UNESCO Lists Tanzanian Reserve among Endangered Heritage Sites

Naharnet
UNESCO Lists Tanzanian Reserve among Endangered Heritage Sites
Naharnet
U.N. cultural body UNESCO on Wednesday put the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania on the list of endangered World Heritage sites because of widespread poaching. The animal population at the 50,000 square kilometers (19,000 square miles) park had ...
Poaching puts Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve on List of World Heritage in ...UNESCO.org (press release)

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Naharnet

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Dewji Blog

06 Aug

Tanzania among the Most Famous Heritage Sites Recognized by UNESCO

Every year the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) make the nominations for the new heritage sites which meet the criteria. The selections are based on the cultural significance, natural criteria (natural beauty and aesthetic significance) and the legal status attributed to sites.

Even though there are over a hundred heritage sites, Tanzania is among the famous sites recognized by UNESCO. In 2015, seven Tanzanian sites were UNESCO-designated heritage...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Jun

Poaching forces Unesco to flag Selous as endangered

The animal population at the 50,000 square kilometres (19,000 square miles) park has dwindled significantly since it was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1982.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Jun

Historical sites off Unesco danger list

Historical ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara have been removed from the world list of endangered heritage sites, it has been announced.

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara RUINS removed from UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger

The World Heritage Committee meeting in Doha (Qatar) has found that management and safeguarding of the Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara in the United Republic of Tanzania have improved to the point where the site can be removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger.   Located on two islands close to each other just off the Tanzanian coast about 300km south of Dar es Salaam, Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara were Swahili trading cities.  Their prosperity was based on control...

 

10 years ago

Voice Of America

05 Dec

Masai Demand Tanzanian Govt. Reject Plans for Hunting Reserve

Masai Demand Tanzanian Govt. Reject Plans for Hunting Reserve
Voice of America
LONDON—. Thousands of Masai are gathering in their ancestral lands in Tanzania to discuss allegations that the government plans to evict them and sell off the land to build a game-hunting reserve for rich Arabs. Tanzania's president has dismissed the ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Aug

CCM lists its priorities

Poverty eradication and fighting corruption will be among top priorities of the next government if CCM retains power, according to the party’s 2015-2020 election manifesto.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Caf cuts awards lists to five

The Confederation of African Football cuts its nominees for its Player of the Year awards down to five names.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Feb

Equity Group lists on Rwanda bourse

The Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) yesterday officially welcomed Equity Group Holdings as its latest banking securities counter, the firm said in a statement yesterday.

 

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