turtles die caught enmeshed

At around 45 to 75 days, the eggs hatch during the night, and the hatchlings head directly into the water. This is the most dangerous time in a turtle’s life. As they walk, predators grab them. Due to this

never makes it to the ocean.

Turtles can rest or sleep underwater for several hours at a time, but submergence time is much shorter while diving for food or to escape predators.

Establishment of the Saadani National Park is emancipation and survival of the species from the threats which are mostly human actions, both deliberate and unintentional. These include hunting and egg harvesting. More dangerous are unintentional threats, including boat strikes,

harbours near nesting sites may create disturbances; and light pollution may harm hatchlings.


Green turtle at their breeding site in Saadani National Park

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Real experience from the field:The Star Female Chimpanzee at Gombe

Chimpanzee at Gombe

or many, a gremlin is an alien creature from

Gombe National Park, Gremlin is the star female chimpanzee: the most successful mother of the ‘G’ family, monitored by Jane Goodall and other researchers for the last 40 years.

In the last few weeks she has again leapt into the chimpanzee headlines. 13 years ago she gave birth to twins, Glitter and Golden. Twin chimpanzees are rare, but through nurturing and excellent maternal care they thrived. In July this year, Golden gave birth to an as yet unnamed young chimp. Two weeks later, her twin sister Glitter gave birth too.

But then drama struck. Gremlin, seemingly unhappy with her daughter Glitter’s maternal behaviour, intervened, and took Glitter’s child away from her. Gremlin’s grandchild is now suckling from her grandmother’s breast and Gremlin’s most recent child, one year old Gizmo, still being weaned, is carried around on her back. It is a strangely moving sight to see an old mother chimpanzee, climbing into the tree canopy clutching a new baby – her grandchild - to her breast whilst carrying her own child on her back.

All this drama is played out in front of visitors’ eyes, every day. They are very few wildlife experiences in the world that can match what you can see at Gombe.

I was there with my family for three nights. It was a truly unforgettable experience. We were guided by Bernard Gichobi from the Gombe tented camp, and Anthony Collins, the Jane Goodall Institute chief researcher for the last four decades, under the caring eye of the Gombe National Park Chief Park Warden Ms. Noelia Myonga. In two full days in the Park we saw an extraordinary 33 chimps, almost a third of Gombe Park’s entire chimpanzee population.

We have seen gorillas in Rwanda and the DRC, and chimpanzees in Mahale. But I don’t think anything can match the viewing experience at Gombe.

But Gombe’s future is far from guaranteed. The protected area within the park is very small. Extensive logging and agricultural settlement has degraded the

land, cutting off several rich wildlife areas that are host to chimpanzees, but which are not protected. The TACARE community wildlife project around the park, managed by the Jane Goodall Institute, has done a great deal to prevent further degradation but it needs further resources and political support. The limited chimpanzee gene pool – there are only about 100 chimpanzees within the park – means that major efforts need to be made to create linkages with other chimpanzee habitats in order to create a contiguous area of habitat where they can live.

Upgrading accommodation for researchers, Gombe Park staff, and tourists is a pressing need, as is the need to develop educational and income-generating material, both at Gombe and Kigoma.

Why not use the juxtaposition of two 50 year anniversaries: the 50th anniversary of the independence of Tanganyika, and the 50th anniversary of Jane Goodall’s pioneering chimpanzee research in Gombe to chart a new 50 year vision for Gombe

to the work of all those who have strived to make Gombe National Park what it is today – the world leader in chimpanzee conservation and research.

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By TT Correspondent

World Heritage is the designation for places on Earth that are of outstanding universal value to humanity and as such, have been inscribed on the World Heritage List to be protected for future generations to appreciate and enjoy. Places as diverse and unique as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, the Taj Mahal in India, the Grand Canyon in the USA, or the Acropolis in Greece are examples of the 911 natural and cultural places inscribed on the World Heritage List to date. Tanzania has some of its protected areas in the list and these include Ngorongoro Conservation Area, including the Ngorongoro and Empakaai Craters and Olduvai Gorge, Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara, Serengeti National Park, Selous Game Reserve, Kilimanjaro National Park, The Stone Town of Zanzibar and Kondoa Rock Art Sites.

Once a country signs the UNESCO Convention, and has sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, the resulting prestige often helps raise awareness among citizens and governments for heritage preservation. Greater awareness leads to a general rise in the level of the protection and conservation given to heritage

assistance and expert advice from the World Heritage

Committee to support activities for the preservation of its sites.

