Kubulawe abayi-12 basePark Ranger ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa ebulalayo i-UNESCO World Heritage Site

Kubulawe abayi-12 basePark Ranger ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa ebulalayo i-UNESCO World Heritage Site
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IVirunga National Park iyiNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ye-UNESCO eMpumalanga yeDemocratic Republic of Congo. Yaziwa njengendawo endala kunazo zonke yase-Afrika futhi ehlukahlukene ngokwebhayoloji evikelekile.

Namuhla leli paki beliyindawo esabekayo. Kwakungolunye lwezigameko zokuhlasela ezabulala kakhulu kuleli paki, indawo endala kunazo zonke e-Afrika evikelekile futhi ehlukahlukene ngokwezinto eziphilayo.

Leli paki lavalwa ngoMashi ngokuhambisana nemihlahlandlela ye-WHO Iziphathimandla bezinethemba lokuthi zizoqala kabusha ukusebenza kwezivakashi ngomhlaka-1 kuJuni kodwa ngesigameko sakamuva, mancane amathuba okuthi kungenzeka. Lapho kwaba ukuhlasela okufanayo s eminyakeni embalwa edlule lapho kwabulawa khona umqaphi ngesikhathi ephelezela isivakashi saseBrithani.

Ngaphandle kwabasebenzi basesiqiwini abangu-12, kushone umshayeli nezinye izakhamuzi ezine ngesikhathi sokuhlasela eGoma, okungekho muntu noma iqembu elike lazibophezela, kusho umbusi wesifundazwe saseNord Kivu esitatimendeni.

Isimemezelo esilandelayo sikhishwe ngabakwaPark Authorities ekuqaleni kwanamuhla.

Ngokudabukisayo okukhulu iVirunga National Park iqinisekisa, ukuthi ngoLwesihlanu kube nokuhlasela okukhulu kwamaqembu ahlomile eduze kwaseRumangabo Village okuholele ekulahlekelweni kwabantu abaningi.

Lokhu kubandakanya izakhamuzi, abasebenzi bakwaVirunga, kanye neVirunga Park Rangers. Ngalesi sikhathi, lonke ulwazi olutholakalayo lubonisa ukuthi lokhu bekuwukuhlasela kwezakhamuzi zendawo. AbakwaVirunga Park Rangers bebengahlosile kodwa balahlekelwe izimpilo zabo besabela kulokhu kuhlasela bevikela abantu bendawo. Lolu wusuku olubi kakhulu eVirunga National Park kanye nemiphakathi ezungezile.

Imicabango yethu isemindenini nakubangani babo bonke abashonile kanjalo nabalimele, abanye babo abalwela ukusinda.

IVirunga National Park iyipaki kazwelonke e-Albertine Rift Valley engxenyeni esempumalanga yeDemocratic Republic of the Congo. Yakhiwa ngo-1925 futhi iphakathi kwezindawo zokuqala ezivikelwe e-Afrika. Ekuphakameni, isukela ku-680 m esigodini soMfula iSemliki kuya ku-5,109 m ezintabeni zaseRwenzori.

Indawo esohlwini lwe-UNESCO isabalale ngaphezu kwamakhilomitha-skwele ayi-7,800 (amamayela-skwele angama-3,000) emngceleni we-DR Congo, iRwanda, ne-Uganda.

Kuyikhaya labantu abadumile emhlabeni wonke lama-gorilla asezintabeni kodwa liye lahlaselwa ukuntengantenga nobudlova okwandayo.

Njengoba yasungulwa ngo-1925, leli paki liye labona ukuhlasela okuphindaphindiwe kwamaqembu amavukela-mbuso, amasosha nabazingeli abangekho emthethweni.

Bangu-176 abaqaphi bayo asebebulewe eminyakeni engu-20 edlules Kokunye ukuhlasela, esifundeni esisenyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Ituri ngoLwesine, kubulawe abantu abayisikhombisa ngamasosha.

Imithombo isole lokho kuhlaselwa kwamalungu e-CODECO - ogama lawo elisemthethweni i-Cooperative for the Development of Congo - ihlelo lezepolitiki elihlomile lezenkolo e-Ituri eliphuma esizweni samaLendu.

Cuthbert Ncube, usihlalo we  Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika ukugxekile ukuhlasela waphinde wadlulisa amazwi enduduzo enhlangano emindenini yabashonile.

 

 

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