DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) – UNobhala Jikelele weNhlangano Yezizwe, uBan Ki-moon, osohambweni olusemthethweni lwezinsuku ezintathu eTanzania, uzondizela esiqongweni sentaba iKilimanjaro kule mpelasonto ukuyozibonela imiphumela yokuguquka kwesimo sezulu ezweni. Iqhwa lendawo ephakeme kakhulu e-Afrika nendawo ehamba phambili yezivakashi eMpumalanga Afrika.
UMnu. Ban ufike eTanzania ngoLwesine ukuzoxoxisana noMengameli waseTanzania uJakaya Kikwete ngezinkinga zezifunda ezibhekene nezwekazi lase-Afrika kanye nemisebenzi ye-UN yokugcina ukuthula ezwenikazi.
Ngaphambi kokusuka eTanzania, unobhala-jikelele we-UN uzondizela phezu kweNtaba iKilimanjaro ukuze ahlole, afakaze futhi abone mathupha imiphumela yokufudumala kwembulunga yonke endaweni yeqhwa ehlehlayo emboze intaba, kusho umxhumanisi we-UN ohlala eTanzania, uMnu. Oscar Fernandez Taranco.
"Ukuze kubhekwane nemithelela yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu ngenkathi eseTanzania, unobhala-jikelele we-UN uzodonsela ukunakekela ezindabeni eziningi zesifunda nezikazwelonke ngenye yezindawo zakhe eziyinhloko ezithinta ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu," kusho uMnu Taranco.
I-UN okwamanje isebenza ngezinhlelo okuhloswe ngazo ukwakha ukuvumelana nezingxoxo mayelana nesinyathelo esizayo somhlaba wonke mayelana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, futhi phezulu ku-ajenda isidingo sokufuna isivumelwano ngesivumelwano samazwe ngamazwe ekupheleni kuka-2009, ngengqungquthela ye-UN Climate Change e e-Copenhagen.
INtaba iKilimanjaro enyakatho yeTanzania eyaziwa nangokuthi 'uphahla lwe-Afrika' izolahlekelwa yiqhwa elihle ngaphandle uma kwenziwa imizamo yamabomu ukusindisa le ndawo ehamba phambili eheha izivakashi eMpumalanga Afrika.
Njengoba imi ngokukhululekile nangobukhosi neqhwa layo elikhazimulayo elangeni, iNtaba iKilimanjaro isengozini enkulu yokulahlekelwa yizinguzunga zeqhwa ezidonsa amehlo eminyakeni embalwa ezayo ngenxa yokufudumala kwembulunga yonke kanye nokwanda kwemisebenzi yabantu emithambekeni yayo.
Itholakala cishe ngamakhilomitha angu-330 eningizimu ye-Equator, i-Mt. Kilimanjaro, intaba emangalisayo futhi enhle kakhulu, iyintaba ephakeme kunazo zonke e-Afrika futhi ingenye yezintaba ezihamba phambili ezihamba mahhala ezikhululekile emhlabeni. Yakhiwe ngeziqongo ezizimele ezintathu-i-Kibo, i-Mawenzi ne-Shira futhi ihlanganisa indawo engamakhilomitha-skwele angu-4,000.
I-Kibo embozwe yiqhwa enezinguzunga zeqhwa ehlala unomphela emboza isiqongo sayo yonke iphakeme kakhulu ngamamitha angu-5,895 ukuphakama iyindawo yokuvakasha eheha kakhulu ukubona kwemvelo, futhi ehlolwa kakhulu futhi eyaziwa izivakashi eziningi.
Intaba yasungulwa eminyakeni engaba ngu-750,000 futhi izici zamanje zakhiwe ngokuphelele eminyakeni eyizi-500,000 edlule ngemva kwezinxushunxushu eziningi kanye nokundindizela okwabangela ukwakheka kwamagquma entaba-mlilo angu-250 namachibi e-crater kuhlanganise neLake Chala elihle emithambekeni yalo.
