Serengeti General Management Plan

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