IBhunga leHlabathi lezoKhenketho noKhenketho (WTTC) namhlanje usungule inyathelo elitsha lecandelo lezoKhenketho kunye noKhenketho ukuba lizibandakanye kumlo wehlabathi wokulwa norhwebo olungekho mthethweni lwezilwanyana zasendle. I-'Buenos Aires Declaration on Travel & Tourism and Illegal Wildlife Trade' ibeka amanyathelo athile elicandelo elinokuwathatha ukujongana nalo mngeni.
Ukuthetha e WTTCIngqungquthela yeHlabathi eBuenos Aires, eArgentina, uGloria Guevara, WTTC Umongameli kunye ne-CEO bathi "WTTC ndiyazingca ngokwenza eli nyathelo litsha lijolise ekuqinisekiseni ukuba icandelo lethu lizibandakanya ngokupheleleyo kumlo ochasene norhwebo olungekho mthethweni lwezilwanyana zasendle. Lo mceli-mngeni uye wachongwa ngamaLungu ethu njengomba ophambili kwicandelo lethu. Ukhenketho lwezilwanyana zasendle luvelisa ingeniso ebalulekileyo kuluntu kwihlabathi jikelele, ingakumbi kumazwe angaphuhliswanga kangako (LDCs) kwaye urhwebo lwezilwanyana zasendle olungekho mthethweni lubeka emngciphekweni kungekuphela nje i-biodiversity yehlabathi lethu, kodwa nobomi bolu luntu. Isibhengezo saseBuenos Aires sibonelela ngesakhelo secandelo lokuHamba noKhenketho ukuze lilungelelanise kwaye lidibanise amanyathelo okuhlangabezana nalo.
Isibhengezo siqulathe iintsika ezine:
1. Ingcaciso kunye nomboniso wesivumelwano sokulwa urhwebo lwezilwanyana zasendle ngokungekho mthethweni
2. Ukukhuthaza ukhenketho olunoxanduva lwezilwanyana zasendle
3. Ukuphakamisa ulwazi phakathi kwabathengi, abasebenzi kunye neenethiwekhi zorhwebo
Ukuzibandakanya noluntu lwasekuhlaleni nokutyala imali ekuhlaleni
Imisebenzi ethile phakathi kweentsika ibandakanya ukuthengisa kuphela iimveliso zezilwanyana zasendle ezisemthethweni nezomeleleyo, kwaye ezihlangabezana neemfuno zeCITES; ukukhuthaza kuphela ukhenketho olusekelezwe kwizilwanyana zasendle; ukuqeqesha abasebenzi ukuze babone, bachonge kwaye banike ingxelo kurhwebo olurhanelwa ngokungekho mthethweni kwizilwanyana zasendle; kunye nokufundisa abathengi ngendlela abanokuhlangabezana ngayo nale ngxaki, kubandakanya nokungathengi iimveliso zezilwanyana zasendle ezingekho mthethweni okanye ezingafumanekiyo.
Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kwisibhengezo yindima enokuthi idlalwe kukuHamba noKhenketho ekunikezeleni ngempilo ezinzileyo kwabo bahlala kwaye basebenze ecaleni kwezityalo nezilwanyana ezisemngciphekweni, kwaye basemngciphekweni wokurhweba ngokungekho mthethweni. Oku kubandakanya ukukhuthaza izibonelelo zokhenketho lobomi basendle kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba ukhenketho olusekwe kwizilwanyana zasendle ngokuqinisekileyo lunempembelelo kuluntu lwengingqi, ngelixa lichonga kunye nokukhuthaza amathuba otyalo-mali kwiziseko zophuhliso lwasekhaya, izakhono zabantu kunye nophuhliso loluntu.
