I-Tanzania Sustainable Tourism Ithuthukiswe nge-New Geopark

Ingqungquthela Yeshumi Yamazwe Ngamazwe ye-UNESCO Global Geoparks 2023 ibibanjwe eMarrakesh, eMorocco, kusukela mhla zi-5 kuya ku-11 kuMandulo ididiyelwe futhi isingathwe nguMkhandlu I-UNESCO Global Geoparks Network (GGN).

Ubumongameli be-Geopark Africa Network belulelwe kuKhomishana Omkhulu Wokulondolozwa Kwendawo Ye-Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCAA) kanye neNhloko Yesigaba Samagugu Ezamasiko uMnu. Joshua Mwankunda nguDkt. Driss Achbal wase-Morocco oqede isikhathi sakhe seminyaka emibili.

I-Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark yiyona yodwa e-Afrika eningizimu ye-Sahara ngemuva kwe-M'Goun UNESCO Global Geopark e-Morocco, okuletha kuma-Geoparks angu-2 kuphela asungulwa e-Afrika.

Geopark Conference

Ihlelwa njalo ngemva kweminyaka emi-2, iNgqungquthela Yamazwe Ngamazwe ye-UNESCO Global Geoparks ihlanganisa abantu abavela emhlabeni wonke ukuze babelane ngokutholwe kwakamuva kanye nolwazi ngezihloko ezihlukahlukene, kusukela ocwaningweni lwe-geological to ezokuvakasha ezisimeme, imfundo, kanye nokuphathwa okubambe iqhaza kwentuthuko esimeme.

Isifunda sama-Arab kanye ne-Afrika sinama-geoparks angu-2 kuphela abhaliswe ku-UNESCO Global Geoparks Network, okuyi-M'Goun e-Morocco kanye ne-Ngorongoro-Lengai e-Tanzania.

Ngaphandle kwezilwane zasendle, izici ze-geological manje sezingozibuthe bezivakashi ezizayo eNyakatho yeTanzania, ikakhulukazi e-Ngorongoro Conservation Area, okungenye yezindawo ezidumile eziheha izivakashi eMpumalanga Afrika. Izici zabavakashi bemvelo ngaphakathi kwendawo yokongiwa kwemvelo sezisungulwe ngokuhlanganyela njenge-Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark. Abaphathi be-Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) manje bathuthukisa izindawo zokulala izivakashi nezinye izinsiza zezivakashi e-Geopark ukuze bahehe izivakashi eziningi, izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe nezendawo.

I-Geopark Hotspots

Okukhanga kakhulu phakathi kwalezi zindawo ezishisayo zokuma kwezwe iMount Oldonyo Lengai, intaba-mlilo eqhubekayo eTanzania. Isiqongo sentaba esimise okwe-cone sikhafula umlilo lapho kuqhuma. I-Oldonyo Lengai noma "iNtaba KaNkulunkulu" ngolimi lwesiMaasai iyintaba-mlilo eyingqayizivele futhi eheha kakhulu ephakama ngaphezu kwe-East African Rift Valley.

Kusukela emithambekeni ephansi yentaba yentaba-mlilo i-Oldonyo Lengai, kuneMalanja Depression, isici esihle futhi esibukeka kahle sokwakheka komhlaba esitholakala eningizimu yethafa laseSerengeti nasempumalanga yeNtaba iNgorongoro. Ukucindezeleka kwadalwa ukuhamba kwezwe ngasentshonalanga, okushiya ingxenye esempumalanga kakhulu icindezelekile. Izindlu zamaMaasai zihlobisa le ndawo ngaphakathi kwe-Malanja Depression futhi inikeze ulwazi lwamasiko ezivakashini, inikeze ukufana kwempilo phakathi komuntu, imfuyo, nezilwane zasendle, zonke zihlanganyela imvelo.

I-Nasera Rock iyisici esimangalisayo sokwakheka komhlaba okufanele ukuvakashelwa. Kungamamitha angu-50 (amafidi angu-165) ukuphakama kwe-inselberg etholakala engxenyeni eseningizimu-ntshonalanga yezintaba ze-Gol ngaphakathi kwe-Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leli dwala elinombala okhanyayo liyi-metamorphic gneiss lapho i-granitic magma encibilikisiwe yajovwa khona yase ipholiswa ukuze yenze igwadle eliphinki, umqondisi wami wangitshela.

Kunemigede eminingana, engashoni ngaphansi kweDwala leNasera elinikeze abantu bokuqala indawo yokukhosela. Kule migede, ubufakazi bubonisa ukuthi umuntu wakuqala wayehlala lapho eminyakeni engaba ngu-30,000 XNUMX edlule, njengoba kufakazelwa ngamathuluzi amatshe, izingcezu zamathambo nezinto zobumba ezatholwa lapha.

I-Olkarien Gorge ingesinye isici esikhangayo sokwakheka komhlaba noma sendawo okufanele usivakashele. Ijulile futhi incane kakhulu inamakhilomitha angu-8 ubude. Lo mhosha uphinde ube yikhaya lamakoloni amanqe. Amakhulu amanqe andiza phezu kwalo mhosha, kuyilapho amaMaasai ethola inhlabathi efaka imibala yezinwele kulo mhosha.

Ezinye izici ezikhangayo zokwakheka komhlaba ngaphakathi kwe-NCAA i-Ngorongoro Crater (250 kms) i-Olmoti Crater (3.7 kms) kanye ne-Empakai crater (8 kms). I-Ngorongoro Crater idume kakhulu phakathi kwezinye izici zendawo ezidonsela izivakashi endaweni yokongiwa kwemvelo. I-crater iyikhaya lezilwane zasendle ezihlukahlukene, njengezindlovu, obhejane abamnyama, amabhubesi, izinsephe, nezinye izilwane ezincelisayo ezinkulu. Umlando wokuma komhlaba we-Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark waqala eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-500 edlule lapho kwakhiwa i-granite sand gneiss ebonakala ezintabeni zaseGol nasentshonalanga ezungeze iLake Eyasi.

I-UNESCO Global Geoparks yizindawo ezihlukile futhi ezihlangene zejografi lapho amasayithi nezindawo ezibalulekile zomhlaba jikelele ziphathwa ngomqondo ophelele wokuvikela, imfundo, kanye nentuthuko esimeme ehlanganisa imiphakathi yendawo.