Abasebenzi bezokuvakasha eTanzania kuze kube manje sebethelele imali engaphezu kuka-$211,000 ohlelweni lwe-Serengeti de-snaring okuhloswe ngalo ukulwa nohlobo olusha lokuzingela ngokungemthetho.
Ngonyaka wezi-2017, idlanzana labasebenzi bezokuvakasha, iFrankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), iTanzania National Parks (TANAPA), kanye neSerengeti National Park (SENAPA) bahlanganyela ukulwa nalolu hlobo lokuzingela okungekho emthethweni nolubulalayo eSerengeti.
I-De-snaring Programme, eyokuqala yalolu hlobo, inenjongo yokususa izingibe ezisabalele ezibekwe abenzi benyama basehlathini ukuze babambe izilwane zasendle ezinkulu ngaphakathi kwe-Serengeti National Park nangale kwayo.
Namuhla, izinyanga eziyi-16 kusukela ekuqaleni, i-Public-Private Partnership ibonakale iyimodeli efanelekile yokusindisa izilwane zasendle e-Serengeti, isiqiwu sikazwelonke esiphambili eTanzania.
I-FZS Project Manager, uMnu. Erik Winberg, uthi uhlelo olunephakethe lika-$211,000 oluvela kubavakashi lukwazile ngempumelelo ukuqoqa izingibe ezingu-17,536, izilwane ezingu-157 ezidedelwe ziphila, kutholwe amakamu abazingela ngokungemthetho angu-125, kwaboshwa abazingeli abangu-32.
Ubebuyekeza ababambiqhaza kwezokuvakasha ngesikhathi sesikhumbuzo sosuku lukaMwalimu Nyerere obuhlelwe yiTanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) ngaphansi kwendikimba enkulu, “Isikhumbuzo somnikelo ka-Mwalimu ongenakuqhathaniswa kwezokongiwa kwemvelo,” kanye nendikimba encanyana, “Imodeli Yobambiswano Lomphakathi-lwangasese izinhlelo zokongiwa kwemvelo: Icala le-De-snaring Programme eSerengeti National Park.”
"Ama-PPP avame ukubonwa [njengendlela] efanele yokuxhasa ngezimali imiklamo emikhulu yengqalasizinda nawo afaneleka ezinhlelweni zokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle, [njengoba] uhlelo lwe-Serengeti de-snaring lungafakazela," kusho uMnu. Winberg.
UKhansila weTATO kanye nomxhumanisi weSerengeti de-snaring programme, uNksz Vesna Glamocanin Tibaijuka, uthi abathintekayo kwezokuvakasha babeke imali engaphezu kuka-$211,000 lapho imilomo yabo ikhona ezinyangeni eziyishumi nesithupha ezedlule.
Ukuzingela ngokungemthetho ngokungemthetho eSerengeti kwaba intonga enkulu futhi yezentengiselwano, okwabeka indawo yokulondoloza imvelo yaseTanzania ngaphansi kwengcindezi evuselelwe ngemva kokuthula kweminyaka emibili.
Izilwane zasendle e-Serengeti, okuyindawo Eyigugu Lomhlaba, zase ziqalile ukululama ngemva kokuzingela ngokungemthetho amazinyo endlovu okwathatha iminyaka eyishumi, okwacishe kwaguqa izindlovu nobhejane.
Njengokungathi lokho akwanele, ukuzingelwa kwenyama yasehlathini cishe okukhohliwe nokuthule kodwa ebulalayo ngaphakathi kweSerengeti Park manje kubeka ufuduko lwezilwane zasendle lwaminyaka yonke emhlabeni olunqamula emathafeni aseMpumalanga Afrika ngaphansi kosongo olusha.
Ukufuduka kwezilwane zasendle okukhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni - iluphu yonyaka yezinkonkoni eziyizigidi ezimbili nezinye izilwane ezincelisayo endaweni yonkana edumile yaseTanzania i-Serengeti kanye ne-Maasai Mara Reserve yaseKenya edumile - kuwukuheha kwezivakashi okubalulekile, okukhiqiza izigidi eziningi zamadola ngonyaka.
Umgcinisihlalo weSerengeti National Park, uMnumzana William Mwakilema, ukuqinisekisile ukuthi ukuzingelwa ngokungemthetho kokuziphilisa okunganakiwe sekuyingozi ngempela, njengoba abantu bendawo sebebambe izihibe ukuze babambe izilwane ezinkulu ngokungakhethi, ngenxa yokwanda kwabantu.
Omunye wabaqondisi be-TANAPA, uMartin Loibok, ukuncomile ukusebenzisana, wathi ukubambisana okunje kuyadingeka ukuze umkhankaso wokongiwa kwemvelo uqhubeke.
“Ngithanda ukutusa i-TANAPA ngokuphila ifa lika Mwalimu Nyerere emkhankasweni [wo] wokongiwa kwemvelo. Amalungu e-TATO ahlale ewubonga umsebenzi owenziwe kahle eziqiwini zethu futhi okubaluleke nakakhulu ngokwengezwa kwakamuva kwamapaki amasha,” kuchaza isikhulu se-TATO, uMnu. Sirili Akko.