UJohn Scanlon, uMthunywa oKhethekileyo weePaka zaseAfrika nowayesakuba nguNobhala Jikelele weNgqungquthela yaMazwe ngaMazwe yezoRhwebo kwiZilwanyana eziseMngciphekweni (CITES) uthe: “Kumnandi kakhulu ukubona icandelo loKhenketho nezoKhenketho lijoyina umlo wehlabathi wokulwa urhwebo lwezilwanyana zasendle ngokungekho mthethweni. Kwiindawo ezininzi apho ukuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni kusenzelwa urhwebo olungekho mthethweni, uKhenketho noKhenketho lelinye lamathuba ambalwa oqoqosho afumanekayo. Ukunyusa amathuba kuluntu lwasekhaya nokuqinisekisa ukuba bayaxhamla kukhenketho olusekwe kwizilwanyana zasendle, yenye yeendlela eziphambili zokuthintela ukurhweba ngokungekho semthethweni kwindawo yalo. Kwicala leemfuno, ngokufikelela kububanzi behlabathi kunye nokukhula kwesiseko sabathengi, ezoKhenketho noKhenketho linoxanduva olukhulu lokunceda ukwazisa abathengi bayo malunga nentengiso yezilwanyana zasendle kunye nefuthe elibi lokurhweba ngokungekho mthethweni kwezilwanyana zasendle. ”
U-Gary Chapman, uMongameli weeNkonzo zeQela kunye ne-Dnata, i-Emirates Group bathe: “I-Emirates izibophelele ekulweni urhwebo lwezilwanyana zasendle ngokungekho mthethweni kangangeminyaka ethile ngoku kwaye kuyasivuyisa ukuxhasa eli linge lisebenzela icandelo elibanzi lezoKhenketho noKhenketho, nelicace gca ukuba linjalo. indima ebalulekileyo ekufuneka iyidlalile ingakumbi kuluntu oluchaphazeleka kakhulu ngulo msebenzi. ”
UGerald Lawless, usihlalo odlulileyo we WTTC, iqukumbele ngelithi: “Njengelungu lexesha elide nowayesakuba nguSihlalo we WTTC Ndiyavuya kuba eli phulo liqhutywa. Ndingathanda ukubulela kuMalungu angaphezu kwama-40 athe atyikitya isiBhengezo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. WTTC uphando lubonisa ukuba i-Travel & Tourism ithatha ngaphezu kwe-9% ye-GDP kumazwe afana neKenya neTanzania, ivelisa imisebenzi kumntu omnye kwabayi-1. Njengeenkampani zoKhenketho zehlabathi jikelele, singadlala indima enkulu nesebenzayo ukulwa norhwebo olungekho mthethweni lwezilwanyana zasendle. Nangona kunjalo, asikwazi ukwenza oku sisodwa kwaye ndihlaba ikhwelo kweminye imibutho, icandelo likarhulumente nelabucala, kunye neeNGO esele zibandakanyeke kulo mlo, ukuba zidibanise nathi ngokusayina iSibhengezo njengoko sisebenza kunye ukukhulisa ukhenketho lwezilwanyana zasendle ngokuzinzileyo kwaye sisebenzise ukufikelela kwethu kuthintele ukubonelelwa kunye nemfuneko yezinto ezithengiswayo zasendle ehlabathini lonke.”
Abatyikitye isiBhengezo ekusungulweni kwayo baquka: WTTC, Abercrombie & Kent, AIG, American Express, Amex GBT, Best Day Travel Group, BTG, Ctrip, Dallas Fort Worth Airport, DUFRY, Emaar Hospitality, Emirates, Europamundo, Eurotur, Exo Travel, Google, Grupo Security, Hilton, Hogg Robinson , Hyatt, IC Bellagio, Intrepid, JLL, Journey Mexico, JTB, Mandarin Oriental, Marriott, Mystic Invest, National Geographic, Rajah Travel Corporation, RCCL, Silversea Cruises, Swain Destinations, Tauck Inc, Thomas Cook, Travel Corporation, TripAdvisor, TUI , Ukuthengiswa kwexabiso, Virtuoso, V&A Waterfront, Indawo yokubona indawo yeSixeko, Airbnb, Grupo Puntacana, Amadeus
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- However, we cannot do this alone and I call on other organisations, both public and private sector, and NGOs already engaged in this fight, to join us by signing the Declaration as we work together to grow wildlife-tourism sustainably and use our reach to stem both the supply and demand for illegal wildlife products around the world.
- Wildlife tourism is a significant generator of income for communities around the world, particularly in least developed countries (LDCs) and the illegal wildlife trade puts at risk not only the biodiversity of our world, but also the livelihoods of these communities.
- Maximising the opportunities for local communities and ensuring that they benefit from wildlife-based tourism, is one of the best ways to stem the flow of illegal trade at its source.
