Ecoclub Focus™ - Tourism & Geopolitics from an ecologic perspective

Following a year of campaigning by the Oakland Institute, the World Bank has suspended funding for the Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth (REGROW) project in southern Tanzania. The US$150 million project’s key objective is to improve management of natural resources and tourism assets in Ruaha National Park, Africa's largest. A World Bank delegation is now heading to Tanzania to investigate allegations that 21,000 people will be forcibly evicted to expand the park's boundaries.