Serengeti General Management Plan

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Serengeti National Park General Management Plan Action 3.3.4: Monitor and regulate park transit traffic A number of approaches will be adopted under this management action in order to ensure that the transit traffic passing through the Serengeti conforms to the SENAPA regulations and Code of Conduct (Action 1.1.2 of Section D). This will include the implementation of a pilot scheme for posting park staff on buses and other transit vehicles in order to monitor driving and raise awareness of the Code of Conduct. However, it will only be possible to monitor a small proportion of transit vehicles through this pilot scheme. In order to provide a more comprehensive check on compliance to park regulations, actions will be taken to penalise against speeding and exceeding the weight limit. To monitor this, weighbridges will be introduced to randomly measure the weight of transit vehicles and the time taken to pass through permissible routes will be recorded for all transit traffic. Those vehicles found to be speeding or overweight will be penalised. Certain routes, such as through the Western Corridor, will not be permissible for transit traffic. Consequently, supply vehicles for lodges and camps to these areas will have to come and go by the same route. Objective 4: Local, national and international collaboration in the long-term conservation and management of the Serengeti National Park and wider ecosystem strengthened The desired future state of SENAPA is one where the full spectrum of stakeholders within the broader ecosystem is coordinated and effectively working together to ensure the long-term conservation of SENAPA and the broader ecosystem upon which it functions. The role of SENAPA management will have been central in instigating and coordinating this cooperation. The management target to achieve this desired state will focus on forming national and international partnerships and exchange programmes. Target 4.1: Stakeholder collaboration and partnerships established and strengthened The broader Serengeti ecosystem is substantially protected by SENAPA, which covers about 59 per cent of the area of the ecosystem. However, SENAPA cannot be managed in isolation and a healthy SENAPA is very much contingent on the sustainable and coordinated management of all the areas within the broader ecosystem. Therefore SENAPA management will work to establish and strengthen collaboration and partnerships between and among key stakeholders. SENAPA management already has a good history of forming partnerships with local and regional institutions. For instance, SENAPA management collaborates closely with all sister institutions surrounding the Park, the Zonal Anti-poaching Unit at Bunda, district authorities, local communities, private initiatives, researchers, and the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. In addition, the international importance of the Serengeti, as an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, has facilitated the establishment of partnerships at the international level; for example with Yellowstone National Park in the USA and with international non-governmental organizations (NGOs). One such NGO is the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), which is based in Seronera and has for many years been a strong conservation management partner of SENAPA and surrounding protected areas. In order to achieve this target, two management actions have been formulated and are described below. 112
F. Park Operations Programme Action 4.1.1: Build stakeholder collaboration both within and outside the country This GMP encourages the involvement of different stakeholders from the local, national, regional and international levels. This management action will focus on strengthening the existing collaborative mechanisms and establishing new partnerships in order to create synergies in the sustainable management of the broader Serengeti ecosystem. This will include all the key stakeholders within the Tanzania component of the ecosystem and a selection of up to five key stakeholders from outside. Action 4.1.2: Develop exchange programmes with other protected areas Transboundary issues have become an increasingly central focus of global biodiversity conservation and the broader Serengeti ecosystem has a number of pressing issues between Kenya and Tanzania that will need to be addressed during the GMP. In particular, these relate to the wildebeest migration and the Mara River catchment that spans the two countries. SENAPA management recognises the importance of increasing the level of cooperation with the Kenya side of the ecosystem and this will be a focus of this management action. The need to share knowledge and experiences to better understand and apply global best practices for addressing conservation challenges currently facing protected areas will also be an important focus of this management action. To achieve this, exchange programmes will continue to be established and developed with other protected areas. Already there exists an exchange visit programme between the Serengeti and Yellowstone National Park in North America. This exchange will be continued and options will be investigated for developing new exchanges with other protected areas. The detailed 3-Year Action Plan addressing these four objectives is outlined in Table G.5 of Section G. Mitigation of environmental impacts of major Park Operations Programme actions The potential negative environmental impacts of the major Park Operations Programme actions and proposed mitigating measures to reduce, eliminate or offset adverse affects are highlighted in Table F.4 below. Table F.4: Mitigation measures for major Park Operations Programme actions Major action Potential negative impact Mitigation measure � All construction road works should be done during the normal working 3.1.1: Regularly monitor road wear and tear and carry out necessary maintenance and construction 3.1.2: Remove unmade tracks in the High Use Zone Noise pollution from construction work disturbing animals, birds or insects Contamination of soils and river systems from oil and diesel spills Rehabilitation of the decommissioned tracks does not occur hours of the day � Oils should be properly stored and safely disposed of outside of the Park � The entrance to de-commissioned tracks must be effectively blocked and clearly sign-posted to prevent any inadvertent vehicle access � Transverse berms should be con- 113
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