I-UGANDA (eTN) – Kuleli sonto umhlaba ugubhe uSuku LwamaHlathi Lwamazwe Ngamazwe, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi njengoba kunjalo, ngibone sekuyisikhathi sokuthi nginikeze imicabango ethile emahlathini esifundeni sethu. EKenya osopolitiki bazindla kule minyaka engu-5 edlule ukuthi bangabuyisela kanjani iMau Forest, nabanye, emisebenzini yabo ebalulekile njengemibhoshongo yamanzi. ETanzania ukugawulwa kwemithi ngokungemthetho manje sekuyinkinga enkulu kunokuzingela ngokungemthetho, futhi lokho akusalawuleki njengoba kwenzeka, futhi ukushaqwa kwesitimela esithwala impahla ngeledlule sigcwele izingodo ezigawulwe ngokungemthetho kukhombisa ukuthi ingxabano isifinyelele ekujuleni kangakanani, lapho zonke izitimela zikaloliwe zingakwazi. kuguqulwe kube ukuthutha impango.
Kunjalo, isibonelo esigqamile eMpumalanga Afrika iRwanda, lapho iHlathi iNyungwe liyipaki likazwelonke futhi eligadiwe futhi livikelwe ngomhawu, nalapho amandla ezokuvakasha eGishwati azovezwa khona emasontweni ambalwa esihlokweni sezindaba ezisematheni, sihloniphe labo "izwe lamagquma ayinkulungwane" abanombono ongaphambili wokuvikela amahlathi abo njengemithombo yamanzi, izitshalo zokwelapha, kanye nokugcina ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni futhi bakusebenzise ngokuqhubekayo emisebenzini yezokuvakasha kwemvelo.
Kodwa namuhla sekuphinde kwaba yiMabira esengidonse ukunaka kwami, njengoba imibiko ilokhu ivela yokugawulwa kwemithi ngokungemthetho ekujuleni kwehlathi, manje inkinga ekhulayo ecatshangelwa ukuthi ibe yimbi kakhulu kunomnyakazo ongacatshangwa kahle wokuguqula ingxenye yesine yehlathi ibe ipulazi likashukela. Ihlathi seliqalile ukuthuthukisa ikhono lalo lezokuvakasha, kancane kodwa ngokuqinisekile, futhi iRainForest Lodge eseMabira isiphenduke isizinda sokuvakasha kwamahlathi, lapho uhambo lwamabhayisikili nokuhamba ngezinyawo lungahlelwa kalula. Ngokuphambene nendawo yokuvala indawo yokulala, amamitha angamakhulu ambalwa phansi komzila, isikhungo sehlathi sezokuvakasha kwemvelo, esisungulwe yiNational Forest Authority, lapho ezinye zezindawo zokuqwala izintaba ziqala khona nalapho amabhayisikili asezintabeni etholakala khona ukuze aqashwe, kulabo abangena ngaphandle. bese kuthi ngokuzumayo bangene emoyeni wokugibela ehlathini ngaphansi kwezihlahla zasendulo.
URobert, uNobhala weMabira Forest Integrated Communities Organisation, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-MAFICO, usanda kucashunwa kwabezindaba zendawo ethi: “Iyingxenye yamagugu acebile kaMabira” ngaphambi kokuthi wengeze ngokuthi nakuba umlando waseMabira uvalelwe phakathi. izimfihlakalo, izindaba eziyinganekwane ziye zaxoxwa ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane. Eminyakeni engu-5 edlule, ngokusho kuka-Robert, Uhlelo Lwezibonelelo Ezincane ngaphansi Kohlelo Lokuthuthukiswa KweNhlangano Yezizwe lutshale u-US$70,000 ukusiza ukusebenzisa amandla ezokuvakasha e-Griffin Falls futhi lukhuthaze nokuthuthukiswa komphakathi.
“Ikhono lezokuvakasha eMabira likhulu kakhulu,” kwengeza uRobert ethi miningi imikhiqizo yezokuvakasha esalinde ukusetshenziswa.
Eminyakeni emibili kuphela edlule uhlobo olusha lwezilwane ezivamile lwatholwa futhi lwaqinisekiswa ochwepheshe kanye nohlu lwezinyoni, izimvemvane, nohlu lwezinye izilwane ezincelisayo, zezihlahla, izitshalo zokwelapha, izihlahlana, nama-orchid lubanzi, okuphambene neqiniso lokuthi leli hlathi eduze kakhulu nenhloko-dolobha yezwe iKampala. Ngenxa yalokho amahektha acishe abe ngu-29,000 ehlathi asebenza njengephaphu eliluhlaza laseKampala, elivame ukunganakwa, elivame ukuphikiswa, kodwa nokho kunjalo, ligcina lokho kulinganisela okubalulekile kwamakhabhoni akhishwa indlela yokuphila yesimanje yomphakathi kanye nokukhishwa kwezimboni kanye namakhabhoni athathwe ezihlahleni.
