Nairobi – Intshatsheli yeembaleki kwi-Olimpiki u-Usain Bolt uthathe ikhefu ebaleni ngoLwesihlanu ukuze asungule iZeitz Foundation’s Long Run Initiative, enjongo yayo ikukudala nokuxhasa iiprojekthi zokhenketho lwendalo kwihlabathi jikelele.
Iprojekthi yokulinga ye-Long Run Initiative eKenya yi-50-acre solar kunye nomoya-powered ulondolozo kwingingqi yeRift Valley kunye nekhabhoni engahoywanga.
“Nangona ndisaziwa ngokubaleka imigama emifutshane, ndifuna ukukhuthaza abanye ukuba bandithelele ekuhambeni kwexesha. Nantoni na ekufanele ukuba yenziwe ifanele ukuyizamela kwaye ikamva leplanethi yethu ngoyena nobangela”, utshilo uBolt, unozakuzaku wezeNkcubeko weZeitz Foundation.
Ethetha ekuqalisweni kombutho eNairobi, uMlawuli weNkqubo yeZeitz, uLiz Rihoy, uthe wayenethemba lokuba le projekthi iya kuba ngumqhubi wokukhula okuluhlaza kulo mmandla ngokudala imodeli yokusebenzisa ukhenketho ukukhuthaza ukukhuselwa kweendawo zokuhlala zendalo.
UMphathiswa weMicimbi yezaNgaphandle eKenya, uMoses Wetangula, kunye nomphathi weRekhodi yeHlabathi yangaphakathi, uColin Jackson, babephakathi kweendwalutho ezithe zazimasa ukuxhasa lo msitho.
Ngokutsho kukaJochen Zeitz, umseki we-Zeitz Foundation, ifilimu ye-2009 "Ikhaya" kwimeko yeplanethi, ngu-Ambassador we-UNEP Goodwill kunye nomenzi wefilimu owaziwayo waseFransi, u-Yann Artus-Bertrand, wayeyeyona nto yayikhuthaza le projekthi. “Umfanekiso omangalisayo wokusebenza kweplanethi ubonisa ukuba sonke singenza igalelo kwihlabathi elizinzileyo,” utshilo.
Ngaphandle kweKenya, iLong Run Initiative iza kusungula iiprojekthi ze-Ecotourism eBrazil, Tanzania, Costa Rica, Indonesia, New Zealand, Sweden naseNamibia. Iiprojekthi kulindeleke ukuba zibe negalelo kulondolozo lwelifa lemveli nenkcubeko kula mazwe.
I-Ecotourism inomdla okhethekileyo kwi-UNEP ngempembelelo yayo kulondolozo, uzinzo, kunye neyantlukwano yebhayoloji.
Njengesixhobo sophuhliso, ukhenketho lwendalo luqhubela phambili iinjongo ezisisiseko zeNgqungquthela yeBiological Diversity ngokomeleza ulawulo lwendawo ekhuselweyo nokwandisa ixabiso lezinto eziphilayo nezilwanyana zasendle. Iiprojekthi ze-Ecotourism zikwabonelela ngendlela ezinzileyo yolondolozo ngokunceda ukuvelisa ingeniso, imisebenzi kunye namathuba oshishino, kuxhamle amashishini kunye noluntu lwasekuhlaleni.
