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Plans for Tanzania’s ‘Serengeti Highway’ shift towards a bypass

In 2010, Tanzania’s government announced extremely controversial plans for a 53-kilometer long commercial highway to run East-West through the Serengeti; Tanzania’s oldest national park and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Out of Africa – a round up of stories by Andre Farrar (RSPB – BirdLife in the UK)

One of the attractions of spending a couple of weeks in South Africa was the chance to escape a bit of the British winter – so why was I wrapped up, wishing I had brought gloves, walking into a foggy dawn? Altitude.

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