Serengeti General Management Plan
Serengeti General Management Plan
Serengeti General Management Plan
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<strong>Serengeti</strong> National Park <strong>General</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />
SENAPA Purpose Statement<br />
The Park Purpose Statement summarises the importance of the protected area based on the<br />
Exceptional Resource Values of the Park, historical considerations, and prevailing national<br />
and TANAPA policies. In this context, the primary purpose of the <strong>Serengeti</strong> National Park is:<br />
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Park Purpose: To conserve and protect the <strong>Serengeti</strong> ecosystem, its habitats,<br />
biodiversity, migrations of large mammals and birds, and its endemic<br />
and threatened species<br />
Supplemental and complementary purposes of the Park are:<br />
� To safeguard the ecosystem’s status as an area of national and international importance,<br />
as a Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Site<br />
� To optimise long-term economic benefits to the nation, through sustainable, low<br />
impact utilisation that maintains the ecosystem’s wild aesthetic beauty<br />
� To promote and maintain an effective and mutually beneficial partnership with<br />
neighbouring communities<br />
� To preserve all sites of archaeological, historical and cultural importance<br />
� To maintain and promote the scientific research and educational functions of the<br />
Park<br />
This park purpose statement differs from previous purpose and policy statements by explicitly<br />
recognising the important role that the Park plays in the lives and livelihoods of<br />
neighbouring communities, in addition to the Park’s well-recognised national and international<br />
roles. This reflects the social and cultural Exceptional Resource Values identified in the<br />
previous section.<br />
The fulfilment of the Park Purpose and the maintenance of the Park’s Exceptional Resource<br />
Values will be addressed in this GMP through four distinct management programmes, described<br />
in the following sections:<br />
Section C: Ecosystem <strong>Management</strong> Programme<br />
Section D: Tourism <strong>Management</strong> Programme<br />
Section E: Community Outreach Programme<br />
Section F: Park Operations Programme