Ingxelo ebonisa ifuthe lenkxaso-mali ehlanganiselwe kwimibutho esekwe kuluntu empuma nakumazantsi eAfrika kulandela iziphumo ezibi zobhubhani we-COVID-19 kulo mmandla, ikhutshiwe namhlanje. Olu hlahlelo luqaqambisa ifuthe lobhubhane kushishino lokhenketho olusekelwe kwindalo ngokunjalo noluntu neenzame zolondolozo ezixhomekeke kweli candelo. Ingxelo yeQonga lezoKhenketho oluSekwe kwiNdalo yase-Afrika ikwabonisa ukubaluleka kokuxhasa ngemali amalinge akhokelwa ekuhlaleni ekwakheni ukomelela koluntu kwizinto ezothusayo nakwixesha elizayo.
I-African Nature-Based Tourism Platform, eyenziwe yaba nokwenzeka ngenkxaso-mali evela kwi-Global Environment Facility (GEF), ibe luncedo ekudibaniseni abaxhasi ngemali kwimibutho esekwe kuluntu ebandakanyeka kulondolozo nokhenketho. Isebenza eBotswana, eKenya, eMalawi, eMozambique, eNamibia, eRwanda, eMzantsi Afrika, eTanzania, eUganda, eZambia, naseZimbabwe, injongo yePlatform kukudibanisa ubuncinci i-15 yezigidi zeedola ukuxhasa uluntu oluxhomekeke kukhenketho ngemizamo yokubuyisela ubhubhane kunye nokwakha ixesha elide- ixesha lokuqina.
“Kukho imfuno ekhulayo evela kubaxhasi abavakalisa umnqweno onamandla wokuxhasa ngemali amaphulo akhokelwa ngabahlali. Nangona kunjalo, umsantsa phakathi kwale njongo ichaziweyo kunye nokuqukuqela okuyinyani kwenkxaso-mali kule mibutho ihleli ingumngeni omkhulu. I Iqonga loKhenketho oluSekwe kwiNdalo yaseAfrika isebenzela ukulungisa lo msantsa ngokudibanisa aba baxhasi nemibutho yasekuhlaleni ejongene neemfuno zokwenyani emhlabeni.” – Rachael Axelrod, iGosa eliPhezulu leNkqubo, iQonga loKhenketho oluSekwe kwiNdalo yaseAfrika.
I-Afrika likhaya kwisinye kwisithathu seentlobo ngeentlobo zebhayoloji ehlabathini, impuma nasemazantsi e-Afrika izidla ngaphezu kwe-2.1 yezigidi zeekhilomitha zeendawo ezikhuselweyo kunye neendawo ezisixhenxe zezityalo nezilwanyana ezohlukeneyo. Ukugcina ulawulo olusebenzayo lwezityalo nezilwanyana ezohlukeneyo kufuna inkxaso-mali ezinzileyo, inxalenye enkulu yayo ivela kukhenketho olusekelwe kwindalo. Umothuko kwicandelo lezokhenketho olubangelwe ngubhubhani we-COVID-19 uqaqambise ubuthathaka bemodeli yenkxaso-mali yolondolozo esekelwe ikakhulu kukhenketho kwaye kwandise ukuba sesichengeni koluntu kunye neembonakalo zomhlaba ezixhomekeke kolu shishino. Ubhubhani wehlabathi uye wadibana notshintsho lwemozulu olukhoyo kunye neentlekele zebhayoloji kwindawo edibanisa iimpembelelo kwabona basengozini.
Ukujongana nale mingeni, iQonga lisebenze namahlakani kumazwe ali-11 ukwenza uphando lokuvavanya impembelelo ye-COVID-19 kuluntu lwasekuhlaleni kunye namashishini amancinane ukuya kwaphakathi (ii-SME) kwicandelo lokhenketho olusekwe kwindalo. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iQonga lenze uphando lwama-687 kumazwe ali-11 ekujoliswe kuwo.
Ukusebenzisa le datha yophando, i-Platform iye yasebenzisana namahlakani ukuphuhlisa izindululo zenkxaso ezikhokelwa luluntu kunye neziyilwe. Le ndlela yokusebenzisana ibe nesiphumo sokuhlanganiswa kwenkxaso-mali ebalulekileyo eya ngqo kwimibutho esekwe kuluntu.
“I-Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association ithathe inxaxheba kwisiphakamiso samathuba ophuhliso abonelelwa yiAfrican Nature-Based Tourism Platform eye yandisa amandla ombutho wethu wokunyusa ingxowa-mali. Oku kwenze ukuba i-KWCA ikhuseleke ngempumelelo inkxaso-mali evela kwi-IUCN BIOPAMA ukuze iphucule ulawulo olusebenzayo kunye nolawulo olulinganayo kwelinye lamalungu ethu olondolozo” – UVincent Oluoch, iGosa eliPhezulu leNkqubo, i-KWCA.
Inkxaso-mali ehlanganiswe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ibandakanya:
EMalawi, isibonelelo se-$186,000 esivela kwi-IUCN BIOPAMA sixhasa iindlela zokuphila ezikwaziyo ukumelana nemozulu kufutshane neKasungu National Park.
EMzantsi Afrika, isibonelelo se-$14,000 esivela kwiKomishini yeLotho yeSizwe yoMzantsi Afrika ukunceda ukukhuthaza uphuhliso lobugcisa bemveli kuluntu olukufutshane. Kwizilwanyana zasendle.
E-Botswana, isibonelelo se-$ 87,000 esivela kwi-Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) ijongana nokutya kunye nokhuseleko lwamanzi kumafama kufuphi ne-Okavango Delta kunye ne-Chobe National Park.
EZimbabwe, i-$135,000 yenkxaso-mali iphucula ukukwazi ukumelana nokutshintsha kwemozulu kwisithili saseBinga naseTsholotsho.
ENamibia, i-159,000 yeedola ixhasa iiprojekthi zokuqhelana nemozulu kufutshane ne-Bwabwata National Park kunye neendawo ezingqongileyo zolondolozo.
EKenya, isibonelelo se-$208,000 esivela kwi-IUCN BIOPAMA sijongana nemingeni yolawulo kwiLumo Community Conservancy.
ETanzania, isibonelelo se-1.4 yezigidi zeedola esivela kwiManyano yaseYurophu sijongana nemiba yolawulo kwiiNdawo ezili-12 eziphantsi koluntu lweWildlife Management Areas (WMAs).
