Ukubala ilahleko kukhenketho ngexesha le COVID-19 bhubhane EMpuma Afrika, uluntu lwasekuhlaleni oluhlala kwiindawo zolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle kunye nezo zixhomekeke kukhenketho ngendlela yabo yokuphila mihla le bajongene nemingcipheko yendlala kunye nokungabikho kweenkonzo ezisisiseko zoluntu ngenxa IAfrika kwezokhenketho ukuhla.
Ukutshixeka eYurophu, eMelika, kunye neminye imithombo yentengiso yabakhenkethi engaphandle kweAfrika kubalwa njengonobangela wefuthe elibi kuqoqosho kuluntu lwaseAfrika oluphila luxhomekeke kukhenketho ngokuthe ngqo kunye nefuthe lokuphindaphinda kukhenketho.
Amazwe aseMpuma Afrika, atyebile kwimithombo yasendle yokuzingela nokuzingela iifoto, kubalwa phakathi kweendawo zabakhenkethi zehlabathi ezilahlekileyo kwimali enkulu yezokhenketho ukusukela ngoMatshi walo nyaka xa kuziswa imida kumanqanaba ehlabathi.
Ngexesha lohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lonyaka olungeniswe phambi kwepalamente yabo ngoLwesine kule veki iphelayo, oorhulumente baseTanzania, eKenya naseUganda bazichaze izicwangciso zabo zokuvuselela ukhenketho kungekho zicwangciso zibambekayo zokunceda abahlali bendawo abachatshazelwe yilahleko yokhenketho.
Inani elipheleleyo leenqwelomoya zeenqwelomoya zamazwe aphesheya ezingama-21 zarhoxisa iinqwelomoya ezingama-632 zisiya eTanzania ukusukela nge-Matshi 20, zibangela ukonakala kwezokhenketho kunye neenkonzo ezibonelelwa ngabakhenkethi- ikakhulu ukuhanjiswa kwabakhenkethi, indawo yokuhlala, ukutya, iziselo kunye nokuzonwabisa.
I-Tanzania ivule iipaki zayo zasendle kunye nezikhululo zeenqwelo moya kubakhenkethi kodwa ngokhuseleko lwezempilo ukugcina i-COVID-19.
Umphathiswa wezeziMali waseTanzania, uPhillip Mpango, uthe ezinye iihotele zivaliwe kukhokelela ekugxothweni kwabasebenzi. Kwangokunjalo, iTanzania yamisa iinqwelomoya ezazikhokelela kwilahleko yengeniso.
Umzekelo, iGunya lePaka leSizwe laseTanzania (i-TANAPA), iGunya loLondolozo lweNdawo yaseNgorongoro (i-NCAA), kunye neGunya loLawulo lweZilwanyana zaseTanzania (TAWA) zichaphazeleke kakhulu kukuphulukana neengeniso kulandela ukwehla okukhulu kwezokhenketho ngenxa ye-COVID-19 kumazwe lawo. yemvelaphi, utshilo uMphathiswa.
Ukunciphisa le meko, uMphathiswa wathi urhulumente waseTanzania uzakuxhasa ngezemali iindleko zala maziko alondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle ukunciphisa i-COVID-19 yeziphumo zobhubhane.
La maziko azakufumana ungenelelo kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lonyaka lukarhulumente lokuhlawula iindleko zabo zokusebenza kwimivuzo yabasebenzi kunye nezinye iindleko kunye nenkcitho yophuhliso, kubandakanya nolondolozo lweendlela nezinye izibonelelo zokhenketho kwintshabalalo ebangelwe zizantyalantyala zemvula.
EKenya, urhulumente wabele imali kukhenketho ukunceda icandelo libuyisele kwinzuzo ngenxa yokuqhambuka kwe-COVID-19.
Urhulumente waseKenya uthe uza kunyusa iinzame zokunyusa icandelo lezokhenketho ngokukhuthaza ukuthengiswa kwezokhenketho emva kwe-COVID-19 kunye nokubonelela ngenkxaso kulungiso lweehotele ngemali mboleko ethambileyo eza kuthunyelwa kwimibutho yezemali yezokhenketho.
Le mali izakubekelwa bucala ukuxhasa ukulungiswa kwamaziko okhenketho kunye nohlengahlengiso lweshishini ngabadlali beli shishini.
Imali iyakwabiwa nengxowa-mali yokuKhuthaza uKhenketho kunye neNgxowa-mali yoKhenketho. Urhulumente waseKenya ukwarhoxisile intlawulo yokufika kunye neyokupaka kwizikhululo zeenqwelo moya ukuze kuququzelelwe ukungena nokuphuma eKenya.
Ulwabiwo oluya kwicandelo lonyusa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-4.75 yezigidi zeerandi urhulumente azibekele bucala ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ukuthengisa indawo zokhenketho zaseKenya ukuqinisekisa ukuba iKenya ihlala iyindawo ekhethiweyo yokuhamba kwilizwe liphela.
E-Afrika, ubhubhane we-COVID-19 ubethe uluntu oluthembele kushishino lwezokhenketho olusekelwe kwizilwanyana zasendle ukuze baphile kumazwe afana neTanzania, iRwanda, iKenya, neBotswana.
Ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-70 zabakhenkethi abatyelele iAfrika kulo nyaka uphelileyo bezohambo lweefoto, ukuqhuba umdlalo, okanye ukuzingela iindebe.
Kodwa izikhululo zeenqwelo moya kunye nemida ngoku ivaliwe kumazwe amaninzi, akukho mali ivela kubakhenkethi ukuxhasa abahlali bendawo emva kokuqhambuka kwesi sifo.
