$15 Miliona no nā Kaiāulu Kūʻai Kūkaʻikaʻi ma ʻApelika

Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi hōʻike e hōʻike ana i ka hopena o ke kālā i hoʻoneʻe ʻia no nā hui kaiaulu ma ka hikina a me ka hema o ʻApelika ma hope o nā hopena pōʻino o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 ma ka ʻāina, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia i kēia lā. Hōʻike kēia loiloi i ka hopena o ka maʻi maʻi ma luna o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi kūlohelohe a me nā kaiāulu a me nā hana mālama e hilinaʻi nei i kēia ʻāpana. Hōʻike pū ka hōʻike a ka African Nature-Based Tourism Platform i ke koʻikoʻi o ka loaʻa kālā ʻana i nā hana i alakaʻi ʻia i ka ʻāina i ke kūkulu ʻana i ke kūpaʻa kaiāulu i nā haʻalulu a me nā pilikia e hiki mai ana.

ʻO ka African Nature-Based Tourism Platform, i hiki ke loaʻa ma o ke kālā mai ka Global Environment Facility (GEF), i mea kōkua i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā mea kālā i nā hui kaiaulu e pili ana i ka mālama a me ka mākaʻikaʻi. Ke hana nei ma Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, a me Zimbabwe, ʻo ka pahuhopu o ka Platform ʻo ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana ma kahi o $15 miliona e kākoʻo i nā kaiāulu hilinaʻi mākaʻikaʻi me nā hana hoʻōla maʻi maʻi a kūkulu lōʻihi. manawa kūpaʻa.

"Ke ulu nei ka noi mai nā mea hāʻawi e hōʻike ana i ka makemake nui e hoʻolako kālā i nā hana alakaʻi kaiaulu. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o kēia manaʻo i hōʻike ʻia a me ke kahe maoli o ke kālā i kēia mau hui he mea paʻakikī nui. ʻO ka ʻO ke kahua mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ʻApelika Ke hana nei ʻo ia e hoʻoponopono i kēia āpau ma ka hoʻopili ʻana i kēia mau mea hāʻawi me nā hui kūloko e kamaʻilio ana i nā pono maoli ma ka honua. - ʻO Rachael Axelrod, Luna Nui o ka Polokalamu, ʻo ka ʻApelika Nature-Based Tourism Platform.

ʻO ʻApelika ka home o ka hapakolu o nā ʻano like ʻole o ka honua, me ka hikina a me ka hema o ʻApelika e kaena ana ma luna o 2.1 miliona square kilomika o nā wahi i hoʻomalu ʻia a me ʻehiku mau wahi wela biodiversity. No ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻana i kēia mea olaola, pono ke kālā hoʻomau, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea e loaʻa mai i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūlohelohe. ʻO ka haʻalulu i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 i hōʻike ʻia i nā nāwaliwali o kahi kumu hoʻolālā mālama mālama e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a hoʻonui i ka nāwaliwali o nā kaiāulu a me nā ʻāina i hilinaʻi ʻia i kēia ʻoihana. Ua hui ka maʻi maʻi honua me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a me nā pilikia biodiversity i ka ʻāina e hui pū ana i nā hopena i ka poʻe nāwaliwali loa.

No ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēia mau pilikia, ua hana pū ka Platform me nā hoa hana ma 11 mau ʻāina e hana i nā noiʻi e loiloi ana i ka hopena o COVID-19 i nā kaiāulu kūloko a me nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi (SME) i loko o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi kūlohelohe. I kēia lā, ua alakaʻi ka Platform i nā noiʻi 687 ma waena o kāna mau ʻāina 11.

Me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia ʻikepili noiʻi, ua hui pū ka Platform me nā hoa hana e hoʻomohala i nā noi hāʻawi alakaʻi kaiaulu a hoʻolālā ʻia. ʻO kēia ʻano hana like ʻana i hopena i ka hoʻoulu ʻia ʻana o ke kālā nui e hele pololei ana i nā hui kaiaulu.

"Ua komo ʻo Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association i nā manawa hoʻomohala noiʻi i hāʻawi ʻia e ka African Nature-Based Tourism Platform i hoʻonui i ka hiki o kā mākou hui e ʻohi kālā. ʻO kēia ka mea i hiki ai iā KWCA ke hoʻopaʻa pono i ke kālā mai IUCN BIOPAMA e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻokele kūpono a me ka hoʻokele kaulike o kekahi o kā mākou lālā conservancies" - Vincent Oluoch, Luna Hoʻokele Nui, KWCA.

ʻO ke kālā i hōʻiliʻili ʻia a hiki i kēia lā:

Ma Malawi, he $186,000 haʻawina mai IUCN BIOPAMA ke kākoʻo nei i nā ola ʻē aʻe e kū pono ana i ke aniau ma kahi kokoke i Kasungu National Park.

Ma ʻApelika Hema, he $14,000 hāʻawi kālā mai ka South Africa National Lotteries Commission e kōkua i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hana ʻōiwi no nā kaiāulu kokoke. Ke Kula Kahau o Kruger.

Ma Botswana, he $87,000 hāʻawi kālā mai ka Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) e kamaʻilio ana i ka mālama ʻai a me ka wai no ka poʻe mahiʻai kokoke i ka Okavango Delta a me Chobe National Park

Ma Zimbabwe, ʻo $135,000 ke kālā e hoʻomaikaʻi nei i ke kūpaʻa o ke kaiāulu i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau ma nā moku Binga a me Tsholotsho.

Ma Namibia, $159,000 ke kākoʻo nei i nā papahana hoʻololi i ke aniau ma kahi kokoke i Bwabwata National Park a me nā conservancies a puni.

Ma Kenya, he $208,000 hāʻawi kālā mai IUCN BIOPAMA e hoʻoponopono ana i nā pilikia hoʻomalu ma Lumo Community Conservancy.

Ma Tanzania, he $1.4 miliona mai ka Hui ʻEulopa e hoʻoponopono ana i nā pilikia hoʻomalu ma 12 mau kaiāulu ʻona Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs).