New highway in Serengeti National Park

The Government of Tanzania will begin construction of a highway through Serengeti National Park in 2012. 'By cutting through the northern part of the park, the proposed road would sever a critical corridor for the annual migration of hundreds of thousands of wildebeests and zebra, which has been rightly called one of the 'greatest spectacles on earth'. African Wildlife Foundation believes such a road would negatively impact conservation, wildlife and human security, and park revenues. Most importantly, the road would mar a national and global asset in which the rule of nature still predominates and the footprint of human activities is hardly visible.' (African Wildlife Foundation website)

Please visit the AWF website for more information and images of the current road plan.