Dar es Salaam, Sept. 10 -- Members of Parliament (MPs) have unanimously approved government proposal to change part of Selous Game Reserve to form a new national park- Nyerere National Park- and transform the entire reserve into a conservation area.

Legislators across the political divide agreed with the proposal to slice 30,893 square kilometres out of 50,000 square kilometres of Selous Game Reserve to form the national park that will be named after Mwalimu Julius Nyerere as read in Parliament by Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr Khamis Kigangwalla. T

he minister said to change the status of part of the largest game reserve in Tanzania to the national park will improve conservation of ecosystem of wildlife, plants and fish...