Germany set to increase anti-poaching support to Tanzania

The Federal Republic of Germany is set to support Tanzania in anti-poaching operations using a special surveillance aircraft in the Africa’s famous Serengeti National Park.
Through this support, Germany government will also help Tanzania to control poaching in northern parts of this country where elephant and rhino species are threatened by poachers.
Hans Koeppel, Charge d’Affaires of the German Embassy in Tanzania said the bloody ivory trade had massively threatened Tanzania’s unique ecosystems and livelihoods of rural communities, also tourism operations.
He said when seeing off Tanzanian delegation to the International Tourism Fair (ITB) 2014 in Germany’s capital Berlin, that, protection of wildlife for sustainable tourism was a priority to German support on conservation.
About 80 Tanzanian companies including hotels and tour operators are participating the ITB 2014.


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