Ukubala ukulahlekelwa kwezokuvakasha ngesikhathi Ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 eMpumalanga Afrika, imiphakathi yasendaweni ehlala ezindaweni zokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle nalabo abathembele kwezokuvakasha ukuze baziphilise nsuku zonke manje babhekene nezingozi zokulamba kanye nokuntuleka kwezinsiza zosizo eziyisisekelo ngenxa I-Afrika yezokuvakasha ukwehla.
Ukuvalwa kwezindawo eYurophu, e-United States, kanye neminye imithombo ebalulekile yezimakethe zezivakashi engaphandle kwase-Afrika kubalwa njengokudala umthelela omubi kwezomnotho emiphakathini yase-Afrika okuphila kwayo kuncike kwezokuvakasha ngokuqondile kanye nomphumela ophindaphindekayo wezokuvakasha.
Izifundazwe zaseMpumalanga Afrika, ezicebile ngezinsiza zezilwane zasendle zokuzingela emhlabeni wonke kanye ne-safaris yezithombe, zibalwa phakathi kwezindawo ezivakashelwa emhlabeni wonke ebezilahlekelwe yimali enkulu kwezokuvakasha kusukela ngoMashi walo nyaka lapho kwethulwa ukuvala imigwaqo emazingeni omhlaba.
Ngesikhathi sezabelomali zabo zonyaka ezethulwe phambi kwamaphalamende abo ngoLwesine kuleli sonto eliphelayo, ohulumeni baseTanzania, Kenya, kanye nase-Uganda babeke amaqhinga abo okuvuselela ezokuvakasha ngaphandle kwezinhlelo ezibambekayo ezikhona zokusiza imiphakathi yasendaweni ethinteke ekulahlekelweni kwezokuvakasha.
Izinkampani zezindiza zamazwe ngamazwe ezingama-21 zikhansele izindiza ezingama-632 eziya eTanzania kusukela ngomhla zingama-20 kuNdasa, okubangele ukuwohloka kwezokuvakasha kanye nezinsizakalo ezinikezwa izivakashi - ikakhulukazi ezokuthutha izivakashi, indawo yokuhlala, ukudla, iziphuzo nokuzijabulisa.
ITanzania yayivule amapaki ayo ezilwane zasendle kanye nezikhumulo zezindiza zabavakashi kodwa ngezinyathelo zokuphepha ukuze kugcinwe i-COVID-19.
UNgqongqoshe wezeziMali eTanzania, uPhillip Mpango, uthe amanye amahhotela avaliwe okuholela ekudilizweni kwabasebenzi. Ngokufanayo, iTanzania yamisa izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe eziholela ekulahlekelweni kwemali engenayo.
Isibonelo, iTanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA), Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA), kanye neTanzania Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) bathinteke kakhulu ngokulahleka kwemali engenayo kulandela ukwehla okukhulu kwezokuvakasha ngenxa ye-COVID-19 emazweni ahlukene. imvelaphi, kusho uNgqongqoshe.
Enciphisa lesi simo, uNgqongqoshe uthe uhulumeni waseTanzania uzoxhasa ngezimali lezo zikhungo zokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle ukuze kuncishiswe imiphumela yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19.
Lezi zikhungo zizothola uxhaso kwisabelomali sikahulumeni saminyaka yonke ukuze zihlangabezane nezindleko zazo zokusebenza zemiholo yezisebenzi nezinye izinkokhiso kanye nezindleko zentuthuko, okuhlanganisa nokugcinwa kwemigwaqo nezinye izingqalasizinda zezokuvakasha ekucekeleni phansi okubangelwe yizimvula ezinamandla.
EKenya, uhulumeni ubeke imali kwezokuvakasha ukusiza lo mkhakha ubuyele enzuzweni ngenxa yokuqubuka kwe-COVID-19.
Uhulumeni waseKenya uthe uzokhuphula imizamo yokuthuthukisa umkhakha wezokuvakasha ngokugqugquzela ukumaketha kwezokuvakasha okunolaka kwangemva kwe-COVID-19 nangokuhlinzeka ngosizo lokulungiswa kwamahhotela ngezimali mboleko ezithambile ezizodluliselwa ezinkampanini ezixhasa ngezimali ezokuvakasha.
Le mali izobekelwa eceleni ukuxhasa ukulungiswa kwezikhungo zezivakashi kanye nokuhlelwa kabusha kokuqhutshwa kwebhizinisi ngabalingisi kule mboni.
Lezi zimali zizokwabelwa ne-Tourism Promotion Fund kanye ne-Tourism Fund. Uhulumeni waseKenya uphinde wahoxisa imali yokufika neyokupaka ezikhumulweni zezindiza ukuze kube lula ukuhamba nokuphuma eKenya.
Isabelo salo mkhakha sifinyelela ku-$4.75 million uhulumeni awubeke eceleni ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ukuze amakethe izindawo zokuvakasha zaseKenya ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi iKenya ihlala iyindawo ethandwayo yokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele.
E-Afrika, ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 luhlasele imiphakathi ethembele ebhizinisini lezokuvakasha elisekelwe ezilwaneni ukuze iphile emazweni afana neTanzania, iRwanda, iKenya neBotswana.
Abavakashi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-70 bavakashele e-Afrika ngonyaka odlule ukuze bathole uhambo lwezithombe, imidlalo yokushayela, noma ukuzingela izindondo.
Kepha njengoba izikhumulo zezindiza nemingcele sezivaliwe emazweni amaningi, ayikho imali etholwa abavakashi yokuxhasa imiphakathi yasendaweni ngemuva kokuqubuka kwalesi sifo.
