Umzimba wokongiwa kwemvelo I-Wildlife Conservation Foundation yaseTanzania (WCFT) kufanele iqinise ukwesekwa kwemishini yokusebenza ebalulekile ngendlela yemishini esezingeni eliphezulu yokulwa nokuzingelwa kwezilwane ebiza u-$32,000. Lo mshini unikelwe kwa-Ikona Wildlife Management Area (WMA) emaphethelweni eSerengeti futhi uhlanganisa imisakazo nemifaniswano yabalindi.
I-WCFT izophinde ibuyisele idamu lokuqeda ukoma kwezilwane zasendle ngesikhathi somile, uSihlalo wenhlangano, uMnu. Eric Pasanisi, uthembise ngemuva nje kokwethula usizo ehhovisi le-Ikona WMA. eSerengeti Isifunda, Isifunda saseMara muva nje.
Emuva ngo-2007, iTanzania yabona ukwanda kwezindlovu ngokungemthetho, kwafinyelela inani elibulalayo ngo-2012, 2013, kanye no-2014, ngokulandelana, okwenza ongasekho uMnu. Gerald Pasanisi wasungula iWildlife Conservation Foundation of Tanzania (WCFT). Nge-WCFT, wasungula noMongameli ongasekho u-Benjamin Mkapa ngokubambisana nowayenguMongameli wase-France, ongasekho u-Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, izimoto ezingaphezu kwama-25 ezinamasondo amane, zihlome ngokuphelele, ezanikelwa ophikweni lwe-Wildlife kuphela.
“Lokhu akukona okokugcina ukwesekwa; sizobe sikhona ngenxa yakho.”
UMnu. Pasanisi wengeze ngokuthi isisekelo asibanga namsindo iminyaka emithathu kulandela ukushona komsunguli waso, uMnuz Gerald Pasanisi, kanye nabaxhasi baso, okungowayenguMengameli waseMelika uGeorge Bush, uValery Giscard d'Estaing waseFrance, noBenjamin Mkapa waseTanzania. . “Umndeni wami usunqume ukunikeza i-WCFT impilo yesibili, senza imibhalo emisha futhi sifuna abaxhasi abasha. Siyethemba ukuthi maduze nje sizoba sesimweni sokunikeza ukwesekwa okwengeziwe,” kusho yena.
Emukela izingcingo ezingu-30 zomsakazo, i-booster, kanye nemifaniswano yabaqaphi abangu-34 egameni le-Ikona WMA, uKhomishana wesiFunda saseSerengeti, uDkt Vincent Mashinji, ubonge iWCFT, wathi uhulumeni uzoqhubeka nokusebenzisana nesisekelo. “Isisekelo sithatha njengozakwethu wezokongiwa kwemvelo,” kusho uDkt. Mshinji enxusa abaphathi be-Ikona WMA nabasenzi ikakhulukazi ukuthi banakekele izingcingo zomsakazo, imifaniswano nedamu lamanzi.
USihlalo we-Ikona WMA, uMnuz Elias Chama, uthe iWCFT ayibasekeli ngoba isisekelo sicebile, kodwa ngoba ikhathazekile ukulondolozwa wezitshalo nezilwane. Inhloko yalaba basebenzi, uMnuz George Thomas, uthe ngale mifaniswano bazokwenza umsebenzi wabo ngokuzethemba. "Besisebenzisa i-handset yethu yomakhalekhukhwini ukuxhumana sodwa," esho, echaza ukuthi izingcingo eziphathwayo bezingasebenzi ezindaweni lapho inethiwekhi ibingazinzile.
Ilungu leBhodi yeWCFT, uMnuz Philemon Mwita Matiko, uthe lesi sisekelo sasungulwa ngo-2000 ukuze kuliwe nokubulawa kwabantu ngokungemthetho. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi inikele ngezimoto, izingcingo zomsakazo, nemifaniswano yabasebenzi ukuze kuqiniswe ukongiwa nokuvikeleka kweziqiwi, ikakhulukazi iSelous.
I-Ikona WMA yasungulwa ngo-2003 ngokuhambisana nenqubomgomo yezilwane zasendle, efuna ukubamba iqhaza kwemiphakathi ekongiweni kwemvelo ngokutshala umhlaba, ukuphathwa ngendlela eqhubekayo kwemithombo yezilwane zasendle, kanye nokuzuza kuyo. Njengamanje, kunama-WMA angama-22 ezweni lonke. Izigodi ezinhlanu zaseRobanda, iNyichoka, iNyakitono, iMakundusi, neNata-Mbiso zasungula i-Ikona WMA, ehlanganisa indawo engamakhilomitha-skwele angu-242.3.
"I-WMA ihlukaniswe yaba izingxenye ezimbili zabasebenzisi bezithombe nezokuzingela," kusho unobhala we-Ikona WMA, uMnu. Yusuph Manyanda, kusho uNobhala we-Ikona WMA. Cishe u-50% wemali engenayo etholwa ku-WMA yabiwa ngokulinganayo bese ithunyelwa ezigodini. U-15% ubekelwe ukongiwa kanti enye ibekelwe izindleko zokuphatha. Amadolobhana asebenzisa izimali ezinhlelweni zawo zentuthuko ikakhulukazi kwezemfundo, ezempilo, kanye nezamanzi. Ngaphandle kokusabalalisa inzuzo yezomnotho etholakala kwezokuvakasha emadolobhaneni, i-Ikona WMA idala indawo evikelekile yokuvikela iSerengeti National Park. UMnu Manyanda uthe:
Ukungqubuzana kwabantu nezilwane zasendle kwakuyinselelo enkulu i-WMA eyayibhekene nayo, njengoba izindlovu namabhubesi zonakalisa impahla yabahlali bendawo belimaza izakhamuzi futhi ngezinye izikhathi zibabulale.
"Ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 lwehlise imali ye-WMA ngo-90%, kwakhungathekisa imisebenzi yokongiwa kwemvelo," kusho i-Ikona WMA Accountant, uNksz Miriam Gabriel, echaza nokho ukuthi isimo siya ngokuya sizinza, njengoba imali engenayo imi ku-63%. I-Ikona WMA icela abantu abanezifiso ezinhle ukuba benze lula izindleko zokuqapha, okuhlanganisa uphethiloli, amathayi, nezibonelelo. Iphinde icele imoto emelene nokuzingelwa ngokungemthetho kanye nezimali zokunakekelwa kwemigwaqo emhubheni obalulekile we-Great Wildlife Migration. I-Ikona WMS isebenza njengendawo yokuhlangana yemihlambi emikhulu yezinkonkoni efuduka minyaka yonke enyakatho yeSerengeti ewela umfula iMara.Ihlane elihlanzekile lihlanganisa izindlovu, izimpungushe, izinkawu ezimnyama nezimhlophe, ingwe enamahloni kanye neqhude elikhulu nelincane, phakathi kokunye.
“Besingakwazi ukukhokha amaholo ezinyangeni ezine ezedlule manje,” kusho uNksz. Gabriel, enxusa iWCFT ukuthi icabange ukuba nguphathina we-Ikona WMA wezokongiwa kwemvelo impilo yonke ukuze kulekelelwe imizamo kahulumeni yokuvikela i-ecosystem yaseSerengeti.
