Tanzania Sets Strategic Plans to Secure Wildlife Corridors

The government is strategising to secure wildlife corridors that have been extensively blocked countrywide, leading to wild animals killing, injuring people and destroying properties and crops. Senior government officials hope to achieve the target through participatory approach among stakeholders for security of the people living near national parks and conserved areas.

The Director of Wildlife in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Maurus Msuha has said that many corridors have been blocked by people setting up residences, adding that effects have been negative, as animals, such as elephants remember and go back through the corridors, even after many years, hence attacking and killing people. Corridors serve primarily to maintain viability of isolated populations while ensuring ecosystem functionality and harmonizing conservation and development needs.