UN agency names Lake Natron new tourism hot spot

Long-standing complaints over the government controlling land and wildlife resources belonging to villages surrounding Lake Natron will soon become history, that is if all plans go well.

Lake Natron is spectacularly weird, and is also deadly
NEWS.com.au (blog)
IT MAY look pretty in pink, but this lake is actually pretty deadly. A series of incredible aerial photographs have captured the bizarrely coloured Lake Natron, in northern Tanzania, like never before. The water, which is coloured in several different shades of ...

Environmental impact research findings for proposed soda ash mining project in Lake Natron and Engaruka basin indicate that there is no threat posed to the ecosystem and tendering for the project is proceeding to schedule. According to the National Development Corporation (NDC) tenders for the project were announced last month and will be closed on September 10, this year. “Doors are open for interested bidders…we are happy that the project is going to kick off despite the obstacles...

spyghana.com
Villagers sign pact to save northern Tanzania's Lake Natron
spyghana.com
Villagers in northern Tanzania have sealed a contract with the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) in an effort towards rescuing Lake Natron, the main breeding site of flamingo birds, which are threatened by human activities in recent years, an official said on ...

BirdLife International
World Migratory Bird Day 2014: Stakeholders Pledge to Protect Lake Natron
BirdLife International
The Government of Tanzania has pledged to accord a higher protection status to the Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) breeding grounds of Lake Natron. This was revealed during the celebration of the World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) 2014 on 28th ...

 Mwandishi wetu,Longido
Mamlaka ya usimamizi wanyamapori nchini(TAWA) imetaka Kampuni ya Green Miles iliyoondolewa katika kitalu cha uwindaji cha Lake Natron (East),kuondoa vifaa vyake.
Kampuni hiyo iliondolewa na Serikali tangu, January 22 lakini hadi Jana watendaji wa Kampuni hiyo walikuwa hawajajitokeza  kuondoa vifaa vyao kwenye kambi inayolindwa na Askari wa TAWA,polisi na askari mgambo .
Waziri wa Maliasili na Utalii,Dk Hamis Kigwangalla  Agost 7 mwaka jana alitangaza uamuzi wa Serikali...

>More than 50, 000 pieces of timber and 8, 000 logs illegally harvested from Tabora Region forest reserves were seized in the past three years.

>Mobile phone traders here have criticised an operation by the Fair Competition Commission (FCC) aimed at seizing fake handsets, saying the exercise could have targeted agents of big mobile phone companies that import the phones instead of small dealers.

Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Hon. Lazaro Nyalandu has commended a remarkable initiative by Tanzania National Parks in introducing new tourism products at Lake Manyara National Park. Nyalandu said this during the official launching of the hot springs boardwalk way and hippo pool viewpoint projects at the park yesterday. Nyalandu said that the two projects will add value to the tourism sector by increasing the number of tourist arrivals in the country and urged other stakeholders...