ABOUT

TANAPA

TANAPA's mandate is to manage and regulate the use of of areas designed as National Parks by suc means and measures to preserve the country's heritage, encompassing natural and cultural resources, both tangible and intangible resource values, including the fauna and flora, wildlife habitat, natural processes, wilderness quality and scenery therein and to provide for human benefit and enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for future generations.

TANAPA

CORE VALUES

PROFESSIONALISM

INTERGRITY

EFFICIENCY

ACCOUNTABILITY

TEAM SPIRIT

INNOVATION

QUALITY

TANAPA

MISSION

To sustainably conserve National Parks through innovative approaches for maximization of ecosystem services and optimizing tourism development for human benefits

TANAPA

VISION

To sustainably conserve National Parks through innovative approaches for maximization of ecosystem services and optimizing tourism development for human benefits

TANAPA

CORE BUSINESS

Sustainable Conversation of national parks is the core business of the organization. Nature-based or wildlife tourism is the main source of income that is ploughed back for management, regulation and fulfillment of organizational mandates.

TANAPA

PRINCIPLE ACTIVITIES

The primary role of Tanzania National Parks is conservation. The 22 national parks, many of which forms the core of a much larger protected ecosystem, have been set aside to preserve the country's rich natural heritage and to provide secure breeding grounds where its fauna and flora can thrive, safe from the conflicting interests of a growing human populations

TANAPA is particulary charged with functions of:

PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES

PARK FACILITIES AND TOURISTS VISITING THE PARKS

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GOVERNING INSTRUMENTS

Being a parastatal organization, TANAPA is governed by a number of instruments including the national Parks Act, Chapter 282 of the 2002 (Revised Edition) and the wildlife Conservation Act No 5 of 2009. Others are the National Policies for National Parks in Tanzania (reviewed in 2013) the five year medium Term Strategic Plan (MTSP), parks' specific General Management Plans (GMPs), the Development and Lease Agreement Procedures (DALP), as well as other relevant national laws and policies