Indima kaDiana ibandakanya ukwazisa ngendalo esingqongileyo phakathi kweendwendwe kunye nophando kunye nokubeka iliso kwi-house reef kunye ne-coral ejikeleze isiqithi. Uya kukhokela uhambo lokuhamba nge-snorkeling kwaye anike iintetho zolwazi malunga nolondolozo lwabantu abadala.
Ethetha ngendima yakhe entsha, uDiana uthe: “Injongo yam eVakkaru kukunxibelelana, ukwenza ulwazi kunye nokwabelana nabanye ngothando lwam kwaye ndibenze bathandane neli hlabathi limangalisayo lingaphantsi kwamanzi. Ndiyavuya kakhulu ukuba yinxalenye yeqela kwaye ndijonge phambili ekusebenzeni kunye ukukhusela ulwandle lwethu kunye nendalo, ngakumbi kwi-UNESCO Biosphere Reserve i-Baa Atoll. Siza kuphumeza imfundo yaselwandle kunye nemisebenzi yazo zonke iindwendwe, kuquka nabantwana. Kwanakumanyathelo alula, ndisoloko ndisithi, ‘yonke imbewu ibalulekile’.”
Ukukhula kufutshane nolwandle, uDiana wayenomdla kuzo zonke izilwanyana, ngakumbi iintlobo zaselwandle ezinjenge-orcas, iminenga, iifudo kunye nookrebe.
Enomdla wokwazi ngakumbi malunga nokuziphatha kwezi zilwanyana kunye nendlela abantu abanokunceda ngayo ukugcina izinto eziphilayo ezahlukeneyo, wafunda ngebhayoloji yaselwandle, wafumana isidanga seMasters kwiBhayoloji yaseLwandle kunye neNdalo eseluNxwemeni kwi-Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), eBrazil. Isizwe saseColombia sikwayi-scuba diver enamava eqinisekisiweyo njenge-Open Water PADI kunye nomqeqeshi weProjekthi AWARE. Ukongeza, ukwafumana nesiqinisekiso sokuba ngumhlohli kwi-Eriched Air Diver, i-Deep Diver, i-Digital Underwater Photographer, i-Wreck Diver, kunye ne-ID yentlanzi.
“Kwiminyaka esixhenxe edluleyo, bendisebenza kwibhayoloji yaselwandle, ndihlola i-ecosystem (iingqaqa zekorale, iimangrove kunye nengca yolwandle), ndihlalutya iindawo eziphila kuzo, izilwanyana ezihlaselayo, ukulima iikorale kunye nokuchongwa kweefoto zezilwanyana zaselwandle eColombia, eBrazil. naseMaldives,” utsho uDiana, osebenze kwiindawo ezininzi ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide eMaldives.
"Njengesazi sebhayoloji sabahlali baselwandle esitsha, uDiana uya kudlala indima enkulu ekuphuculeni amava eendwendwe zethu ngeenkqubo ezahlukeneyo eziphakamisa ulwazi malunga nolwandle kunye nemfuno yolondolozo lwazo," utshilo u-Iain McCormack, uMphathi Jikelele, uVakkaru Maldives.
Ezinye zeenkqubo iindwendwe eVakkaru ezinokuthatha inxaxheba kuzo ziquka:
- Ukwamkelwa kweCoral, apho banokwenza khona into yabo ukukhusela iintlanzi ze-reef kunye neentlobo zolwandle ezihlala malunga nesiqithi ngokuthatha isakhelo se-coral kwaye sityalwe kwisakhiwo esilungiselelwe ngokukhethekileyo, emva koko sibeke kwi-coral nursery kufuphi ne-Vakkaru's house reef. Iindwendwe ziya kufumana isatifikethi ekugqityweni kwale nkqubo, kunye nohlaziyo oluqhelekileyo olusuka kwindawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide malunga nenkqubela phambili yokukhula kunye nempilo iyonke yekorale.
- Inkcazo yeVeki ye-Marine Bio eCoconut Club kunye neParrotfish Club, equka imixholo eyahlukeneyo evela kwiMaldives kunye ne-Baa Atoll UNESCO Biosphere, ukuya kwimitha ye-manta, iifudo zaselwandle kunye nendlela yokubona i-Baa Atoll 'Big Five'.
- Marine Biology Adventure
I-snorkelling ekhokelwayo okanye uhambo lokuntywila olujikeleze iReef House nangaphaya, apho ingcaphephe yabahlali ihamba kunye neendwendwe kuhambo lokufumana ngehlabathi elingaphantsi kwamanzi, isalatha izinto ezinomdla kunye nobomi baselwandle obubodwa obuhlala. Ekugqityweni kwale seshoni ye-snorkel okanye i-dive, i-Marine Biologist yethu iya kubonelela ngenkcazo epheleleyo malunga nokudibana kunye nokwabelana ngeenyani ezinomdla ngakumbi kwiintlanzi kunye neekorale.
Ukufumana ulwazi oluthe vetshe vakkarumaldives.com.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- A guided snorkelling or diving trip around the House Reef and beyond, where the resident expert accompanies the guests on a journey of discovery through the underwater world, points out the interesting features and unique marine life that resides.
- “For the past seven years, I've been working in marine biology, performing ecosystem monitoring (coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass), analysis of the benthic community, invasive species, coral gardening and photo identification of some marine animals in Colombia, Brazil and Maldives,” says Diana, who has worked at several resorts in the Maldives.
- Coral Adoption, where they can do their bit to protect reef fish and sea species that live around the island by adopting a coral frame and planting it in a specially designed structure, then placing it in the coral nursery close to Vakkaru's house reef.
