serengeti impresses princess

By Mkinga Mkinga, The Citizen Reporter

  

Posted  Tuesday, December 3  2013 

In Summary

• Princess Haifa made the remarks after visiting Senapa and managed to see the abundance of wildlife.

Dar es Salaam. Princess Haifa Bint AbdulAziz al Mogrin of Saudi Arabia has shown preference of the Serengeti National Park (Senapa) for field experience by participants of the forthcoming youth forum in January, next year, in Arusha.

Princess Haifa made the remarks after visiting Senapa and managed to see the abundance of wildlife.

“It is unbelievable...I used to read about Serengeti but today I am overwhelmed by what I see here. It is my first time in Africa and in Serengeti and I don’t regret at all for coming here” she said.

She said that although the forum organised jointly by Tanapa and the Saudi government would be done in Arusha, youth attending the forum would visit Senapa for three days and have a field experience by touring various conservation projects in the reserve such as the Rhino Management Program and many others.

Wild dogs Re introduction Project as well as Lion and Hyena Research Projects.

The forthcoming youth forum on Biodiversity Conservation scheduled for January 17-28 next year in Arusha will be attended by youths from both Tanzanian and Saudi Government.

While in Tanzania, the delegates will have an opportunity to visit also some of the wildlife institutions in the country such as the College of African Wildlife Management Mweka; Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute; Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Kilimanjaro National Park.

The Princess, who is the coordinator of the forum, said that this forum is taking place for the first time in Africa and Tanzania was chosen to host the forum due to its historical background and commitment in protecting wildlife natural resources supported by the peace and security prevailing in the country.

The main theme of the forum is “Construction and Implementation of the Regulatory Framework for Biodiversity Conservation” and will involve about 50 youths from both Tanzania and Saudi Arabia who will have an opportunity to interact and discuss on the future of biodiversity conservation in the two countries.

The youth forum is an initiative by King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz for dialogue among the forums worldwide under the program Saudi International Youth Dialogue Forums.

These forums provide the platform for Saudi youth to interact with their peers from different countries, while adopting their creative initiatives and solutions under various themes.