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The Project: Create a New National Park in East Africa Since the formulation of the project in 1999, the development of the new Mkwaja-Saadani National Park in Tanzania, East Africa, has become the primary goal of Fondo per la Terra - Earth Fund, an Italian NGO working worldwide for bio-diversity conservation. Fondo per la Terra is aiming to purchase the 280 sq km Mkwaja North Ranch from a Swiss company and to thereafter donate it to the Tanzanian Government. The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Zakira Menji, has declared her desire to incorporate the donated land into a new protected area system incorporating the current Saadani Game Reserve, the South Mkwaja Ranch (bought in 1997 and donated to the Tanzanian government with the assistance of the European Union) and Zaraninge Proposed Forest Reserve. Her plan is to give the new area full national park status, affording it much stronger protection than at present. The idea to preserve the area came from a local community whose livelihood is primarily based on marine resources and, as such, does not conflict with the conservation efforts in the reserve. The absence of any permanent settlements within the Mkwaja North area increases its suitability for future conservation work.
After the park is established the total area will be almost 1,000 sq. kilometers (250,000 acres). The area has not been studied in depth, but the presence of many different ecosystems concentrated in a relatively small area suggests an incredibly high level of biodiversity. The area in the north is dominated by a rare example of coastal lowland mosaic, presenting an exceptional variety of habitats, including 5 woodland types, 2 forest types, coastal thicket, semi-arid scrub, grassland, wetlands, saltmarshes, mangroves and beaches; elephants, buffaloes, large antelopes, and the very rare Giant brown bat (Scotophilus gigas) are typically found in the north, formerly partially used as a cattle ranch.
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