Tanzania National Parks Authority or TANAPA manages national parks in
Tanzania. It is a goverment-owned
corporation whose earnings are invested back in the organization. Various
instruments govern this organization including the National Parks Act and the wildlife Conservation
Act Number: 5 of 2009, Chapter 282, 2002.

TANAPA Tanzania manages 22 parks in the country which cover about 15
percent of the country including having the authority to protect and manage
Tanzania’s wildlife and to implement the necessary laws and
industry regulations. It controls the country’s biodiversity, protects and
conserves wildlife and
plants. The organization lacks authority over the conservation areas like the Ngorongoro
servational parks supervised by the Ngorongoro Conservation Authority supervised
by the wildlife division of Tanzania.