Isicebile ngezilwane zasendle kanjalo nezindawo zamasiko namagugu, isifunda saseMpumalanga Afrika sijoyine ezinye izifundazwe zase-Afrika kanye nomhlaba wonke ukugubha uSuku Lwezokuvakasha Lomhlaba ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto. Ngaphansi kwengqikimba ethi “Ezokuvakasha Nokuthuthukiswa Kwezindawo Zasemakhaya,” i-East African Community (EAC) igubhe uSuku Lwezokuvakasha Lomhlaba ngeseshini ebonakalayo yamahora amabili.
Ikhaya lezindawo ezinhle zasendle emhlabeni, isifunda se-EAC ibamba ikota yazo zonke izindawo ezivikelekile e-Afrika kanye nezinye izingxube zomhlaba ezinkulu kakhulu ezincelisayo ezinkulu ezindaweni zombili ezivikelwe nezingavikelwe.
Lesi sifunda saziwa kangcono ngesimo esingenakuqhathaniswa sokufuduka kwezinkonkwane okwenzeka minyaka yonke phakathi kukaJulayi no-Okthoba eSerengeti naseMaasai Mara Ecosystem enqamula eKenya naseTanzania. I-East Africa iyikhaya lezindawo zabavakashi ezaziwa umhlaba wonke ezibandakanya iNgorongoro Conservation Area eTanzania, Amboseli National Park eKenya, namapaki aseMountain Gorilla eRwanda nase-Uganda.
IPhini likaNobhala-Jikelele we-EAC ophethe iMikhakha Yezokukhiqiza kanye Nezenhlalo, uMnu Christophe Bazivamo, uqaphele ngesikhathi somcimbi ukuthi igalelo lomkhakha wezokuvakasha kwiGross Domestic Product (GDP) esifundeni lilinganiselwa kumaphesenti ayi-9 ngaphezu kwesilinganiso Amaphesenti angama-20 wemali etholwayo yokuthumela ngaphandle.
Mayelana nokuqashwa, imboni yezokuvakasha ifaka isandla ngokwesilinganiso samaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili ekwakheni imisebenzi ezifundazweni ezingabalingani be-EAC okuyimisebenzi ecishe ibe yizigidi eziyi-8 yemisebenzi eqondile nengaqondile nenqwaba yemisebenzi ekhiqizwa ezindaweni zasemakhaya ezingamapaki ezilwane zasendle angomakhelwane nezinye izindawo ezinjalo zabavakashi.
"Ezokuvakasha zinokuxhumana okubalulekile okubuyela emuva emnothweni wendawo futhi, ngakho-ke, zifaka isandla ekukhuleni nasekuqashweni kweminye imikhakha kubandakanya ezolimo nezokukhiqiza ezizuzisa imiphakathi yendawo," kusho uMnu Bazivamo.
Ayikho enye indawo emhlabeni lapho ingqikithi yalo nyaka ifaneleka kakhulu kunalokho okushiwo nguzakwethu we-EAC, njengoba imikhiqizo eminingi yezokuvakasha esifundeni ngokuyinhloko isuselwe emvelweni ngakho-ke itholakala ezindaweni zasemakhaya. Isifunda se-EAC sincike kakhulu emapaki kazwelonke naseziqiwini zezilwane zasendle, kanye nasezilondolozweni zezilwane zasendle ezinqamula sonke isifunda.
Ubhadane lwe-COVID-19 selulethe ukuphazamiseka kwezomnotho okungakaze kube khona okuthinte kakhulu umkhakha wezokuvakasha esifundeni. Lokhu kube nemithelela efinyelela kude, ikakhulukazi emiphakathini yasemakhaya ethembele kwezokuvakasha, ngokulahleka kwemisebenzi nangendlela yokuziphilisa. Kodwa-ke, i- I-EAC ibona ezokuVakasha njenge omunye wemikhakha eqinile kakhulu futhi, ngakho-ke, ukubeka phambili ukuvuselelwa kwawo.
Ukuvuselelwa kwalo mkhakha kulindeleke nokuthi kukhuthaze ukuvuselelwa kwemikhakha ehlangene efana nezolimo nezokukhiqiza ezosiza nemiphakathi yasemakhaya. Ngaphandle kwezilwane zasendle, isifunda siziqhenya ngokuhlukahluka kwamasiko okucebile okuvela ezinhlangeni ezahlukahlukene, ngasinye sinendaba eyingqayizivele ongabelana ngayo nomhlaba.
Imiphakathi esezindaweni zasemakhaya, ikakhulukazi leyo ehlala eduze nezindawo zokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle, inethuba lokuhlomula emkhakheni wezokuvakasha kulo lonke uchungechunge lwamavelu. Lokhu kufaka phakathi amathuba emisebenzi emahhotela nakwezinye izikhungo ezihlobene nezokuvakasha, ezamabhizinisi ngendlela yokuthengisa izinto zakudala, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu kweminye imiphakathi, inzuzo evela ezinhlelweni zokwabelana ngemali ezisungulwe ngaphansi kwezindawo zokongiwa kwemvelo.
I-EAC seyenze igxathu elikhulu ekubekeni ingqalasizinda esifundeni njengokukhulisa ukuxhumana kwemigwaqo phakathi nangaphakathi kwamaZwe Ozakwethu, okuvule izindawo zezokuvakasha kanye nokwenza ngcono ukufinyelela ezindaweni zabavakashi. Ukuvuselelwa kwalo mkhakha kulindeleke nokuthi kukhuthaze ukuvuselelwa kwemikhakha ehlangene efana nezolimo nezokukhiqiza ezosiza nemiphakathi yasemakhaya.
Kuphakanyiswe izinyathelo nezindlela zokungenelela zokuvuselela umkhakha wezokuvakasha. Okuhamba phambili ohlwini yisidingo sokuqinisa ezokuvakasha ezifuywayo kanye nezifunda, okulindeleke ukuthi zibuye ngokushesha ukwedlula ezokuvakasha zomhlaba wonke.
Izizwe ezingabalingani be-EAC, ngakho-ke, ziyakhuthazwa ukuba zikhuthaze ukufuneka kwempahla yezokuvakasha kanye nezinsizakalo ngemakethe yasekhaya, kusho uBazivamo.
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- Home to some of the beautiful wildlife sites in the world, the EAC region hosts a quarter of all protected areas in Africa and some of the greatest global concentrations of large mammals in both protected and non-protected areas.
- “Tourism has important backward linkages to the local economy and, therefore, contributes to growth and employment in other sectors including agriculture and manufacturing that benefits the local communities,” Mr.
- than the EAC partner states, as most of the tourism products in the region are.
