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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 The Arusha-Musoma Highway Through the Serengeti After the Road President Kikwete decides to go through with the building of the road. President Kikwete proposes a road that would run through the Serengeti, connectingTanzania to many other places. Before the Road The road constructionbegins in Tanzania. =100,000,000 =100,000 2010 Environmentalists and conservationists are againstthe idea because the road wouldinterfere with the wildebeest migration,would harm the animals, and the entire ecosystem. 2010 Wildebeests in the Serengeti Other72% Tourism8% Sources of GDP in Tanzania Tourism of the Serengeti standsas 8% of Tanzania's source of gross domestic product, supplyingover 600,000 jobs. Tourism in Tanzania produced $1.3 billiondollars in 2011, and $550 million dollarsfrom the wildebeest migration in 2008. 0 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 2750 3000 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 Number of Vehicles on the Road Year The Number of VehiclesThat Will Drive on the Arusha-Musoma Highway 2011 2012 Resources: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/road-kill-in-the-serengeti/?_r=0 http://na.unep.net/geas/getUNEPPageWithArticleIDScript.php?article_id=107 http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39282737/ns/world_news-africa/t/road-through-serengeti-could-threaten-epic-migration/#.VO39eJ3nbcs Currently, there are over 1.3 billion wildebeests inhabiting the Serengeti. Studies show that when the roadis built, their population will decreaseto about 300,000.
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