Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) is a parastatal organisation mandated to manage Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) that was established in 1959 by the Ngorongoro Area Ordinance No. 14 of 1959 and revised as the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Act (Cap. 284 R.E. 2002).
The three main functions of NCAA are:
1)To conserve and develop the natural resources in the conservation area.
2)To safeguard and promote the interests of Maasai citizens of the United Republic engaged in cattle ranching and dairy industry within the conservation area.
3)To promote tourism in the conservation area and to provide and encourage the provision of facilities necessary or expedient for the promotion of tourism.