„Serengeti shall not die" – German feasibility study for Southern alternative road starts
At the request of the Tanzanian Government Germany has started a feasibility study for an alternative southern road around the Serengeti ecosystem. In 2009 the Government of Tanzania announced its intention to build a road connecting Arusha to Musoma by crossing the Serengeti National Park. This would have bisected the path that the huge wildebeest herds take in their annual migration between Kenya and Tanzania, from northern watering holes to their southern grazing pastures. After intensive discussions and inputs from Development Partners and NGOs the Government of Tanzania committed itself vis-à-vis UNESCO in 2011 that the project would avoid a tarmac road inside Serengeti National Park.
To support the Tanzanian Government in their efforts to develop the remote areas of North-Western Tanzania while at the same time protecting the Serengeti Nationalpark the German government committed itself in 2012 to evaluate possible alternatives to a "northern Serengeti Highway". The Feasibility Study that is currently been implemented by KfW will look into different alternative routes around Lake Eyasi Route. The results of the study are expected to be ready at the end of 2015.
Germany has been a major partner in conserving wildlife in Tanzania for many decades. Currently Germany is implementing the Program "Protection and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Serengeti and Selous" with 31,5 Mio. EUR.
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