NAIROBI - UNESCO on Monday urged Tanzania not to put development, notably a controversial highway planned to cut through the iconic Serengeti National Park, before the safeguarding of its cultural heritage.
Conservations say it will have a devastating effect on the local ecology, in particular wildlife migration patterns. "Modern economy should not by any means be at the expense of nature, or at the expense of culture", UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova told journalists.
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