List of protected areas of Tanzania

Tanzania is one of the world's major biodiversity hotspots thanks to its vast national parks, "the Eastern Arc" mountains, wetlands, coastal forests, marine, and freshwater systems as remarkable reservoirs of plant and animal species.

A wide range of endemic species of birds, reptiles, snakes, amphibians, wild coffee variations, and the well-known African violet flower can also be found in Tanzania.

They travel through one of the country's major forest ecosystems, the Acacia-Commiphora woodlands and associated wide-open grasslands of Serengeti National Park, while in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, they travel through the upper Kitete/Selela corridor along the Great Rift Valley, which connects the area to Lake Manyara National Park and is used by elephants and buffaloes.

No extraction of timber or animals is permitted in forest nature reserves, and activities are generally restricted to research, education, and nature-based tourism.

[15] Loss of biodiversity in water systems is caused by human activities such as poaching, deforestation, bottom trawling in the oceans, unsustainable fishing methods, damming and dredging of streams, rivers, and lakes, and draining and degrading of wetlands, estuaries, and mangroves.

Economic expansion, population increase, poverty, the international commerce in plant and animal species, and climate change are all combined to form this activity.

[16] Deforestation, coral bleaching, habitat loss through fires, unplanned land use, uncontrolled resource exploitation, an increase in the trade in bush meat, and the construction of roads and other infrastructures are all severe risks to ecosystems.

Larger carnivores like lions, leopards, cheetahs, and wild dogs as well as populations of elephants, giraffes, zebras, buffaloes (Syncerus caffer), antelopes, wildebeest (Connochaetus taurinus), and black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) are among the key species that are under pressure.