Kodwa uluntu lwasekhaya eMpuma Afrika, uninzi lwabefundisi bamaMaasai eTanzania naseKenya, zezona zichaphazeleka kakhulu kukuvalwa kokhenketho, yiyo loo nto ukwehla kwengeniso yezokhenketho.
Uluntu lwabefundisi beMaasai eMpuma Afrika luhlala ikakhulu kwiindawo ezityebileyo ngabakhenkethi nalapho umhlaba uguqulwe waba ziipaki zesizwe, iindawo zolondolozo, iindawo zokugcina izilwanyana kunye neendawo zokuzingela.
Kuzo zombini iKenya neTanzania, iziqwenga ezinkulu zomhlaba wamaMaasai ziguqulwe zaba yindawo yolondolozo lwasendle kunye neendawo zokhuselo apho iipaki zesizwe eziphambili eKenya naseTanzania zikwindawo zeMaasai.
Indawo yolondolozo yaseNgorongoro eMantla eTanzania ibeke umzekelo olungileyo apho abantu baseMaasai bahlala khona kwaye babelana ngezixhobo zendalo kunye nezilwanyana zasendle, babelana ngengeniso evela kukhenketho.
Ngengeniso yezokhenketho, uluntu lwaseMaasai oluhlala ngaphakathi kwindawo yolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle lufumana isabelo semali yabakhenkethi evela kubakhenkethi.
Iiprojekthi zeenkonzo zentlalo ziye zasekwa emva koko zaphunyezwa ngengeniso yezokhenketho, zijolise ekuzuzeni uluntu lwaseMaasai kwezemfundo, ezempilo, amanzi, ulwandiso lwemfuyo, kunye neenkqubo zokungenisa imali.
Emva kokuqhambuka kwe-COVID-19 ekhokelela kuthintelo lohambo kwiimarike eziphambili zabakhenkethi kungekho namnye umntu onokundwendwela iipaki zezilwanyana zasendle kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zidlulileyo, amaMaasai nolunye uluntu olwabelana ngengeniso yabakhenkethi ngoku banengxaki yokunqongophala kweenkonzo zentlalo kunye nemisebenzi yezoqoqosho.
Ukucacisa ifuthe elibangelwe yi-COVID-19 kuluntu, abalondolozi bezilwanyana zasendle bathi kugxilwe kwihlabathi liphela kufuneka kube ngabantu okanye uluntu lwengingqi.
Umlawuli olawulayo kwezenzululwazi nolondolozo lwe-WWF UK, uMike Barrett, uthe lixesha elifanelekileyo lokuba kugxilwe kwihlabathi jikelele ekukhuseleni ubomi babantu kwesi sifo sibhubhisayo, ikakhulu kwiindawo apho uluntu luxhomekeke kakhulu kukhenketho lwezendalo ukuze baphile.
Ngenkxaso mali encinci kurhulumente, iipaka zelizwekazi zelizwekazi zixhomekeke ikakhulu kwingeniso yezokhenketho yokuqhuba imisebenzi kunye nokukhathalela izilwanyana nezityalo ezikhula apho.
"Ukunqongophala kwemali kuthetha ukuba iipaki azinakho ukwenza iipatroli rhoqo, njengoko zifuna ipetroli kwiimoto zazo kwaye zifuna ukutya koonogada abazokujikeleza," utshilo uKaddu Sebunya, igosa eliyintloko leAfrican Wildlife Foundation.
"Akukho bakhenkethi kunye nabalindi abambalwa ngenxa yeendlela zokuphambuka ekuhlaleni, okwenza kube lula kuthungelwano lolwaphulo-mthetho ukuvuna indalo," utshilo uSebunya.
Uthe eyona nto imkhathazayo yeyabantu base-Afrika abazizigidi ezingama-20 ukuya kuma-30 abaziphilisa ngokuthe ngqo okanye ngokungathanga ngqo kukhenketho.
Uninzi lubandakanyeka kwiiprojekthi zokhenketho lwe-eco ukusuka ekuqhubeni ii-safari lodges ukuya ekunikezeni ukhenketho kwilali okanye ukuthengisa imveliso yemveli kunye nemisebenzi yezandla kubakhenkethi.
Ukuma njengendawo yesibini ekhula ngokukhawuleza kubakhenkethi, i-Afrika yayilindele ukuqala kwe-2020 ukujonga unyaka ohlawula kakuhle, ukufumana i-dollar ezigidi. Kodwa xa i-COVID-19 yahlasela, abakhenkethi bayeka ukuza, kwaye ishishini lema ngesiquphe.
Kodwa ngoku, indibaniselwano eyingozi yokutshixwa kwelizwe, isiseko esincinci sabathengi bezokhenketho, kunye nomzi mveliso ojolise kubathathi-mali abahlawula kakhulu abavela kwamanye amazwe kuthetha ukuba ishishini lezokhenketho laseAfrika alinakho ukuziqhelanisa ngokukhawuleza ngokwaneleyo ukuthintela ukuwa.
Ukuphuhlisa ukhenketho lwasekhaya nolwengingqi sesona sicwangciso-qhinga sinokwenza ilizwekazi laseAfrika libe yindawo enye, kuthathelwa ingqalelo izinto ezinomtsalane kubakhenkethi ngaphakathi kwilizwekazi, ngokutsho kwabadlali bamandla kwezokhenketho baseAfrika.
Umphathiswa Wezokhenketho kunye neZilwanyana zasendle wase Kenya, Mnu. Najib Balala, uthe ekupheleni kwenyanga ephelileyo ukuba ukhenketho lwasekhaya nolwengingqi yeyona ndlela iphambili neyona ilungileyo eya kuthi izise ukhenketho lwaseAfrika ukuba lubuyele kwangoko kubhubhane we-COVID-19.
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