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Tanzania's famed Selous Game Reserve must be stripped of prestigious World Heritage status


Tanzania’s famed Selous Game Reserve must be stripped of prestigious World Heritage status - EIA
Tanzania’s famed Selous Game Reserve must be stripped of prestigious World Heritage status
LONDON: The world-famous Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania must be stripped of its status as a World Heritage Site due to the irreversible damage done by construction of a controversial dam.
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is leading the call for delisting ahead of the World Heritage Committee’s meeting, which opens on Friday (16 July).
The Rufiji hydropower project is set to flood an area of 125,000 ha and construction has already resulted in a sprawling industrial complex in the heart of the wilderness, with roads to and from the area opening and connecting poachers to a rich and now exceptionally vulnerable ecosystem. ....

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