I-12 Ranger Park yabulawa kuhlaselo olubulalayo kwiNdawo yeLifa leMveli le-UNESCO

Ipaki yeSizwe yaseVirunga Indawo yeLifa leMveli ye-UNESCO kwiMpuma yeDemocratic Republic of Congo. Yaziwa njengeyona ndawo indala yaseAfrika kunye neendawo ezininzi ezikhuselweyo eziphilayo.

Namhlanje ipaki ibiyindawo eyoyikisayo. Olunye lolona hlaselo lubulala abantu epakini, eyona ndawo indala kunye neendawo eziphilayo ezikhuselweyo eAfrika.

Ipaki yavalwa ngo-Matshi ngokuhambelana nezikhokelo ze-WHO Abasemagunyeni banethemba lokuphinda baqalise ukusebenza kwabakhenkethi ngomhla wokuqala kuJuni kodwa ngesiganeko sakutshanje, akunakulindeleka. Pha yayi s efanayo uhlaselo s isibini seminyaka eyadlulayo apho umlindi wabulawa ngelixa wayehamba nomkhenkethi waseBritane.

Ngaphandle kwabalindi beepaki ezili-12, umqhubi kunye nabanye abantu abane babulawa kuhlaselo lwaseGoma, ekungekho mntu okanye qela lalo elibanga uxanduva, irhuluneli yephondo laseNord Kivu ithe kwingxelo.

Esi sibhengezo silandelayo sikhutshwe ngabaphathi bePaki kwangoko namhlanje.

Kulusizi olukhulu ukuba iVirunga National Park iqinisekise, ukuba ngolwesiHlanu kubekho uhlaselo olubonakalayo lwamaqela axhobileyo kufutshane neLali yaseRumangabo okukhokelele ekuphulukaneni nobomi.

Oku kubandakanya abahlali, abasebenzi baseVirunga, kunye neVirunga Park Ranger. Ngeli xesha, lonke ulwazi olukhoyo lubonisa ukuba olu yayiluhlaselo kubemi basekuhlaleni. IVirunga Park Ranger yayingenguye ojolise kubo kodwa baphulukana nobomi babo bephendula kuhlaselo lokukhusela abemi bendawo. Olu lusuku olubuhlungu kwiVirunga National Park kunye noluntu olungqongileyo.

Iingcinga zethu zikwiintsapho kunye nabahlobo bawo onke amaxhoba kunye nabalimeleyo, abanye babo abalwela ukusinda kwabo.

IVirunga National Park yipaki yesizwe eAlbertine Rift Valley kwimpuma yeDemocratic Republic of the Congo. Yenziwe kwi-1925 kwaye iphakathi kweendawo zokuqala ezikhuselweyo e-Afrika. Ukuphakama, isusela kwi-680 m kwintlambo yoMlambo iSemliki ukuya kwi-5,109 m kwiiNtaba zeRwenzori.

Indawo edweliswe yi-UNESCO isasazeke ngaphezulu kwe-7,800 yeekhilomitha (i-3,000 yeekhilomitha) kwimida ye-DR Congo, iRwanda ne-Uganda.

Likhaya labemi abadumileyo behlabathi kwiigorila zentaba kodwa babethwe kukungazinzi kunye nogonyamelo.

Yavulwa ngo-1925, le paki iye yanamava okuhlaselwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngamaqela abavukeli, amajoni nabazingeli abangekho mthethweni.

Bali-176 abagcini bayo ababuleweyo kule minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyoOlunye uhlaselo, kumantla mpuma e-Ituri ngoLwesine, isixhenxe sabantu babulawa yimikhosi.

Imithombo ityhola olo hlaselo kumalungu e-CODECO - ogama lakhe lisesigqeba sokuba yiNtsebenziswano yoPhuhliso lweCongo - iqela lezopolitiko elinezixhobo kwezopolitiko e-Ituri ezivela kwiqela laseLendu.

Cuthbert Ncube, usihlalo we  IBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseAfrika ulugxekile uhlaselo kwaye wanxulumana novelwano lombutho kwiintsapho zamaxhoba.