Umlambo weZeta ("Zeta") eMontenegro yindawo enye apho intshukumo yokukhusela amanzi ahlambulukileyo iphumelele ukunqoba. I-hotspot ye-biodiversity hotspot, amanzi acocekileyo e-Zeta ahlala kwiintlobo ezikhethekileyo ze-mollusks ezisengozini kunye neentlanzi zamanzi ahlambulukileyo, ezifana ne-Zeta soft mouth trout. Lo mlambo oziikhilomitha ezingama-65 uxhasa ngaphezu kwe-20 ekhulwini yeentlobo zeentaka nezityalo zaseMontenegro.
Nangona i-Zeta inobuninzi bendalo, kude kube kutshanje ukungcoliseka kwamanzi, ukuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni, kunye nokufudukela edolophini okungacwangciswanga kusongela ukuhlukahluka kwezinto eziphilayo zomlambo. Ukushiya kungakhange kuhlolwe, ezi ngxaki ziza kusongela izilwanyana zasendle zeZeta kwaye zithintele amandla omlambo ukubonelela ngeendawo zokuhlala ezahlukahlukeneyo, ukunciphisa imozulu kunye neempembelelo zokukhukuliseka, kunye nokubonelela ngamathuba okuzonwabisa, ukhenketho kunye nophando.
Ezi nzuzo zixabisekileyo zikhuthaze amaphulo asekuhlaleni ukuba abize ukukhuselwa komlambo. Ekuqaleni kwe-2019, oomasipala basePodgorica kunye neDanilovgrad basebenzisane kunye nombutho we-NGO wendawo ukuze uqalise inyathelo lokukhusela indlela ephantsi yoMlambo iZeta. Ekupheleni konyaka, i-TNC yayibambe iNkomfa yokuqala yaMazwe ngaMazwe yoKhuseleko loMlambo ePodgorica kwaye urhulumente waseMontenegrin waye waphehlelela i-River Zeta Nature Park.
Inkqubela phambili yesiphumo yahamba ngokukhawuleza kwaye kwiinyanga ezilishumi kuphela iZeta yonyulwa kwindawo ekhuselweyo yeCandelo V. Ipaki ibonisa isiganeko esibalulekileyo solondolozo lwamanzi ahlaziyekileyo kwiiBalkans kwaye isebenza njengomzekelo wabaqulunqi bomgaqo-nkqubo ukuhlanganisa ukhuseleko lwamanzi ahlaziyekileyo kuphuhliso kunye nocwangciso lolondolozo. Nangona i-Balkans idinga ukuphishekela uphuhliso oluzinzileyo ukukhusela indalo kunye nabantu ekutshintsheni kwemozulu, uphuhliso kufuneka lugweme umonakalo ongeyomfuneko kwiindawo zokuhlala zamanzi ezifana neZeta.
I-River Zeta Nature Park ibonisa indlela ulondolozo lwendalo olunokuthi ngaxeshanye lunciphise iimpembelelo ezingalunganga zophuhliso, lubuyisele kubomi bomntu, kwaye lukhusele indibaniselwano yendalo kunye neenkonzo ze-ikholoji. Ngenxa yokucwangcisa uxanduva, i-biodiversity yeZeta engenamkhawulo kunye nelifa lenkcubeko likhuselwe ekuphuhliseni kwaye amanzi ayo aya kuqhubeka ehamba ngokukhululekile kwizizukulwana ezizayo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The park signifies a major milestone for freshwater conservation in the Balkans and serves as a model for policymakers to integrate freshwater protections into development and conservation planning.
- By year's end, TNC had co-hosted the first International Conference on River Protection in Podgorica and the Montenegrin government had launched the River Zeta Nature Park.
- In early 2019, the Podgorica and Danilovgrad municipalities collaborated with a local NGO coalition to launch an initiative to protect the Zeta River's lower course.
