Ubukumkani base-Eswatini babhiyozela ukungena kwabo okokuqala kwi-UNESCO yeWebhu yeHlabathi yoLondolozo lweeNdalo. Inkqubo ye-UNESCO's Man and Biosphere (MAB) yongeze nje iisayithi ezili-18 kumazwe ali-12 kwiNethiwekhi yeHlabathi yeZinto eziGcinekayo, kwaye uBukumkani base-Eswatini bujoyine i-MAB Network kulo nyaka ngokubhalwa kwesiza sayo sokuqala, iLubombo Biosphere Reserve.
Ukongezwa okutsha kwamkelwa kwintlanganiso yaseParis ukusukela ngomhla we-17 ukuya kowe-21 kweyeSilimela kwiBhunga loLungelelwaniso lwaMazwe ngaMazwe leNdoda ye-UNESCO kunye neNkqubo ye-Biosphere, kuzisa inani elipheleleyo loovimba bezinto eziphilayo kwi-701 kumazwe ali-124 kwihlabathi liphela.
Ugcino lwe-UNESCO Biosphere lufuna ukudibanisa ulondolozo lwendalo kunye nemisebenzi yabantu ngokusetyenziswa okuzinzileyo kwemithombo yendalo njengenxalenye yenjongo ebanzi yokuqonda, ukuxabisa nokukhusela imeko-bume yokuphila kwiplanethi yethu. Inkqubo yeNdoda kunye neNdalo esingqongileyo yinkqubo yezenzululwazi yamazwe aphesheya ejolise ekuphuculeni ubudlelwane phakathi kwabantu kunye nendalo esingqongileyo- inyathelo lokuphayona entliziyweni yophuhliso oluzinzileyo.
UMlawuli-Jikelele we-UNESCO, u-Audrey Azoulay uthe, “Sikhona isidingo esingxamisekileyo sokuthatha amanyathelo okwahlula izinto ezahlukeneyo, ngelifa lethu esabelana ngalo ngendalo. Emva kokuchonga umba osesichengeni, uphawulwe yingxelo yakutshanje yeQonga lezeNzululwazi loMgaqo-nkqubo kwiNkqubo yeZinto eziManyeneyo kunye neNkqubo yeeNdalo (IPBES), amandla oNxibelelwano lweHlabathi lweeNgcaciso zeNdalo asinika isizathu sethemba. Indawo nganye egcinwe kwi-UNESCO yibhubhoratri yezulu evulekileyo yophuhliso oluzinzileyo, kwizisombululo eziphathekayo nezingapheliyo, zokwenza izinto ezintsha kunye neendlela ezilungileyo. Batywina umanyano olutsha phakathi kwehlabathi lezenzululwazi nolutsha, phakathi kwabantu nendalo. ”
ILubombo Biosphere Reserve ilele kuLubombo Mountain Range, eyenza umda osempuma we-Eswatini neMozambiki noMzantsi Afrika. Inxalenye yeMaputoland-Phondoland-Albany Biodiversity Hotspot kwaye igubungela iihektare ezingama-294,020. Inkqubo yendalo ibandakanya ihlathi, umgxobhozo kunye ne-savannah. Iintlobo zeentyatyambo zalapha zibandakanya iintlobo zeBarlia ezisandula kufunyanwa kunye neLubombo Ironwoods, iLubombo Cycads kunye nehlathi laseJilobi. Amashumi amabini anesibhozo ezinto ezanyisayo kule ndawo, anokufumaneka kuphela kwingingqi yaseLubombo. Iintlobo zezilwanyana ezanyisayo ezibalaseleyo kulo myezo ziquka iNgwe, uMkhombe oMhlophe, iTsessebe, iRoan Antelope, iCape Buffalo neSuni. Iiprojekthi ezininzi zolondolozo kunye nokubeka iliso, kunye nezolimo, imfuyo, ushishino, ukhenketho, amashishini orhwebo namahlathi sele eqalile ukugcinwa.
Ngexesha apho i-Eswatini iqatshelwa kwaye inconywa ngemizamo yayo yolondolozo, le yenye intsiba kwikomityi yeli lizwe laseAfrika eliqala, njengoko liqhubeka nokuthatha amanyathelo okulondoloza indalo yalo entle neyahlukileyo, ngelixa ibonelela abemi bayo ngamathuba. phumelela.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program have just added 18 new sites in 12 countries to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, and Kingdom of Eswatini has joined the MAB Network this year with the inscription of its first site, the Lubombo Biosphere Reserve.
- Ngexesha apho i-Eswatini iqatshelwa kwaye inconywa ngemizamo yayo yolondolozo, le yenye intsiba kwikomityi yeli lizwe laseAfrika eliqala, njengoko liqhubeka nokuthatha amanyathelo okulondoloza indalo yalo entle neyahlukileyo, ngelixa ibonelela abemi bayo ngamathuba. phumelela.
- The new additions were approved at the Paris meeting from 17 to 21 June of the International Coordinating Council of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Program, bringing the total number of biosphere reserves to 701 across 124 countries around the globe.
