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Posted Sun Jul 3 2011: from
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Tanzania 'will mine uranium on Selous Game Reserve' -- World Heritage Site http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1309689188
Tanzania will go ahead with plans to mine uranium in the UN World Heritage site Selous Game Reserve, the natural resources minister has told the BBC.
Ezekiel Maige said he told the recent UN World Heritage Centre meeting it would mean the park's size would need to be reduced by less than 1 percent.
The UN body said it would approve the plans, as long as environmental assessments were carried out.
Money made from the mining would help in the park's upkeep, Mr Maige said.
According to the UN cultural organisation Unesco, the 5m hectare-Selous Game Reserve in the south of Tanzania has large numbers of elephants, black rhinos, cheetahs, giraffes, hippos and crocodiles - and is relatively undisturbed by humans....
Firms could expect to earn $200m each year from mining uranium from the site, of which $5m would be paid to the government, he said.
Some of this would be able to help with the costly business of managing the park, and it would provide employment for about 1,600 Tanzanians....
He said it currently costs the government about $490,000 a year to manage it and the income from mining would help pay for guards to stop poaching....
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