Ihlose ukuheha abavakashi abaningi abavela ezinsizeni zezilwane zasendle, i-Tanzania National Parks ibeke iziqiwi ezingu-5 ukuze zithuthukiswe zibe amapaki kazwelonke ukuze kube nezithombe zokuvakasha kwezilwane zasendle zaseTanzania.
Uma ifakwa kugazethi eziqiwini ezigcwele zezwe, iTanzania izoba nezindawo zokulondoloza imvelo ezingu-21 ezilondolozwe izilwane zasendle kanye nemvelo ngaphansi kwe-Trusteeship kanye nokuphathwa kwe-Tanzania National Parks.
Omakhelwane baseRwanda, i-Uganda, iBurundi, ne-DR Congo, lezi ziqiwu ezintsha zizohlinzeka ngendawo ehlangene yezivakashi ezivakashela izilwane zasendle eMpumalanga Afrika ukuze zihlanganise uhambo lwazo lokuya kuma-gorilla nasemapaki ezindawo zaseRwanda, e-Uganda nase-DR Congo.
UMqondisi Jikelele weNational Parks, uMnu. Allan Kijazi, uthe iziqiwi zezilwane ezihlelelwe ukuthuthukiswa yiKibisi, Biharamulo, Burigi, Ibanda, neRumanyika, okuyingxenye yesifunda sezokuvakasha esiseNtshonalanga eduze nogu lweLake Tanganyika kanye neLake Victoria, amachibi amakhulu kunawo wonke eLake Tanganyika. Afrika.
Ukusungulwa kweziqiwu ezi-5 ezintsha kuzoletha isamba esingamakhilomitha-skwele angama-60,000 wamapaki avikelekile ezilwane ngaphansi kwe-Trusteeship kanye nokuphathwa kwe-Tanzania National Parks ukusuka kumakhilomitha-skwele amanje angama-56,000 eziqiwini zikazwelonke ezikhona.
Ngemva kokusungulwa kweziqiwu ezintsha ezizokwengezwa eziqiwini ezingu-16 ezikhona manje, iTanzania izokleliswa njengendawo yesibili yokuvakasha e-Afrika ukuba ibe nokuphatha nokuphatha amapaki kazwelonke ilandela iNingizimu Afrika ehamba phambili ngamapaki angama-22 avikelwe izilwane zasendle.
INingizimu Afrika iyindawo ehamba phambili ngezivakashi e-Afrika eningizimu yeSahara ngeziqiwu ezingaphezu kuka-20, ilandelwa yiKenya, Madagascar, Zambia, Gabon, neZimbabwe, okuyizindawo ezihamba phambili e-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara eziqhayisa ngezilwane zasendle kanye neziqiwu ezivikelwe yimvelo.
“Manje sesibhekise amapaki angaphandle kweNorthern Tourist Corridor ukuze sithuthukiswe, sikhangise futhi sikhangise ukuze sihehe izivakashi eziningi,” kusho uMnu. Kijazi.
Njengamanje, iTanzania inezindawo zezivakashi ezi-4 - izifunda ezisenyakatho, ezisogwini, ezaseNingizimu, nezaseNtshonalanga. Isifunda esisenyakatho kuphela esithuthukiswe ngokugcwele nezindawo zokuvakasha ezibalulekile ezidonsa iningi lezivakashi ezivakashela eTanzania minyaka yonke, futhi elijabulela izinzuzo eziphezulu zenzuzo yezivakashi.
I-Serengeti National Park kanye ne-Mount Kilimanjaro zilinganiselwe njengamapaki ama-Premium. I-Gombe ne-Mahale Chimpanzee parks eNtshonalanga Tanzania ngamanye amapaki aphambili kanye neTarangire, i-Arusha, neLake Manyara, wonke aseNyakatho yeTanzania. Amapaki esiliva, noma lawo angavakashelwa kancane, atholakala esifundeni sezokuvakasha saseNingizimu Tanzania kanye nalawo aseNtshonalanga.
IBhange Lomhlaba ligunyaze u-US$150 wezigidi ngoMandulo wonyaka odlule ukuze kuxhaswe ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha eNingizimu neTanzania. Iphrojekthi ye-Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth Project (REGROW) izosebenza iminyaka eyi-6.
Iphrojekthi ye-REGROW ihlose ukubeka iSekethe yaseNingizimu ukuze ibe injini yokukhula ngokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha kanye nezinzuzo ezihambisana nokukhuthazwa ukongiwa kwamapaki kazwelonke neziqiwi ngaphakathi kwesekethe.
