Ua mālama ʻia ka Tenth International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks 2023 Marrakesh, Morocco, mai Kepakemapa 5 a 11 i hoʻonohonoho ʻia a mālama ʻia e ka ʻaha kūkā o ka ʻO UNESCO Global Geoparks Network (GGN).

Ua hoʻonuiʻia ka pelesidena o ka Geopark Africa Network i ka Luna Hoʻomalu o ka Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) Senior Assistant Conservation Commissioner a me ke poʻo o ka Cultural Heritage Section Mr. Joshua Mwankunda e Dr. Driss Achbal mai Morocco i hoʻopau i kāna mau makahikiʻelua.

ʻO Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark ka mea wale nō ma ʻApelika ma ka hema o ka Sahara ma hope o M'Goun UNESCO Global Geopark ma Morocco, e lawe mai ana i 2 Geoparks i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ʻApelika.

Huina Geopark

Hoʻonohonoho ʻia i kēlā me kēia 2 makahiki, ʻo ka International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks e hui pū ai i nā poʻe mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa e kaʻana like i nā ʻike hou loa a me nā ʻike e pili ana i nā kumuhana like ʻole, mai ka noiʻi geological a holoholo paʻa, ka hoʻonaʻauao, a me ka hoʻokele komo ʻana no ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau.

ʻO ka ʻāina Arab a me ʻApelika he 2 geoparks wale nō i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma ka UNESCO Global Geoparks Network, ʻo ia ʻo M'Goun ma Morocco a me Ngorongoro-Lengai ma Tanzania.

Ma waho aʻe o nā holoholona hihiu, ʻo nā hiʻohiʻona honua nā mea mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi e hiki mai ana ma Northern Tanzania, ka hapa nui ma Ngorongoro Conservation Area, kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana ma East Africa. Ua hoʻokumu pū ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona mākaʻikaʻi honua i loko o ka wahi mālama ʻo Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark. Ke hoʻomohala nei ka hoʻokele ʻo Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) i nā hale hoʻokipa mākaʻikaʻi a me nā keʻena lawelawe malihini kipa ʻē aʻe ma Geopark e huki hou aku i nā mākaʻikaʻi, nā malihini a me nā malihini kipa.

ʻO Geopark Hotspots

ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa ma waena o kēia mau wahi wela honua ʻo ka mauna Oldonyo Lengai, he lua pele ikaika ma Tanzania. Puka ahi ka piko o ka mauna i ka hū ʻana. ʻO Oldonyo Lengai a i ʻole ka "Mountain of God" ma ka ʻōlelo Maasai he lua pele kū hoʻokahi a hoihoi loa e kū ana ma luna o ke awāwa ʻo East African Rift Valley.

Mai nā pali haʻahaʻa o ka mauna lua pele ʻo Oldonyo Lengai, ʻo ka Malanja Depression, kahi hiʻohiʻona nani a nani hoʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o nā pāpū Serengeti a me ka hikina o ka mauna ʻo Ngorongoro. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka puʻuwai ma muli o ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻāina i ke komohana, a waiho ʻia ka ʻaoʻao hikina loa. Hoʻonani nā hale noho ʻo Maasai i kēia wahi i loko o ka Malanja Depression a hāʻawi i nā ʻike moʻomeheu i ka poʻe kipa, e hāʻawi ana i ka symbiosis o ke ola ma waena o ke kanaka, nā holoholona, a me nā holoholona hihiu, nā mea āpau e kaʻana like i ke ʻano.

ʻO Nasera Rock kahi hiʻohiʻona hiʻona nui e pono ke kipa ʻia. He 50 mika (165 kapuaʻi) ke kiʻekiʻe inselberg aia ma ka ʻaoʻao hema hema o nā mauna ʻo Gol ma loko o Ngorongoro Conservation Area. ʻO kēia pōhaku ʻōmaʻomaʻo he gneiss metamorphic kahi i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ai ka pelemaka i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia a hoʻomaʻalili ʻia a lilo i pōhaku ʻulaʻula, haʻi mai koʻu alakaʻi iaʻu.

Nui nā ana pāpaʻu ma lalo o ka Pōhaku Nasera kahi i hoʻomalu ai i ke kanaka mua. I loko o kēia mau ana, ua hōʻike ʻia nā hōʻike e noho ana ke kanaka mua ma kahi o 30,000 mau makahiki aku nei, e like me ka ʻike ʻia e nā mea hana pōhaku, nā ʻāpana iwi a me nā mea hana ipu lepo i ʻike ʻia ma ʻaneʻi.

ʻO Olkarien Gorge kekahi hiʻohiʻona hiʻona a i ʻole hiʻona ʻāina e pono ke kipa ʻia. He hohonu a haiki loa me 8 kilomika ka loa. ʻO ke awāwa kekahi home no nā kolo o nā vuletura. He mau haneli manu lele e lele ana ma luna o ke awāwa, aʻo ka poʻe Maasai e loaʻa i ko lākou lauoho lauoho lepo mai kēia awāwa.

ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona hiʻona ʻē aʻe i loko o NCAA ʻo Ngorongoro Crater (250 kms) ʻo Olmoti Crater (3.7 kms) a me Empakai crater (8 kms). ʻO Ngorongoro Crater ka mea kaulana loa ma waena o nā hiʻohiʻona ʻāina ʻē aʻe e huki ai i nā mākaʻikaʻi i ka Conservation Area. ʻO ka lua ka home o nā ʻano holoholona like ʻole, e like me nā elepani, nā rhino ʻeleʻele, nā liona, nā gazelles, a me nā mea momona ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻomaka ka mōʻaukala honua ʻo Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark i 500 miliona mau makahiki i hala i ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ke one one gneiss i ʻike ʻia ma Gol Mountains a ma ke komohana a puni ka Lake Eyasi.

ʻO UNESCO Global Geoparks nā wahi ʻāina kūʻokoʻa a i hoʻohui ʻia kahi e mālama ʻia ai nā kahua a me nā ʻāina o ka honua nui me ka manaʻo holoʻokoʻa o ka pale, hoʻonaʻauao, a me ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau e pili ana i nā kaiāulu kūloko.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

Mai nā pali haʻahaʻa o ka mauna lua pele ʻo Oldonyo Lengai, ʻo ka Malanja Depression, kahi hiʻohiʻona nani a nani hoʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o nā pāpū Serengeti a me ka hikina o ka mauna ʻo Ngorongoro.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia i kēlā me kēia 2 makahiki, ʻo ka International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks e hui pū ai i nā poʻe mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa e kaʻana like i nā ʻike hou loa a me nā ʻike ma nā ʻano kumuhana like ʻole, mai ka noiʻi geological a hiki i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau, ka hoʻonaʻauao, a me ka hoʻokele komo ʻana no ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau.
ʻO Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark ka mea hoʻokahi ma ʻApelika ma ka hema o ka Sahara ma hope o M'Goun UNESCO Global Geopark ma Morocco, e lawe mai ana i 2 Geoparks i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ʻApelika.