Ochwepheshe bazofunda ukuthi kungenzeka yini i-whale shark eco-tourism e-Gujarat

Uma konke kuhamba kahle, ugu lwaseGujarat lungavela njengendawo yezivakashi yokubuka oshaka be-whale. Ochwepheshe bakwamanye amazwe bathathe iphrojekthi yocwaningo ukuze bafunde ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthuthukisa i-whale shark eco-tourism esifundazweni. Lolu hlelo locwaningo lwenziwa ngaphansi kwe-“Whale Shark Conservation Campaign” eyenziwa ngokuhlanganyela yi-Tata Chemicals Ltd, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) kanye nomnyango wezamahlathi waseGujarat.

"Njengengxenye yohlelo locwaningo, i-Tata Chemicals izoxhasa ama-Rs 2 crore ohlelweni locwaningo lweminyaka emihlanu," kusho u-Alka Talwar, inhloko, ukuthuthukiswa komphakathi, i-Tata Chemicals.

Ithimba lamalungu amahlanu lochwepheshe abavela e-Australia nase-US seliqalile ukusebenza kulolu cwaningo. “I-Australia nePhilippines baye bathuthukisa ezokuvakasha ezisekelwe oshaka bemikhomo. Nokho, kuningi okusadinga ukwaziwa mayelana nokufinyeleleka koshaka be-whale kanye nesikhathi sokuhlala kwabo emanzini aseGujarat,” kusho uDkt. John Keesing we-Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

Cishe amaphesenti angama-60 oshaka omkhomo abavakashela ogwini lwaseGujarat bangoshaka besifazane kanti iGujarat ingaba enye yezindawo zokuzalanisa ezibalulekile.

Ukuze ulandelele ukunyakaza kwama-whale shark, laba chwepheshe bazosebenzisa amathegi e-satellite. "Ekuqaleni, sizobeka amathegi anjalo angu-6, azodlulisela ulwazi mayelana nokufuduka koshaka be-whale," wanezela.

I-Tata Chemicals ithathe amaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene wokongiwa kwemvelo njengengxenye yesibopho sayo senhlangano yezenhlalo. Ezinye zezinhlelo zihlanganisa amaphrojekthi we-Save the Asiatic Lions kanye ne-Coral Reef Conservation.

Ngaphansi kwephrojekthi yayo ye-Bio-diversity Reserve Plantation, indawo engamahektare angu-80 isisungulelwe izinhlobo eziyi-124 zezitshalo ezinjengotshani, ama-ephemerals, izihlahlana nezihlahla. Manje, inkampani ihlela ukukhuphula i-acreage ibe ngamahektha ayi-150.