Ukutshintsha kwemozulu sele kubangele inani lokufa lonyaka elilingana netsunami yoSuku lweBoxing, walumkisa uFiona Jeffery, usihlalo weWorld Travel Market, eyona nto iphambili yehlabathi kushishino lokuhamba.
Ecaphula amanani kwi-Global Humanitarian Forum, uthe utshintsho lwemozulu lubangela ukufa okungaphezulu kwama-300,000 ngonyaka.
Ngenkomfa ebalulekileyo ye-UN yokutshintsha kwemozulu eqala eCopenhagen nge-7 kaDisemba, namhlanje UNWTO Ingqungquthela yabaPhathiswa kwiMarike yokuHamba yeHlabathi ibalulekile, utshilo uJeffery.
“Lithuba lokugqibela lokuxoxa ngale miba ibalulekileyo kunye nokunceda oorhulumente balungiselele ukujongana nemingeni engxamisekileyo yokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye neempembelelo zayo ezimbi kuhambo nokhenketho,” ucacise watsho uJeffery.
“Asilobaxo xa sisithi amehlo oshishino – kunye nehlabathi – aza kulinda ngomphefumlo ukuze abone isiphumo.
"Ukusilela ayisiyiyo inketho kodwa, kuyo yonke into endiyifundileyo nendiyaziyo, isiphumo ngalo mzuzu, asiqinisekanga."
Ingxelo egunyaziswe yiUniversity College yaseLondon kunye neLancet iye yafikelela kwisigqibo sokuba ukutshintsha kwemozulu sesona sisongelo zempilo sazwenibanzi kule nkulungwane yama-21 yaye amahlwempu angabona bachaphazeleka kakhulu.
UJeffery walatha kwiMaldives kunye neAntarctica njengemimandla emibini ephantsi kwesisongelo sokufudumala kwehlabathi, enokubona amaqondo olwandle enyuka ngemitha kwinkulungwane ezayo.
“Ukhenketho lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokhenketho luqalisa ukuthabatha uxanduva nokwenza imizamo yokwenene yokuphucula ukuzinza kwalo, kungekuphela nje ngenxa yethu kodwa nakwizizukulwana ezizayo,” wongezelela watsho uJeffery.
Ingqungquthela yeWorld Travel Market yabaphathiswa kunye neWorld Responsible Tourism Day yinxalenye yokuzinikela kuzinzo.
UJeffery wathi: “Amazwe eParadesi anjengeMaldives anokulahleka ngonaphakade. “Ke ndiyathemba ukuba ixesha elichithwe apha namhlanje UNWTO INgqungquthela yabaPhathiswa isetyenziswe kakuhle, kuba akukho mathandabuzo amancinane, elo xesha liyaphela.”
