The Development and Management of the Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor

The Selous – Niassa Wildlife corridor is classified as a threatened miombo woodland ecosystem linking the Selous and Niassa Game Reserves, two of the largest protected areas in Tanzania and Mozambique. If the predicted development pressures on this Corridor are not addressed this corridor and associated conservation benefits could lose its ecological integrity and so conservation role in the next six - seven years. Immediate Objectives 1. The Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor is effectively conserved, with the establishment of a network of village wildlife management areas that are protected, managed and utilised sustainably by the local communities with the assistance of Local Government and Wildlife Division. 2. Benefits from wildlife management enhance the livelihood security of villages with WMAs, and promote the long-term conservation of the corridor.