Nairobi – Mumhanyi wemumhanyi weOlympic Usain Bolt akambozorora munjanji neChishanu kuti atange chirongwa cheZeitz Foundation cheLong Run Initiative, icho chine donzvo rekugadzira pamwe nekutsigira zvirongwa zveecotourism pasi rose.
The Long Run Initiative's pilot project muKenya inzvimbo ye50-acre solar uye inofambiswa nemhepo mudunhu reRift Valley ine kabhoni isingaite.
“Kunyangwe ndichizivikanwa nekumhanya nzendo pfupi, ndinoda kukurudzira vamwe kuti vauyewo neni mukufamba kwenguva. Chinhu chipi nechipi chakakodzera kuita chakakodzera kuvavarira uye ramangwana repasi redu ndiro honzeri huru”, akadaro Bolt, Mumiriri weZeitz Foundation.
Vachitaura pakuparurwa kwesangano iri muNairobi, Mutungamiriri weZeitz Programme, Liz Rihoy, akati ane tarisiro yekuti chirongwa ichi chichava mutyairi wekukura kwegirinhi mudunhu nekugadzira muenzaniso wekushandisa kushanya kusimudzira kuchengetedzwa kwenzvimbo dzekugara.
Gurukota rinoona nezvekudyidzana nedzimwe nyika muKenya, VaMoses Wetangula, pamwe neveWorld Indoor Hurdles Record Holder, VaColin Jackson, ndevamwe vevakuru vakaratidzira vachitsigira chiitiko ichi.
Sekureva kwaJochen Zeitz, muvambi weZeitz Foundation, iyo 2009 firimu "Kumba" pamamiriro epasi, neUNEP Goodwill Ambassador uye ane mukurumbira mugadziri wemafirimu weFrance, Yann Artus-Bertrand, ndiye akakurudzira chirongwa ichi. "Mufananidzo unoshamisa wekushanda kwepasi unoratidza kuti tese tinokwanisa kuita mupiro kune nyika yakachengeteka," akadaro.
Kunze kweKenya, Long Run Initiative ichatanga zvirongwa zveEcotourism muBrazil, Tanzania, Costa Rica, Indonesia, New Zealand, Sweden neNamibia. Zvirongwa izvi zvinotarisirwa kubatsira mukuchengetedzwa kwenhaka yechisikigo netsika munyika idzi.
Ecotourism inonyanya kufarira kuUNEP nemabatiro ayo pakuchengetedza, kuchengetedza, uye kusiyana kwebiological.
Sechishandiso chekusimudzira, ecotourism inosimudzira zvibodzwa zveConvention on Biological Diversity nekusimbisa manejimendi enzvimbo yakachengetedzwa uye kuwedzera kukosha kwezvipenyu nemhuka dzesango. Zvirongwa zveEcotourism zvinopawo nzira yakagadzikana yekuchengetedza nekubatsira kuunza mari, mabasa nemikana yebhizinesi, kubatsira mabhizinesi nenharaunda.