The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage is an international agreement that was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1972. It is based on the premise that certain places on Earth are of outstanding universal value and should therefore form part of the common heritage of mankind. The countries that ratify the Convention (States Parties) have become part of an international community, united in a common mission to identify and safeguard our world’s most outstanding natural and cultural heritage. While fully respecting the national sovereignty, and without prejudice to property rights provided by national legislation, the States Parties recognize that the protection of the World Heritage is the duty of the international community as a whole.

The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is a treaty that has become, over the past 30 years, the foremost international legal tool in support of the conservation of the world’s cultural and natural heritage. Today,

the Convention, making it an almost universally accepted set of principles and framework of action.

How do sites nominated as World Heritage Sites

Mount Kilimanjaro

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The site is the property of the country on whose territory it is located, but it is considered in the interest of the international community to protect the site for future generations. Its protection and preservation becomes a concern of the international World Heritage community as a whole.

A site goes through a nomination process before being considered for inscription by the World Heritage Committee. A site can be proposed for inscription only by the country in which the property is located.

Countries (or States Parties) submit nomination proposals to the World Heritage Committee. If the Committee determines, based on the recommendations of its Advisory Bodies (ICOMOS and IUCN), that the nomination meets at least one of the necessary criteria, then the property proposed by the State Party is inscribed on the World Heritage List. In general, the Committee adds about 25-30 sites per year to the list. Today there are 911 sites on the list, located in 151 countries around the world.

There are criteria set for a site to be nominated in the list of world heritage sites and these include an area

which exhibits an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design; an area which bears a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared; an area with an outstanding example of a type of building and architectural or technological

stage(s) in human history.

Other criteria is for an area to be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change; to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary

Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria); to contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.

A site will also need to have an outstanding examples representing major stages of earth’s history, including

processes in the development of landforms, or

ongoing ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals and which contain the most

conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation.

Zanzibar Stone Town view from the coast

Wildebeests grazing in Serengeti National Park

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By Wolfgang H. Thome

Convetion on International Trade in Endagered Species (CITES) is now under pressure like never before. Recently the executive committee, arguably following pressure from the most notorious importer nations of ivory, tried to exclude NGOs and civil societies and only when realizing the folly of their dictate they reversed their vote quickly to avoid a lot more negative press. But it was also apparent in their meetings, in particular on ivory trading, the relationship between their past one – off grants to sell off ivory stocks and increase in poaching on a phenomenal scale across Africa was speaking a very clear language. You allow countries to sell what they call ‘legal stocks’ and poaching immediately rockets. Then there is the issue of rhino horn smuggling and the virtual war declared on the species, especially in South Africa by money greedy poachers using automatic weapons, at times even helicopters and sophisticated communications equipment, besieging national parks and private game reserves where only recently a gruesome attack on several rhinos left at least three dead and the nation in uproar over their government’s seeming inaction.

In 2008 CITES gave China the status of ‘ivory trading partner’ alongside Japan, but my fellow activists want that decision reviewed immediately with the aim of suspending it until China provides stiff laws internally over possession and processing ivory. They must show that they support the survival of Africa’s wildlife for real and we do not care how powerful China now is, what is wrong is wrong and we must be able to say so’.

Conservationists demand that cites remove China’s ‘ivory trading status’

Other sources from within Tanzania in fact demanded that the country drop any further attempt to seek an exception on the ivory trade rule during the next global CITES meeting in 2013 as well as renounce any other measures like ‘auctioning’ processed and semi-processed ivory seized at airports and sea ports, as was attempted last year by the customs department in a clear violation of the spirit of the respective global conventions. Zambia too is coming under pressure to forego any future attempts to sell its ivory stocks as that country had applied for an exemption alongside Tanzania, but hosting the CITES

Secretariat in Lusaka actually makes discussions

between the Secretariat not any easier, as the Secretariat works under the direction of the tri-annual global congress and in between with the

Executive Committee,

A stockpile of ivory

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which has shown no haste nor keen interest to once and for all make ALL sales in ivory stocks illegal, and gently pushing governments in the direction of Kenya’s action, where recently over 5 tons of blood ivory were burned.

Whichever way those discussions go and wherever China’s status is heading, one thing has become clear

recently in Zanzibar, has shocked and rocked the

Many people working in the conservation and tourism industry have from time to time came

what is it and how does it correspond to the conservation and tourism matters. This feature

conservation matters directly or indirectly, TT Correspondent reports.

