Usuku lwe-Valentine lwalo nyaka luphawulwe ngoLwesine ngokunambitheka okukhethekile kwase-Afrika okubone kwethulwa okokuqala ngqa i-Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) esikhungweni esingokomlando sase-Ivory Burning Site eNairobi National Park. UNobhala Oyinhloko waseKenya – uMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezilwane Zasendle waseKenya, uDkt. Margaret Mwakima ephelezelwa uDkt. John Waithaka onguMqondisi weCongress kanye noMnu. Luther Anukur onguMqondisi Wesifunda, i-International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), East and Southern Africa bengamele ukwethulwa. .
Ibizwa ngokuthanda imvelo, ukwethulwa kwe-APAC 2019 kwafuna ukubeka izindawo ezivikelekile zase-Afrika ngaphakathi kwemigomo yezomnotho kanye nenhlalakahle yomphakathi kanye nokufuna ukuzibophezela kohulumeni base-Afrika ukuhlanganisa izindawo ezivikelekile ku-ajenda ye-African Union 2063 yohlaka lwesu lenhlalakahle uguquko lomnotho wezwekazi lonke.
“Namuhla sethula i-Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC), umbuthano wokuqala ngqa ezwenikazi lonke wabaholi base-Afrika, izakhamuzi, kanye namaqembu anentshisekelo yokudingida indima yezindawo ezivikelekile ekongiweni kwemvelo nasekukhuthazeni intuthuko esimeme. Lesi sithangami esiyingqopha-mlando esihlelwe yiKhomishana Yomhlaba Yezindawo Ezivikelekile (WCPA) kanye neNhlangano Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yokongiwa Kwemvelo (IUCN) isinikeza inkundla yokubamba izingxoxo eziqotho ngekusasa esilifunayo lezindawo zethu ezivikelekile futhi sifune izisombululo kulokho okuphikelelayo nokuqhubekayo. izinkinga ezisafufusa” kusho uNobhala Omkhulu wezokuVakasha nezeMvelo, uDkt. Margaret Mwakima.
Ngokwe-International Union for Conservation of Nature, ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, kwakunedlanzana lezindawo ezivikelwe ezilinganiselwa ku-200,000 ezihlanganisa cishe u-14.6% womhlaba kanye no-2.8% wezilwandle. Njengoba umhlaba uqhubeka nokuthuthuka, ingcindezi iyaqina kuma-ecosystem kanye nemithombo yemvelo ngaleyo ndlela isidingo sokuyivikela.
“Kumele siqonde ukuthi abantu bangahlala nezilwane futhi banakekelane ukuze kugcinwe imvelo ehlukahlukene. Njengezwekazi, singanikeza amandla okuqina, ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu ukuze sivikele ukuhlukahluka kwemvelo yethu,” kwengeza uDkt. Mwakima.
Izindawo ezivikelekile zivikela imvelo namasiko, zithuthukisa izimpilo futhi ziqhubekisele phambili intuthuko esimeme. Kufanele sisebenzisane ukuze sizigcine. Ukwethulwa kwaqondisa ukuqwashisa nokubonakala kwengqungquthela ezayo ezobanjwa mhla ziyi-18 kuya zingama-23 kuLwezi kulo nyaka. Umklomelo wokuqala wezintatheli we-APAC nawo wethulwa ukuze unikeze izintatheli zase-Afrika kanye nezikhungo zemithombo yezindaba ukuthi zibe ompetha bokongiwa kwemvelo futhi zigqugquzele umzamo owengeziwe ekubikeni ngezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo e-Afrika, abawine umklomelo wokuqala bazomenyezelwa, baklonyeliswe ngesikhathi senkomfa yangoNovemba, izicelo. sezivulelwe Izintatheli.
Ingqungquthela yangoLwezi kulindeleke ukuthi ihehe izithunywa ezingaphezu kwezi-2,000 XNUMX ezizobhunga ngezindlela zasekhaya zokuvikela ikusasa elisimeme lezindawo ezivikelekile zase-Afrika, abantu kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo ngenkathi ikhombisa izibonelo zasekhaya zezisombululo ezisebenzayo, ezintsha, ezisimeme neziphindaphindekayo ezivumelanisa ukongiwa kwemvelo kanye nentuthuko yabantu esimeme. .
Imizamo eyiqoqo yabaholi base-Afrika kulindeleke ukuthi ibe neqhaza ku-Ajenda Yenhlangano Yamazwe Ase-Afrika yowezi-2063 “ye-Afrika ehlangene, ephumelelayo nokuthula, eqhutshwa izakhamuzi zayo futhi emele amandla aguquguqukayo enkundleni yamazwe ngamazwe”.