Umsebenzi owengeziwe njengombhoshongo wamanzi ubaluleke ngokufanayo, njengoba uMfula iNayile kanye noMfula iSezibwa womabili aphuma kuwo, okuzuzisa amazinga amanzi eLake Victoria.
Ukulahleka kwehlathi e-Uganda kukhulu futhi kuye kwanda eminyakeni yamuva, ikakhulukazi okubangelwa osopolitiki abangathembekile abathembisa umhlaba kubantu babo ukuze bathole amavoti abo, futhi lokhu kuholele kwezinye izingxenye zezwe ekufeni kwabantu abangamakhulu lapho ukudilika kwenhlabathi kudle wonke. amadolobhana amancane, akhiwe abantu abangena ngokungemthetho eMt. Elgon Forest National Park futhi benqaba ukuphuma naphezu kwezinhlekelele ezinjalo. Imibiko efanayo yokudliwa kwamahlathi ngokungemthetho ivela esiFundeni sase-Kibaale nakwezinye izindawo ezweni. Futhi, imibiko yakamuva yabezindaba manje ibiza indaba yemvelo njengendaba yokuphepha kwezwe futhi isihloko esilandelayo esikopishwe ngezansi sikhuluma kakhulu ngokuthi i-Uganda ilibangisephi:
Imvelo udaba lokuvikeleka
Nakuba i-Vision yezwe ehlangene ka-2025 ikhuluma, "Abantu Abaphumelelayo, Isizwe Esivumelanayo, Izwe Elihle," kuncane okwenziwayo ukuze kuvikelwe imvelo. Futhi ngenxa yalokhu i-Uganda ilahlekelwa ukumboza kwayo amahlathi ngenani lika-2% ngonyaka elingamahektha ayi-892,000.
Ngokusho kwe-FAO, amazwe anjengeRwanda lapho amahlathi akhula khona aye athuthuka emigomeni yawo, emithethweni, futhi atshala imali eyengeziwe ukuze abalimi bahlanganyele nabantu bendawo ukuze balondoloze imvelo futhi batshale nezihlahla.
UGodber Tumushabe, inhloko ye-Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment uveza ukuthi ubuqotho bezemvelo, ikakhulukazi imvelo eqhuba ubhasikidi wokudla wesifunda kanye namahlathi, kanye namaxhaphozi aphakela izindawo ezimanzi ngamanzi kufanele kubekwe ezingeni elifanayo nelezwe. ezokuphepha.
“Abantu abampofu abangenazo izinsiza nabakhahlanyezwe yizinhlekelele zemvelo abalawuleki,” kusho uTumushabe.
Ukushintsha ukusetshenziswa komhlaba akuyona inketho ehlakaniphile
Nakuba iMabira enikezwe iSugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL) kubhekwe ukuthi ibhekane nenkinga yokushoda kukashukela ezweni, ucwaningo mayelana nesilinganiso somnotho weMabira lukhombisa ukuthi isiphakamiso esifana nalesi siwukubalwa kabi.
Kodwa uma i-SCOUL inyusa umkhiqizo wayo ukuze ihambisane noKakira noKinyara kusho ukuthi ukunwetshwa kohlelo lomoba eMabira bekungeke kuvele, ngokusho kombiko omusha.
Umbiko onesihloko esithi “Economic Valuation of 7,186 hectares of Mabira Central Forest Reserve” ohlongozwayo ukuze kushintshwe ukusetshenziswa komhlaba noma ukususwa ngokuphelele kwegazette, uthi uma i-SCOUL ikhiqiza ngezinga lokukhiqiza likaKakira isidingo somhlaba sizokwehla sibe amahektha angu-5,496.
Isidingo se-SCOUL somhlaba singase sehle sifinyelele kumahektha angu-4,988 uma i-SCOUL ikhiqiza amathani angu-120 metric ehektheleni njengoba kuhlongozwe ucwaningo lwe-Africa Development Bank.
Esinye isimo ukuthi i-SCOUL ingase futhi ithuthukise ukuguqulwa kwayo komoba kusuka ku-8.4 kuya ku-10 njenge-Kinyara. Uma lokhu kufezwa, isidingo somhlaba singancipha sisuka kumahektha ayi-7,186 siye kumahektha ayi-6,036.
