Tanzania's Big Win - Selous to Stay on World Heritage Sites List

Uganda led four other African countries at the Unesco World Heritage Committee conference in Fuzhou, China, in saving Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve from being struck off the list of World Heritage Sites last week.

The World Heritage Centre and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) had proposed Selous's delisting, citing permanent damage to its ecosystem caused by the ongoing 2,100 megawatt Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project.

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