The plan permits construction on an area that is 12.5-times larger than currently permitted area and could lead to commercial logging affecting nearly 60 per cent of the park (currently no commercial logging is permitted in the park).
Serikali imepanga kutoa kibali cha ujenzi kwenye eneo la ukubwa wa mara 12.5 zaidi ya eneo lililoruhususiwa kwa sasa, hali inayoweza kupelekea kudorora kwa uchumi, hali inayotarajiwa kuathiri karibu asilimia 60 ya hifadhi (kwa sasa hakuna shughuli yoyote ya kiuchumi inauoruhisiwa kwenye eneo la hifadhi).