Lag Badana was the first national park to be established in the country. During the second half of the 1980s, the Ministry of Tourism under the Siad Barre administration sought to center the tourist industry in the vicinity of the park, with nearby coral reefs and offshore islands likewise envisioned as part of the development.
By 1989, newer legislation was drafted governing the establishment of national parks, game reserves and special reserves. The conservation of wildlife resources was at this time overseen by the Ministry of Livestock, Forestry and Range’s National Range Agency. Its Department of Wildlife also operated an independent law-enforcement unit, which had been created through presidential decree.
Following the outbreak of the civil war in 1991, development of the national park came to a halt. In August 2014, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced a number of new development projects aimed at Somalia’s youth. Among these was an initiative to assign leadership of the national park to young managers so as to strengthen environmental preservation and potential tourism opportunities.
Obviously Somalia is one of the most beautiful places on the planet and now with the country at peace with itself and the world there is no reason why people from around globe shouldn’t visit this Magical country of beautiful beaches, wild life parks, amazing rivers of the shabelle, Everything in Somalia is a poetry in motion.
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