Chirevo chinoratidza kukanganiswa kwemari yakaunganidzirwa kumasangano anogara munharaunda kumabvazuva nekumaodzanyemba kweAfrica zvichitevera kuparara kwedenda reCOVID-19 mudunhu iri, raburitswa nhasi. Ongororo iyi inoratidza kukanganisa kwedenda paindasitiri yezvekushanyirwa kwechisikigo pamwe nenharaunda nekuedza kwekuchengetedza kunovimba nechikamu ichi. Chirevo cheAfrican Nature-Based Tourism Platform chinoratidzawo kukosha kwekupa mari zvirongwa zvinotungamirwa munharaunda mukuvaka kusimba kwenharaunda kune zvinokatyamadza uye zvinonetsa.
Bato reAfrican Nature-Based Tourism Platform, rakaitwa kuti rivepo kuburikidza nemari kubva kuGlobal Environment Facility (GEF), rakabatsira mukubatanidza vanopa mari nemasangano akavakirwa munharaunda ane chekuita nekuchengetedza nekushanya. Ichishanda muBotswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, neZimbabwe, chinangwa chePlatform ndechekuunganidza mari inosvika mamiriyoni gumi nemashanu emadhora kutsigira nharaunda dzinovimba nekushanya nekuedza kugadzirisa denda uye kuvaka kwenguva refu- term resilience.
“Pange paine kudiwa kuri kuramba kuchiwedzera kubva kune vanopa mari vachiratidza chido chakasimba chekupa mari muzvirongwa zvinotungamirwa nenharaunda. Zvakadaro, musiyano uripo pakati pechinangwa ichi uye mafambisirwo emari kumasangano aya chinoramba chiri dambudziko guru. The African Nature-Yakavakirwa Tourism Platform iri kushanda kugadzirisa mukaha uyu nekubatanidza vanopa ava nemasangano emuno achigadzirisa zvinodikanwa chaizvo pasi pano. " – Rachael Axelrod, Senior Program Officer, African Nature-Based Tourism Platform.
Africa inogara chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chezvisikwa zvakasiyana-siyana pasi rose, kumabvazuva nekumaodzanyemba kweAfrica kunozvikudza pamusoro pemakiromita 2.1 miriyoni enzvimbo dzakachengetedzwa uye nzvimbo nomwe dzine zvisikwa zvakasiyana-siyana. Kuchengeta manejimendi anobudirira ezvipenyu zvakasiyana-siyana izvi zvinoda mari inoramba iripo, chikamu chikuru chacho chinobva mukushanyirwa kwezvisikwa. Kukatyamadzwa kuchikamu chekushanya kwakakonzerwa nedenda reCCIDID-19 kwakaratidza kusasimba kweiyo mari yekuchengetedza mari yakavakirwa zvakanyanya pakushanya uye kwakawedzera kusadzivirirwa kwenharaunda nenzvimbo zvinoenderana neindasitiri iyi. Denda repasi rose rakapindirana nekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze uye matambudziko ezvipenyu mudunhu iri achiwedzera kukanganisa kune vanonyanya kutambudzika.
Kugadzirisa matambudziko aya, Platform yakashanda nevadyidzani munyika gumi neimwe kuita ongororo yekuongorora maitiro eCCIDID-11 munharaunda dzemunharaunda uye mabhizinesi madiki kusvika epakati (SMEs) mukati mechikamu chezvekushanya. Parizvino, Platform yaita ongororo mazana matanhatu nemakumi masere nenomwe munyika dzayo gumi neimwe.
Nekushandisa iyi data reongororo, Platform yakabatana nevadyidzani kugadzira zvinotungamirwa nenharaunda uye zvakagadzirirwa mazano erubatsiro. Iyi nzira yekubatana yakakonzera kuunganidzwa kwemari yakakosha inoenda zvakananga kumasangano akavakirwa munharaunda.
“Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association yakapinda muzvirongwa zvebudiriro zvinopihwa neAfrican Nature-Based Tourism Platform izvo zvakawedzera simba resangano redu rekutsvaga mari. Izvi zvakagonesa KWCA kuti ibudirire kuchengetedza mari kubva kuIUCN BIOPAMA yekuvandudza manejimendi anoshanda uye kutonga kwakaenzana kweimwe yenhengo dzedu dzinochengetedza” - Vincent Oluoch, Senior Program Officer, KWCA.
Mari yakaunganidzwa kusvika nhasi inosanganisira:
KuMalawi, rubatsiro rwe $186,000 kubva kuIUCN BIOPAMA rwuri kutsigira raramo inoenderana nemamiriro ekunze pedyo neKasungu National Park.
MuSouth Africa, rubatsiro rwemadhora zviuru gumi nezvina kubva kuSouth Africa National Lotteries Commission kubatsira kusimudzira mabasa echivanhu munharaunda dziri pedyo. Kruger National Park.
KuBotswana, rubatsiro rwemadhora zviuru makumi masere nezvinomwe kubva kuPermanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) riri kutaura nezvekuchengetedzwa kwechikafu nemvura kuvarimi vari pedyo neOkavango Delta neChobe National Park.
MuZimbabwe, mari inosvika zviuru zana nemakumi matatu nezvishanu zvemadhora iri kubatsira veruzhinji kuti vakwanise kurarama nekusanduka kwemamiriro ekunze kumatunhu eBinga neTsholotsho.
MuNamibia, $159,000 iri kutsigira zvirongwa zvekugadzirisa mamiriro ekunze pedyo neBwabwata National Park nenzvimbo dzakatenderedza.
MuKenya, mari yemadhora mazana maviri nesere kubva kuIUCN BIOPAMA iri kugadzirisa matambudziko ehutongi muLumo Community Conservancy.
KuTanzania, rubatsiro rwemari inosvika miriyoni imwe nemazana mana emadhora kubva kuEuropean Union riri kugadzirisa nyaya dzehutongi munzvimbo gumi nembiri dzenharaunda dzeWildlife Management Areas (WMAs).
