Uhlelo lwezokuvakasha oluqhubekayo luthola ukwesekwa ngumsubathi ongumpetha wama-Olympic

Nairobi – Umsubathi ongumpetha wama-Olympic u-Usain Bolt uthathe ikhefu emzileni ngoLwesihlanu wethula i-Zeitz Foundation’s Long Run Initiative, okuhloswe ngayo ukudala nokweseka amaphrojekthi e-ecotourism emhlabeni jikelele.

Iphrojekthi yokuhlola ye-Long Run Initiative e-Kenya iyindawo yokulondoloza amandla yelanga namahektha angu-50 enamandla omoya endaweni yase-Rift Valley ene-carbon footprint engabalulekile.

“Yize ngidume ngokugijima amabanga amafushane kodwa ngifuna ukukhuthaza nabanye ukuthi bangijoyine ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Noma yini ekufanele yenziwe kufanele ukuphokophelele futhi ikusasa lomhlaba wethu liyimbangela enkulu”, kusho uBolt, Inxusa Lezamasiko leZeitz Foundation.

Ekhuluma emcimbini wokwethulwa kwabezindaba kwenhlangano eNairobi, uMqondisi Wohlelo lweZeitz, uLiz Rihoy, uthe unethemba lokuthi le phrojekthi izothuthukisa ukukhula kohlaza esifundeni ngokwakha imodeli yokusebenzisa ezokuvakasha ukukhuthaza ukuvikelwa kwezindawo zemvelo.

Ungqongqoshe wezangaphandle eKenya, uMoses Wetangula, kanye nophethe irekhodi leWorld Indoor Hurdles Record, uColin Jackson, bebengabanye bezicukuthwane ezifike ngobuningi bazo ukweseka umcimbi.

NgokukaJochen Zeitz, umsunguli we-Zeitz Foundation, ifilimu yango-2009 ethi “Ikhaya” esimeni seplanethi, eyenziwe yiNxusa le-UNEP Goodwill kanye nomenzi wefilimu odumile waseFrance, u-Yann Arthus-Bertrand, kwaba ugqozi olukhulu lwalo msebenzi. "Umfanekiso omangalisayo wokusebenza kweplanethi ubonisa ukuthi sonke singakwazi ukufaka isandla emhlabeni osimeme," esho.

Ngaphandle kweKenya, iLong Run Initiative izokwethula amaphrojekthi we-Ecotourism eBrazil, Tanzania, Costa Rica, Indonesia, New Zealand, Sweden naseNamibia. Le miklamo kulindeleke ukuthi ibe neqhaza ekulondolozweni kwamagugu emvelo namasiko kulawa mazwe.

I-Ecotourism iyintshisekelo ekhethekile ku-UNEP ngomthelela wayo ekongiweni, ukusimama, kanye nokuhlukahluka kwebhayoloji.

Njengethuluzi lokuthuthukisa, i-ecotourism iqhubekisela phambili izinjongo eziyisisekelo ze-Convention on Biological Diversity ngokuqinisa ukuphathwa kwendawo evikelekile kanye nokwandisa ukubaluleka kwezimiso zemvelo nezilwane zasendle. Amaphrojekthi we-Ecotourism nawo ahlinzeka ngendlela eqhubekayo yokongiwa kwemvelo ngokusiza ukukhiqiza imali, imisebenzi namathuba amabhizinisi, kuhlomule amabhizinisi kanye nemiphakathi yendawo.