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Tanzania
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Natron community vows to protect the lake

afrol News, 26 October - Villagers around Tanzania’s Lake Natron have vowed to protect the lake and its treasure of Lesser Flamingos Phoeniconaias minor from industrial development, pointing out that their own future depends on the sustainable use of the lake.

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Uganda
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Uganda celebrates big earnings from gorilla tourism

afrol News, 20 April - Uganda has marked 2009 “the year of the gorilla” with mass celebrations following the earnings of more than $220 million in 2008 from the endangered mountain gorillas tourism, the Uganda Wildlife Authority has said.

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Central Africa's "Pygmies" gain from ecotourism

afrol News, 23 May - In three bordering national parks, covering parts of Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville and the Central African Republic, the most marginalised peoples have found new revenue sources as ecotourism projects are becoming successful. BaAka "Pygmies" are finally being paid in cash for having managed their forest livelihoods well for generations.

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Madagascar
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Madagascar's Atsinanana rainforest is world heritage

afrol News, 27 June - Six national parks along the eastern part of Madagascar have been found so unique that they were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List today. The Atsinanana site represents almost all the remaining rainforest on the Great Island, and almost 90 percent of all species in the forest live no other place on earth.

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Malawi
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Malawi govt to support tourism business

afrol News / The Chronicle, 30 October - In its efforts to promote private/public sector partnerships, Malawi's Department of Parks and Wildlife has entered into a joint venture with Land & Lake Safaris (L&LS) to develop and run the Lilongwe Nature Sanctuary as a profitable tourist lodge, while also creating a rehabilitation centre for illegally captured wildlife.

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» 21.06.2004 - South Africa announces more national parks
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» 04.12.2003 - Ecotourism investments in SA's St Lucia Park

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