U-$15 Million Wemiphakathi Ethembele Ezokuvakasha e-Afrika

Umbiko okhombisa umthelela woxhaso oluqoqelwe izinhlangano ezizinze emphakathini empumalanga naseningizimu ye-Afrika kulandela imiphumela edabukisayo yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 esifundeni, ukhishwe namuhla. Lokhu kuhlaziya kugqamisa umthelela walolu bhubhane embonini yezokuvakasha esekelwe kwimvelo kanye nemiphakathi kanye nemizamo yokongiwa kwemvelo ethembele kulo mkhakha. Umbiko we-African Nature-based Tourism Platform ubonisa nokubaluleka kokuxhasa ngezimali izinhlelo eziholwa endaweni ekwakheni umphakathi ukwazi ukumelana nezimo ezishaqisayo nezicindezelayo ezizayo.

I-African Nature-based Tourism Platform, eyenziwe yaba nokwenzeka ngoxhaso lwe-Global Environment Facility (GEF), ibe neqhaza elikhulu ekuxhumaniseni abaxhasi bezimali nezinhlangano ezizinze emphakathini ezibandakanyeka ekongiweni kwemvelo nezokuvakasha. Isebenza eBotswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia naseZimbabwe, inhloso yePlatform ukuhlanganisa okungenani amaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-15 ukuxhasa imiphakathi ethembele kwezokuvakasha ngemizamo yokuhlenga ubhubhane futhi yakhe isikhathi eside- ukuqina kwethemu.

“Kube nesidingo esikhulayo sabaxhasi abazwakalisa isifiso esikhulu sokuxhasa ngezimali izinhlelo eziholwa ngumphakathi. Kodwa-ke, igebe phakathi kwalezi zinhloso eziveziwe kanye nokugeleza kwangempela kwezimali kulezi zinhlangano zisalokhu kuyinselelo enkulu. I I-African Nature-based Tourism Platform isebenzela ukubhekana naleli gebe ngokuxhumanisa laba baxhasi nezinhlangano zendawo ezibhekana nezidingo zangempela ezikhona.” – U-Rachael Axelrod, Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sohlelo, I-African Nature-based Tourism Platform.

I-Afrika iyikhaya lengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo emhlabeni, lapho impumalanga ne-Afrika eseningizimu izidla ngaphezu kwezigidi-skwekhilomitha eziyizigidi ezi-2.1 zezindawo ezivikelekile kanye nezindawo eziyisikhombisa zezinhlobonhlobo zemvelo. Ukugcina ukuphathwa ngempumelelo kwalokhu kuhlukahluka kwemvelo kudinga uxhaso oluqhubekayo, ingxenye enkulu yalo evela kwezokuvakasha ezemvelo. Ukushaqeka komkhakha wezokuvakasha okubangelwe ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 kugqamise ubuthakathaka bemodeli yokuxhasa ngezimali ukongiwa kwemvelo okusekelwe ikakhulukazi kwezokuvakasha futhi kwakhulisa ubungozi bemiphakathi kanye nezindawo ezincike kule mboni. Ubhubhane lomhlaba wonke lwahlangana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu okukhona kanye nezingqinamba zezinhlobonhlobo zemvelo esifundeni okuhlanganisa imithelela kwabasengozini kakhulu.

Ukuze kubhekwane nalezi zinselele, i-Platform isebenze nozakwethu emazweni ayi-11 ukwenza izinhlolovo ezihlola umthelela we-COVID-19 emiphakathini yasendaweni kanye namabhizinisi amancane kuya kwaphakathi nendawo (ama-SME) emkhakheni wezokuvakasha osekelwe emvelweni. Kuze kube manje, iPlatform yenze izinhlolovo ezingama-687 emazweni ayi-11 okuhlosiwe.

Ngokusebenzisa le datha yenhlolovo, i-Platform ihlanganyele nozakwethu ukuze kuthuthukiswe iziphakamiso zesibonelelo eziholwa umphakathi neziklanywe. Le ndlela yokusebenzisana ibe nomphumela wokuhlanganisa uxhaso olubalulekile oluya ngqo ezinhlanganweni ezizinze emphakathini.

“I-Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association ibambe iqhaza esicelweni samathuba okuthuthukisa ahlinzekwa yi-African Nature-Based Tourism Platform akhulise amandla enhlangano yethu okuthola imali. Lokhu kwenze i-KWCA yakwazi ukuvikela ngempumelelo uxhaso lwezimali oluvela ku-IUCN BIOPAMA ukuze ithuthukise ukuphathwa ngendlela efanele kanye nokuphatha ngokulinganayo kwenye yezindawo zokonga amalungu ethu” – UVincent Oluoch, Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sohlelo, i-KWCA.

Uxhaso oluqoqwe kuze kube manje luhlanganisa:

E-Malawi, isibonelelo sika-$186,000 esivela ku-IUCN BIOPAMA sisekela ezinye izindlela zokuziphilisa ezikwazi ukumelana nesimo sezulu eduze kwaseKasungu National Park.

ENingizimu Afrika, isibonelelo sika-$14,000 esivela kuSouth Africa National Lotteries Commission ukusiza ukuthuthukisa ukuthuthukiswa kobuciko bendabuko emiphakathini eseduze. IKruger National Park.

E-Botswana, isibonelelo sika-$87,000 esivela ku-Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) sikhuluma ngokuvikeleka kokudla namanzi kubalimi eduze ne-Okavango Delta kanye ne-Chobe National Park.

EZimbabwe, inkulungwane ezilikhulu lamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu zamadollar-$135,000 ithuthukisa ukulwisana lozulu eziqintini zeBinga leTsholotsho.

E-Namibia, i-$159,000 isekela amaphrojekthi wokuzivumelanisa nesimo sezulu eduze ne-Bwabwata National Park kanye nezindawo zokongiwa kwemvelo ezizungezile.

E-Kenya, isibonelelo sika-$208,000 esivela ku-IUCN BIOPAMA sibhekana nezinselelo zokuphatha eLumo Community Conservancy.

E-Tanzania, uxhaso lwezigidi ezingu-1.4 zamaRandi oluvela ku-European Union lubhekana nezindaba zokuphatha ezindaweni eziyi-12 eziphethwe umphakathi waseWildlife Management Areas (WMAs).