Ngokwandisa umkhiqizo womhlaba njengoba kunconywe ucwaningo lweBhange Lokuthuthukiswa Kwase-Afrika kanye nokwenyuka kokuguqulwa kukashukela, isidingo se-SCOUL sokuthola umhlaba owengeziwe singase sehle ngamahektha angu-5,038 okushiya isidingo esilindile samahektha ayi-2,148 kuphela. Lokhu, ngokombiko, kungatholakala kwezinye izindawo uMabira asale yedwa.
Lo mbiko wenziwa ithimba ebeliholwa nguDkt. Yakobo Moyini (RIP) njengomcwaningi ophambili eminyakeni emine edlule. Ucwaningo lwenziwe ngabakwa-Nature Uganda, inhlangano engekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni futhi ebambisene ne-BirdLife International.
Abanye abacwaningi bahlanganisa uchwepheshe wezinto eziphilayo ezinhlobonhlobo, isazi somnotho wezolimo, uchwepheshe wezindawo zamahlathi, isazi sezomnotho sendawo yemvelo kanye nomhlaziyi wenqubomgomo.
Ngaphandle kwemiphumela yokuhlaziywa komnotho, lo mbiko ubuza ukuthi kungani uhulumeni, “ebonakala egxile kakhulu ku-SCOUL, inkampani esebenza kancane embonini kashukela.”
Lokhu, phakathi kweminye imibiko eminingi yemithombo yezindaba kanye neminikelo yesayensi evela kochwepheshe nabacwaningi bezamahlathi kukhombisa ukuthi iyiphi indima ebalulekile okufanele idlalwe uMabira, kodwa nokho, ngaphansi kobumnyama kodwa ngokuya ngokuya emini libalele amaloli aphuma ehlathini egcwele asanda-— ukugawula izingodo, kunwebe izindawo ezisusiwe ezingabonakali emgwaqeni omkhulu onqamula eMabira kodwa ezibonakala kahle kakhulu emoyeni.
Usuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lwamahlathi kufanele lusho okuthile, lapha e-Uganda ikakhulukazi, njengoba sibiza igama elithi, “Iparele lase-Afrika,” kodwa kuthatha intando yezombusazwe nomgogodla ohlangothini olulodwa nokumisa iminikelo yasehlathini ethumela izimpawu ezingalungile futhi ikhuthaze abazingela izinkuni ngokungemthetho. omunye. Ukuvakasha kuyibhizinisi elikhulu manje e-Uganda futhi kuncike kakhulu emvelweni engaguquki, namahlathi, izinyoni, izilwane zasendle kanye nezilwane ezihuquzelayo ezitholakala ezweni lonke.
Lapho imvelo icekelwa phansi, ezokuvakasha ziyowohloka eduze nazo, futhi lapho ezokuvakasha ziwa, umnotho wethu uyobe ususonqenqemeni, futhi, uwoyela negesi noma cha, ngaphandle uma ngenjabulo saphakade siyohlala endaweni eyihlane lapho ukudla namanzi nomoya ohlanzekile kungenakukwazi ukungena. isikhathi eside singathathwa kalula.
I-NFA, ngokusho kwemithombo enolwazi olunzulu ngale ndaba, inamahloni okuvala izimpondo ngamandla akhona, futhi ngenkathi ngaphandle kwerekhodi izwakalisa ukuphikisana okukhulu nalokho okwenzeka emahlathini ase-Uganda, ayilokothi imele iziphathimandla eziqokiwe, dweba umugqa esihlabathini, bese utshela osopolitiki ukuthi balokothe bawele bese bebhekana nengalo yomthetho. Ngakho-ke, izikhulu ze-NFA zinombono omuhle wokuthi kwenzekani ngokugawulwa kwemithi ngokungemthetho kodwa kufanele zinyathele amagobolondo amaqanda esikhundleni sokuhlanganisa futhi ziholele abagibeli bamahhashi ezindaweni okukhulunywa ngazo, bathathe labo abatholakele babayise enkantolo, kuyilapho ngesikhathi esifanayo kubhekelwa osozimali nabamaphakathi, njengoba nje kufanele kwenziwe ngabazingeli bezindlovu ngokungemthetho.
Kunzima yini ukucela ukuvikela isimo sethu esisesezinhliziyweni zezizukulwane ezizayo noma namhlanje sibeka ikusasa lezingane zezingane zethu esibayeni ngokucekelwa phansi okungenakulungiseka? Isikhathi sizokutshela - ngithemba ukuthi ugone isihlahla ngoSuku Lwamazwe Ngamazwe Lwehlathi, noma utshale kangcono ezimbalwa.