Kepha imiphakathi yasendaweni eMpumalanga Afrika, iningi labo okungabelusi bamaMaasai eTanzania naseKenya, iyona ethinteke kakhulu ngokuvalwa kwezokuvakasha, yingakho nokwehla kwemali engenayo yezokuvakasha.
Imiphakathi yabelusi bamaMaasai eMpumalanga Afrika iningi labo lihlala ezindaweni ezicebile izivakashi nalapho umhlaba usuguqulwe waba amapaki kazwelonke, izindawo zokongiwa kwemvelo, iziqiwi kanye nezindawo zokuzingela.
EKenya naseTanzania, izingxenye ezinkulu zomhlaba wamaMaasai ziguqulwe zaba izindawo zokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle kanye nokuvikela lapho iziqiwu ezihamba phambili eKenya naseTanzania zitholakala ezindaweni zamaMaasai.
I-Ngorongoro Conservation Area eNyakatho neTanzania ibe yisibonelo esihle lapho imiphakathi yamaMaasai iphila futhi yabelana ngemithombo yemvelo kanye nezilwane zasendle, yabelana ngenzuzo yemali engenayo evela kwezokuvakasha.
Ngenzuzo yezokuvakasha, imiphakathi yamaMaasai ehlala ngaphakathi kwendawo yokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle ithola ingxenye yemali etholwa yizivakashi evela kubavakashi.
Amaphrojekthi wosizo lwezenhlalakahle asungulwe abe esesetshenziswa ngemali yezokuvakasha, eqondiswe ukuzuzisa imiphakathi yamaMaasai kwezemfundo, ezempilo, amanzi, ukwandiswa kwemfuyo, kanye nezinhlelo ezingenisa imali.
Ngemuva kokugqashuka kwe-COVID-19 okuholela emikhawulweni yokuvakasha ezimakethe zezivakashi ezibalulekile kungekho nesivakashi esingaba khona esivakashela amapaki ezilwane zasendle ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, amaMaasai neminye imiphakathi eyabelana ngemali yezivakashi manje ihlushwa ukuntula izinsiza zomphakathi kanye nemisebenzi yezomnotho.
Beveza umthelela i-COVID-19 ebe nawo emiphakathini, abalondolozi bezilwane zasendle bathi ukugxila komhlaba wonke kufanele kube kubantu noma emiphakathini yendawo.
Umqondisi omkhulu wesayensi nezokongiwa kwemvelo e-WWF UK, uMike Barrett, uthe yisikhathi esifanele sokuthi kugxilwe emhlabeni wonke ekuvikeleni izimpilo zabantu kulolu bhubhane olubhubhisayo, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni lapho imiphakathi ithembele kakhulu kwezokuvakasha ukuze iphile.
Njengoba uhulumeni ethola uxhaso oluncane, izindawo zokulondoloza imvelo zaleli zwekazi zithembele kakhulu emalini yezokuvakasha ukuze ziqhube imisebenzi yazo futhi zinakekele izilwane nezitshalo ezichumayo lapho.
“Ukuntuleka kwezimali kusho ukuthi amapaki awakwazi ukugada njalo, njengoba edinga uphethiloli wezimoto zawo futhi adinga ukudla ukuze abaqaphi bahambe beyogada,” kusho uKaddu Sebunya, isikhulu esiphezulu se-African Wildlife Foundation.
"Abekho abavakashi kanye nabaqaphi abambalwa ngenxa yezinyathelo zokuhlukanisa umphakathi, okwenza kube lula ngamanethiwekhi obugebengu ukuvuna izinsiza zemvelo," kusho uSebunya.
Uthe okumkhathaza kakhulu ngabantu base-Afrika abayizigidi ezingama-20 kuya ku-30 abaziphilisa ngokuqondile noma ngokungaqondile kwezokuvakasha.
Abaningi bazibandakanya kumaphrojekthi we-eco-tourism kusukela ekuqhubeni ama-safari lodge kuya ekunikezeni izindawo zokuvakasha zasemakhaya noma ukudayisa imikhiqizo yesintu nemisebenzi yezandla kubavakashi.
Njengoba imile njengendawo yesibili ekhula ngokushesha izivakashi emhlabeni, i-Afrika ibilindele ukuqala kuka-2020 ukugubha unyaka onenzuzo enkulu, ozoqoqa izigidigidi zamaRandi. Kepha lapho i-COVID-19 ihlasela, izivakashi zayeka ukuza, futhi imboni yama kungazelelwe.
Kepha manje, inhlanganisela eyingozi yokuvalwa kwezwe, isizinda samakhasimende amancane wezokuvakasha endawo, kanye nemboni ehloselwe izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezikhokha kakhulu kusho ukuthi imboni yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika ingase ingajabuli ngokushesha ukuze igweme ukuwa.
Ukuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha zasekhaya nezifunda kuyisu elingcono kakhulu elingenza izwekazi lase-Afrika libe yindawo eyodwa, kubhekwa izindawo ezicebile eziheha izivakashi ezwenikazi, ngokusho kwabadlali abanamandla embonini yezokuvakasha kanye ne-Afrika.
Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezilwane Zasendle waseKenya, uMnu. Najib Balala, uthe ngasekupheleni kwenyanga edlule ukuthi ezokuvakasha zasekhaya nezezifunda ziyindlela esemqoka nengcono kakhulu ezoletha ezokuvakasha zase-Afrika ukuthi zilulame ngokushesha kubhubhane lwe-COVID-19.
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