I-Arusha, iTanzania (eTN) - Ukukhula kwenxaxheba kuphuhliso loluntu lwengingqi ngokuzuza kwabakhenkethi kutshanje kuzise eTanzania i-Equator Prize ehloniphekileyo, intsebenziswano ekhokelwa yiZizwe eziManyeneyo exhasa iinzame zasezantsi ekulondolozweni kwezinto eziphilayo kunye nokunciphisa intlupheko.
Kuluhlu lwalo nyaka lwabaphumeleleyo abangama-25 abakhethwe kulo nyaka abakhethwe kugqatso lwama-310, umbutho wesisa waseTanzania kunye nombutho ongenzi ngeniso osekelwe kubakhenkethi i-Ujamaa Community Resource Trust (UCRT) ibe ngomnye wabafumene iBhaso le-Ikhweyitha.
I-UCRT yasekwa nguDorobo Safaris, inkampani yabakhenkethi kunye neyohambo eqhuba imisebenzi yayo kumantla eTanzania kwindawo yokuzingela ungquzulwano eLoliondo.
IDorobo Safaris iphakathi kweenkampani ezinamaphulo “oPhilanthropy lwabahambi” ukuseka amashishini okhenketho asekwe kuluntu kunye neelali ezikufuphi neTarangire kunye neSerengeti National Parks ngeenjongo zokukhuthaza intlalo-ntle yoluntu lwasekuhlaleni olungabamelwane beepaki ezimbini ezidumileyo zezilwanyana zasendle zaseTanzania.
Ekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-'90, inkampani yaseka iNgxowa-mali ye-Dorobo yaseTanzania ngamalinge ayo oshishino kunye nezihlobo e-United States of America. Bekunye neqela lamatsha ntliziyo asekuhlaleni baseka i-UCRT njengombutho owodwa osekwe kuluntu kwiminyaka eli-11 eyadlulayo.
I-UCRT isebenza namaqela ahlelelekileyo kunye nabelusi abakwimida yeendawo zabakhenkethi kumantla eTanzania ukulawula iinkqubo zemithombo yendalo kunye nokuphonononga amathuba azinzileyo okuvelisa ingeniso.
I-UCRT iye yanceda ngaphezu kweelali ezingama-20 kumantla eTanzania kuquka iindawo ezityebileyo zebhayoloji yaseSerengeti naseTarangire, umhlaba okhuselekileyo nobutyebi, ukomeleza iingenelo zoqoqosho lwenkqubo yendalo yazo ngokhenketho kunye nokuseka imimandla egciniweyo yoluntu esekwe kulawulo lwemveli.
Umntu ngamnye ophumelele iBhaso le-Ikhweyitha ngo-2008 bubungqina bonxibelelwano phakathi kwempilo ye-ecosystem kunye nentlalontle yoluntu, ukungahlukani kolondolozo kunye nokunciphisa intlupheko njengeenjongo zomgaqo-nkqubo, kunye negalelo elibalulekileyo olwenziwa luluntu lwasekuhlaleni kunye nemveli ukuze kuphunyezwe uPhuhliso lweMillennium yeZizwe eziManyeneyo. Iinjongo (MDGs).
I-UCRT yenye yemibutho yesisa yase-Afrika esekwe kukhenketho eya kuboniswa ngexesha leNkomfa yabahambi yoPhilathozo luka-2008 eya kuba kwisixeko saseTanzania sabakhenkethi esisemantla e-Arusha kwaye ihlanganise abadlala indima ebalulekileyo kukhenketho kunye neminye imibutho yobuntu.
Bangaphezu kwama-200 abaphathi bokhenketho kunye noncedo loluntu ababhalisele ukudibana kwaye baxoxe ngendlela uluntu lwase-Afrika lwasekuhlaleni olungaxhamla ngayo kukhenketho ngokuthe ngqo kubakhenkethi.
Ukuthathela ingqalelo ubutyebi belifa lemveli lokhenketho eAfrika, abathathi-nxaxheba beNkomfa yesibini yezoPhilanthropy yabahambi baye bahlangana ukuze bahlalutye ngeliso elibukhali uncedo oluya kufunyanwa luluntu lwengingqi ngamagalelo abakhenkethi abatyelela iindawo zabo.
Inkomfa yeentsuku ezintathu, eza kuvulwa nge-3 kaDisemba, sele itsale abantu abaninzi abaphambili kukhenketho kunye neminye imibutho yobuntu ukuba baveze amaphepha abo engxoxo kunye nezimvo.
Umnxibelelanisi waseMpuma Afrika kule nkomfa uMnu. Fred Nelson uxelele i-eTN ukuba abathathi-nxaxheba abaphambili babhalise kumazwe ahlukeneyo aquka iCosta Rica, eUnited States, eUnited Kingdom, eMzantsi Afrika, eNamibia, eMexico naseDominica.
Uthe abanye abathathe inxaxheba kwangethuba basuka eIndiya, eKenya, eHonduras, eUganda nakwilizwe elisindleke iTanzania, ngelixa abanye abaninzi bebekwinkqubo yokubhalisa.
Phakathi kwezithethi eziphambili ziya kuvela kwi-Nairobi-based Ecotourism Kenya, i-ecotourism yommandla ohamba phambili kwi-Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) eyasungulwa kwiminyaka eyi-10 eyadlulayo.
I-Ecotourism iKenya ineskimu esiqalwayo sokulinganisa i-eco ekwakhuthaza iPhilanthropy yabahambi njengomxhasi wenkomfa ezayo.
Omnye umthathi-nxaxheba ophambili yi-Honeyguide Foundation, umbutho wesisa owasekwa yi-Arusha-based Sokwe-Asilia njengesiseko esingenzi nzuzo esisebenza ukudibanisa iinjongo zolondolozo, uphuhliso lokhenketho, kunye nophuhliso loluntu.
Abanye abaxhasi abaphawulekayo kunye nezithethi eziphambili ngexesha lenkomfa ziya kuthathwa kwi-Basecamp Explorer kunye ne-Basecamp Foundation yaseKenya, i-Micato Safaris (e-USA), i-Safari Ventures (i-USA), i-Julian Page, i-Livingstone Tanzania Trust, iNkqubo yoKhenketho lweNkcubeko (eTanzania) kunye neMiracle Corners. Ehlabathini (eTanzania).
