Umkhandlu Wezwe Wokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha (WTTC) namuhla wethule uhlelo olusha lokuthi umkhakha Wezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha ujoyine impi yomhlaba wonke yokulwa nokuhweba ngezilwane zasendle ngokungemthetho. I-'Buenos Aires Declaration on Travel & Tourism and Illegal Wildlife Trade' ibeka izinyathelo ezithile umkhakha ongazithatha ukuze ubhekane nale nselele.
Ukukhuluma ku- WTTCIngqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke eBuenos Aires, Argentina, Gloria Guevara, WTTC Umongameli kanye no-CEO uthe "WTTC siyaziqhenya ngokwenza lolu hlelo olusha oluhlose ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umkhakha wethu uzibandakanya ngokugcwele ekulweni nohwebo olungekho emthethweni lwezilwane zasendle. Le nselelo ikhonjwe Amalungu ethu njengebalulekile emkhakheni wethu. Ukuvakasha kwezilwane zasendle kuwumthombo obalulekile wemali engenayo emiphakathini emhlabeni jikelele, ikakhulukazi emazweni asathuthuka kancane (ama-LDC) futhi ukuhweba ngezilwane zasendle okungekho emthethweni akubeki engcupheni kuphela izinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo zomhlaba wethu, kodwa futhi nempilo yale miphakathi. I-Buenos Aires Declaration ihlinzeka ngohlaka lomkhakha Wezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha ukuze uhlanganise futhi uhlanganise izinyathelo zokubhekana naso.”
Isimemezelo siqukethe izinsika ezine:
- Ukuveza nokukhombisa isivumelwano sokubhekana nokuhweba ngokungemthetho kwezilwane zasendle
- Ukugqugquzela ezokuvakasha ezibhekelene nezilwane zasendle
- Ukuqwashisa phakathi kwamakhasimende, abasebenzi kanye namanethiwekhi okuhweba
- Ukuzibandakanya nemiphakathi yasendaweni nokutshala imali endaweni yangakini
Imisebenzi ethile ngaphakathi kwezinsika ifaka ukuthengisa kuphela imikhiqizo yezilwane zasendle ezisemthethweni nezisimeme, futhi ezihlangabezana nezidingo ze-CITES; ukugqugquzela kuphela ezokuvakasha ezibhekelene nezilwane zasendle; ukuqeqesha abasebenzi ukuthola, ukukhomba nokubika okusolwa ngokuhweba okungekho emthethweni kwezilwane zasendle; nokufundisa abathengi ngendlela abangabhekana ngayo nale nkinga, okubandakanya ukungayithengi imikhiqizo yezilwane zasendle engekho emthethweni noma engaqinisekisiwe.
Okusemqoka kulesi simemezelo yindima engadlalwa yiTravel & Tourism ekuhlinzekeni izindlela zokuziphilisa ezihlala kulabo abasebenza futhi basebenze nezimila nezilwane ezisengozini, nabasengozini yokudayiswa ngokungemthetho. Lokhu kufaka hlangana ukukhuthaza iinzuzo zokuvakatjhela ipilo yasendle nokuqinisekisa ukuthi ezokuvakasha ezincike ezilwaneni zasendle zinemithelela emihle emiphakathini yakhona, kuyilapho zikhomba futhi zikhuthaza amathuba okutshalwa kwezimali kwingqalasizinda yasendaweni, ekufukuleni kwabantu nasekuthuthukiseni umphakathi.
