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.

Africa risks losing 20pc of elephants in 10 years

East Africa News

Africa could lose 20 per cent of its elephant population in a decade if current poaching levels are not slowed, animal conservation groups warned today. PHOTO |JOURNO TOURISM  

By The Citizen Reporter

Posted  Tuesday, December 3  2013 at  13:26

In Summary

• An estimated 22,000 elephants were illegally killed across the continent last year, as poaching reached “unacceptably elevated levels,” said a joint statement by CITES, TRAFFIC and IUCN.

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• Africa risks losing 20pc of elephants in 10 years

Gaborone, Monday. Africa could lose 20 per cent of its elephant population in a decade if current poaching levels are not slowed, animal conservation groups warned today.

An estimated 22,000 elephants were illegally killed across the continent last year, as poaching reached “unacceptably elevated levels,” said a joint statement by CITES, TRAFFIC and IUCN.

“If poaching rates are sustained at current levels, Africa is likely to lose a fifth of its elephants in the next ten years,” the statement said.

The study was released as experts and ministers met in Botswana today to look at ways to stamp out the elephant slaughter, which is fuelled by a growing demand for ivory in Asia.

“We continue to face a critical situation,” said John E. Scanlon, secretary general of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

“Current elephant poaching in Africa remains far too high, and could soon lead to local extinctions if the present killing rates continue,” he said.

Scanlon described the situation in central Africa, where the estimated poaching rate is twice the continental average, as “particularly acute”.

There are around half a million elephants left in Africa compared with 1.2 million in 1980 and 10 million in 1900.

Researchers believe that poverty and weak governance in African countries harbouring elephants are the driving forces behind a spike in elephant poaching.

Elephants are killed for their tusks that are used to make prized ornaments.

Ivory trade is banned under the CITES, yet illegal ivory trade is estimated to be worth up to $10 billion a year.

The price of ivory on the black market shot up tenfold in the past decade to more than $2,000 per kilogramme. On average, an adult elephant tusk can weigh 20 kg (44 pounds), according to experts.

In the past 13 years, the quantities of ivory traded have steadily shot up, according to Tom Milliken, an ivory trade expert with the wildlife monitoring agency TRAFFIC. (AFP)

“2013 already represents a 20 per cent increase over the previous peak year in 2011; we’re hugely concerned,” said Milliken.

In recent years ivory trafficking routes appear to be shifting from the traditional West and central African seaports to east Africa with Kenya and Tanzania as the exit points.

Most of the ivory ends up in Thailand and China.

The group meeting in Botswana is expected to adopt a pact that will commit signatories, including the biggest ivory markets such as China, to demonstrate political will at the highest level in the fight against poaching and ivory trafficking. (AFP)

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Zanzibar tourism development partners hunt for Gulf market

Grassroots Traveller

Development partners of tourism sector in Zanzibar are discussing new ways to control and utilise effectively the market in the Gulf region.

The initiative is aimed at curbing the drop in number of tourists from the European region.

Hafsa Mbamba, the founder and Managing Director of Grassroots Traveller, is leading the development partners in long journey to exploit the huge potential market in the Gulf.

The development partners convened the first international forum in Zanzibar that brought together government officials and other stakeholders in the sector.

Among the developing partners were Grassroots Traveller, Prospective Learning and Chartable Company, Jahazi Festivals, Zanzibar for Tourist Investors, Recovery Community Zanzibar, Fermanders Tours and Safari, Zato, Kawa Training Centre, Sustainable East Africa and Inaya Zanzibar firm.

Hafsa Mbamba said the secret behind the initiative was to promote Zanzibar to become sustainable touristic destination in the whole seasons.

She said the initiative would create awareness to government and the public on the future of Zanzibar as a sustainable tourism destination.

The move is also aimed at sensitizing tourism stakeholders to make changes in the sector, for it is the backbone of Zanzibar’s economy.

Speaking during the forum, representative of the Zanzibar Commission of Tourism Ilyas Nassor admitted that the number of visits from Europe to Zanzibar was falling tremendously.

He also pointed that there was potential tourism market for Zanzibar in the Gulf region.  

SOURCE: THE GUARDIA