Tanzania National Parks has launched a special program to tag 30 elephants in Ruaha National Park and Rungwa Game Reserve commonly known as the Great Ruaha Landscape to be monitored through the use of satellite system. The Global Environment Facility in collaboration with United Nations Development Program has committed funds to support the program.
Speaking during the launching of the program in Ruaha National Park recently, Director General of Tanzania National Parks Allan Kijazi said "The main goal of monitoring elephant through satellite in Great Ruaha Landscape is to obtain information on the seasonal movements of elephants within Greater Ruaha Landscape that will contribute to the establishment of landscape conservation corridors and dispersal areas for better elephant protection."
UNDP through TANAPA/SPANEST Project has contracted World Elephant Centre to tag 30 elephants with satellite GPS collar units to monitor activity patterns, local and regional movements. All units will have an inbuilt mortality sensor, in case a fitted elephant is killed a researcher will be informed. The 30 Satellite GPS units will be distributed among core areas, Wildlife Management Areas and Game Reserves in the Landscape. These units will provide information on the extent and distribution of elephant movements in the landscape.
Similarly, information on the seasonal movement patterns of elephants will provide information on the role of dispersal in maintaining Greater Ruaha elephant populations which will help rangers to plan more informed patrols outside the core protected area.
Other stakeholders participating in the collaring program includes Wildlife Division, Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Conservation NGOs and local communities.
Source:Satellite Elephant monitoring start in Ruaha National Park
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