Izivumelwano zamazwe ngamazwe mayelana nezinhlelo zokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu zizoba yinketho yokulondoloza amagugu emvelo ase-Afrika okuhlanganisa nentaba ephakeme kunazo zonke ezwenikazi iKilimanjaro, kusho ochwepheshe.
Ukuvelela kweMount Kilimanjaro kuhehe izinkampani eziningi zezivakashi, izinhlangano ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni, iminyango kahulumeni kanye nabantu ngabanye ukuthi bafake amalebula amabhizinisi abo, izinsizakalo noma imisebenzi yabo ngegama elithi Kilimanjaro elibonisa ukukhithika kwalo.
I-Tanzania Tourist Board, isikhungo esisemthethweni saseTanzania sokumaketha nokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha komphakathi, ibilokhu imaketha iTanzania njengendawo yokuvakasha ngaphansi kophawu lwe-Kilimanjaro.
“Imikhankaso ephumelelayo yokumaketha ezokuvakasha ingaba umsebenzi onzima uma iNtaba iKilimanjaro ilahlekelwa ikhava yayo emhlophe,” kusho esinye isikhulu sezokukhangisa kwezivakashi.
Ukukhithika esiqongweni sentaba kube yikhona okuhehe kakhulu ukudayisa igama lentaba kubavakashi abaqwala izintaba nabangaqwali okuhlanganisa nezivakashi zesikhashana ezifisa nje ukuncoma ubuhle bemvelo bentaba.
INtaba iKilimanjaro iheha abavakashi bangaphandle nabasekhaya abaphakathi kuka-25,000 no-40,000 ngonyaka futhi iqhubekisele phambili imisebenzi yokuziphilisa kubantu ababalelwa ezigidini ezine eTanzania naseKenya ngokwenza kwezolimo namabhizinisi.
Ezokuvakasha zase-Afrika kanye namagugu emvelo ezivakashi zibhekene nosongo oluseduze lokulahlekelwa udumo lwazo ngenxa yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu okuye kwathatha isivinini esishaqisayo ngokomisa imithombo yamanzi phakathi kweminye imiphumela, ochwepheshe bezemvelo baxwayisa.
Bethatha iMpumalanga Afrika njengesibonelo, ongoti bezemvelo beNhlangano Yezizwe (UN) bathe izindawo zezivakashi ziphakathi kwezindawo zamagugu asekelwe kumasiko nemvelo emhlabeni ezisongela ukucekelwa phansi kwesimo sezulu.
Izintaba zaseMpumalanga Afrika i-Ruwenzori kanye ne-Elgon e-Uganda nengxenye yezinye izintaba esifundeni zilahlekelwa ifa lazo lemvelo ngezinga elishaqisayo ngenxa yokufudumala kwembulunga yonke, okubeka izingozi ezinkulu emnothweni wesifunda.
Ezokuvakasha zenza umkhakha wezomnotho wesifunda saseMpumalanga Afrika uthinteke kakhulu ngenxa yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Amapaki ezilwane zasendle kanye namagugu ahlobene nezintaba enza ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-90 wezinsiza zezivakashi zaseMpumalanga Afrika.
UMnu. Taranco uthe uNobhala Jikelele uyafisa nokuqonda inqubekelaphambili nezinselelo zaseTanzania ekufinyeleleni iziNhloso zeMillennium Development Goals (MDGs), kanti ingxenye yokuvakasha kwakhe e-Afrika ukugqugquzela intando yezombusazwe, nokubamba abaholi ekuzibophezeleni kwabo ekwabeni izinsiza ezanele. kanye nosizo lwentuthuko ukuze kufinyelelwe kuma-MDG.
I-Tanzania izosingatha ingqungquthela elandelayo ye-Global Initiative on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change ehlelelwe uSepthemba nonyaka.