CITES stands for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna

Convention of 1973 on International Trade in

with the aim to protect endangered species of

international trade in them. Currently CITES has about 169 member countries and the CITES Secretariat is administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) based in Geneva.

into three groups according to the level of threat they face. Import and export of live specimens, of their parts or of products derived from them is either banned (appendix I, with exceptions) or else permitted only with special authorization. In other words: if you want to trade to or from the European Union (importing, exporting or re-exporting) parts of animal species included in the CITES appendices and products made from them (e.g. handbags, wallets, belts, shoes), at the time of import or export you are required to present the original valid CITES

(CITES Management Authority) of the country of origin or provenance. The necessary documents can

only be issued upon satisfaction of certain conditions and must then be presented to the customs authorities. The CITES members have established a list of endangered species dividing it into three levels of different priorities:

Appendix I: (also known as appendix A)

This appendix lists the most endangered animal and plant species of all those listed and protected by the CITES Convention. These species are threatened with extinction and CITES categorically prohibits international trade in them, except when they are being imported for certain non-commercial reasons

In such cases trade is permitted as long as it is authorized by an explicit import permit and export or re-export permit.

Appendix II: (also known as appendix B) This category includes the so-called “monitored species”, that is, species whose trade is monitored and contained. Commercial trade in these species

. These

of its import, the import licence and so on.

Appendix III: (also known as appendix C). This appendix includes controlled species, where the species is protected within its home state and that state has sought help to control trade in it and limit the decline of the species. These states require the collaboration of other CITES members to prevent unsustainable exploitation and illegal trade in these species. International trade is permitted only on

What does the word CITES mean?

conservation fraternity which undoubtedly will become much more vocal and outspoken in their demands to protect Africa’s wildlife and in the process safeguard the tourism industries in the safari park countries of Eastern and Southern Africa, which depend on wildlife actually being alive to be photographed by tourists and not carcasses upon which they stumble during their game drives.

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1.

To obtain these products, animals have to be killed and you are encouraging the wildlife trade.

2. If we continue to eat these animals at the current rate, there will soon be none left. There is plenty of

3. Don’t think of wild animal parts as having medicinal value.

4. Do not hunt for sale or trade in wildlife. Commercial sale of our animals reduces the tourism potential and regeneration potential of our forests, and is bringing some species close to extinction in Sarawak.

5. If you have no other sources of food and are allowed to hunt animals for subsistence, do not hunt any protected or totally protected species. These are so rare that if they are hunted, they might become extinct.

6. Poison kills almost everything in the rivers. Besides, it is illegal to do so.

7. Do inform the National Parks and Wildlife Service if you encounter illegal activities concerning wildlife. Examples of some illegal activities are : hunting inside national parks and hunting or keeping protected or totally protected species without a licence.

8. The animals contribute to your well-being.

9. If you have the option, think of wildlife conservation as a career. It is extremely rewarding.

10. what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” Bring a friend to a National Park and learn more about Wildlife conservation.

10 Ways You Can Save Our Wildlife in the National Parks

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Humours

Priest’s Retirement Dinner A Priest was being honoured at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish. A leading local politician and member of the congregation was chosen to make the presentation and to give a little speech at the dinner. However, he was delayed, so the Priest decided to say his own few words while they waited:

questioned by the police, was able to lie his way out of it. He had stolen money from his parents, embezzled from his employer, had an affair with his boss’s wife and taken illegal drugs. I was appalled. But as the days went on I learned

the presentation and gave his talk:

person to go to him for confession’.

Never, Never, Be Late

Greedy WomanOne afternoon a husband arrived home with sad news for his wife...

: Wife, I just received a call, mother (mama) passed away. Shall we go to town and get some necessities for the funeral? Please write a list and then we can go.

Wife: A list won’t be necessary; we’ll just get 2 cabbages & 2 liters of cooking oil.

Is it going to be enough? Wife: No need to waste money, of course it’s going to be enough!(They left for town and after getting two cabbages and 2 liters of cooking oil, the husband asked his wife again if that was all. She emphasized the issue of not wasting money on the funeral. They then hit the road towards the village and where the road branches to different villages, the husband driving, took a turn to his wife’s home.) Wife: Where are we going, thought you said we are going to the funeral, your mother passed away.

Yes we are; it’s mother who passed away.

But that grocery is not enough! Let’s go back and get some more stuff!

: NO! I asked you over and over if it was all that was needed and you said “yes”; so we are not going back!

The word of God applies to every facet of our lives, whether we believe it or not. Greed is one of God’s enemies...and remember whatever that you want it done to you; do it to others!!!

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