UJohn Scanlon, Isithunywa Esikhethekile Samapaki Ase-Afrika kanye nalowo owayenguNobhala-Jikelele we-International Convention in Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) uthe: “Kuyajabulisa ukubona umkhakha weTravel & Tourism uhlanganyela empini yomhlaba wonke yokulwa nokuhweba ngokungemthetho kwezilwane zasendle. Ezindaweni eziningi lapho ukuzingelwa ngokungemthetho kwenzeka khona ukuhweba ngokungemthetho, iTravel & Tourism ingenye yamathuba ambalwa ezomnotho akhona. Ukukhulisa amathuba emiphakathi yasendaweni nokuqinisekisa ukuthi bayazuza kwezokuvakasha ezincike ezilwaneni zasendle, kungenye yezindlela ezingcono zokunqanda ukugeleza kokuhweba ngokungemthetho emthonjeni wayo. Ngasohlangothini oludingayo, ngokufinyelela okukhulu emhlabeni wonke nokwanda kwabathengi, iTravel & Tourism inesibopho esikhulu sokusiza ukuqwashisa amakhasimende ayo ngokuhweba ngezilwane zasendle kanye nemithelela emibi yokuhwebelana ngokungemthetho kwezilwane zasendle. ”
UGary Chapman, President President Services kanye neDnata, Emirates Group bathe: “I-Emirates izibophezele kakhulu ekulweni nokuhweba ngokungemthetho kwezilwane zasendle iminyaka ethile manje futhi siyajabula ukweseka lolu hlelo olusiza umkhakha obanzi wezohambo nezokuvakasha, okusobala ukuthi unendima ebaluleke kangaka ongayidlala ikakhulukazi emiphakathini ethinteke kakhulu ngalo msebenzi. ”
UGerald Lawless, usihlalo osedlule we WTTC, uphethe ngokuthi: “Njengelungu lesikhathi eside nowayenguSihlalo we WTTC Kuyangijabulisa ukuthi lolu hlelo luyaqhubeka. Ngithanda ukubonga amaLungu angaphezu kwama-40 asesayine lesi siMemezelo kuze kube manje. WTTC ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi iTravel & Tourism yenza ngaphezu kuka-9% we-GDP emazweni afana neKenya neTanzania, okukhiqiza imisebenzi yomuntu oyedwa kwabayi-1. Njengezinkampani zomhlaba wonke Zokuvakasha Nokuvakasha, singadlala indima enkulu futhi esebenzayo ukuze sibhekane nohwebo olungekho emthethweni lwezilwane zasendle. Kodwa-ke, ngeke sikwenze lokhu sisodwa futhi nginxusa ezinye izinhlangano, zombili izimboni zikahulumeni nezizimele, kanye nama-NGO asevele ebambe iqhaza kule mpi, ukuba ahlanganyele nathi ngokusayina iSimemezelo njengoba sisebenza ndawonye ukukhulisa ezokuvakasha kwezilwane zasendle ngendlela eqhubekayo futhi sisebenzise ukufinyelela kwethu anqande kokubili ukutholakala nesidingo semikhiqizo yezilwane zasendle engekho emthethweni emhlabeni wonke.”
Abasayine iSimemezelo lapho yethulwa bahlanganisa: WTTC, Abercrombie & Kent, AIG, American Express, Amex GBT, Best Day Travel Group, BTG, Ctrip, Dallas Fort Worth Airport, DUFRY, Emaar Hospitality, Emirates, Europamundo, Eurotur, Exo Travel, Google, Grupo Security, Hilton, Hogg Robinson , Hyatt, IC Bellagio, Intrepid, JLL, Journey Mexico, JTB, Mandarin Oriental, Marriott, Mystic Invest, National Geographic, Rajah Travel Corporation, RCCL, Silversea Cruises, Swain Destinations, Tauck Inc, Thomas Cook, Travel Corporation, TripAdvisor, TUI , Ukudayiswa kwenani, Virtuoso, V&A Waterfront, Indawo yokudlela yase-City, Airbnb, Grupo Puntacana, Amadeus
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- However, we cannot do this alone and I call on other organisations, both public and private sector, and NGOs already engaged in this fight, to join us by signing the Declaration as we work together to grow wildlife-tourism sustainably and use our reach to stem both the supply and demand for illegal wildlife products around the world.
- Wildlife tourism is a significant generator of income for communities around the world, particularly in least developed countries (LDCs) and the illegal wildlife trade puts at risk not only the biodiversity of our world, but also the livelihoods of these communities.
- Maximising the opportunities for local communities and ensuring that they benefit from wildlife-based tourism, is one of the best ways to stem the flow of illegal trade at its source.
