KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) - Ke hoʻomau nei nā mea ʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi i loko o ka ʻohana mākaʻikaʻi i kā lākou lawelawe ponoʻī ʻana i ka ʻaelike ʻae, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ka Uganda Wildlife Authority i kekahi mau makahiki i hala me ka Nkuringo Community Development Trust Fund a me ka African Wildlife Foundation, kekahi o nā mea nui loa. nā hui mālama ʻole aupuni a puni ka honua. ʻO kēia ʻaelike a hoʻomau ʻia i ka manaʻo i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā kaiāulu e puni ana i nā paka aupuni a hāʻawi iā lākou i nā pono kālā. ʻO ke kulekele mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina ʻo Uganda, hoʻoikaika a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, koi i nā kaiāulu e pili ana i nā paka ʻāina a me nā mālama pāʻani e komo i nā hana mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻO ke komo ʻana o ka AWF i kēia ʻae ʻana e hoʻi hou i ka manawa 2003/4, i ka wā i hana ʻia ai ka noiʻi kikoʻī a me kahi loiloi kaiāulu ma ke kahua ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o nā manaʻo maikaʻi i ka papa UWA a me ka hoʻokele no ke ala i manaʻo ʻia. ʻO UWA, ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kā lākou mau loiloi kūloko, a laila komo i loko o kahi ʻaelike me ke kaiāulu, i hōʻike ʻia e ka waihona hilinaʻi, a hoʻolaha pū ʻia me AWF i ko lākou manaʻo e kono i nā noi a me nā noi a nā mea hoʻopukapuka e hoʻomohala hui i ka wahi no ka mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO kekahi o nā koina koi ʻia ʻo ke kaiāulu kūloko, me ke kākoʻo ʻana mai ka mea hoʻokele ʻae hope loa, e hoʻomalu i ka hapa nui inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā palapala ʻae gorilla i loaʻa i kahi hui i noho ʻia no nā kipa kanaka ma kēia wahi no ka pōmaikaʻi o nā kamaʻāina. Pono e ʻōlelo ʻia ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia ke kahua ʻimi Nkuringo e ka kaʻa mai ka ʻaoʻao nui o Bwindi National Park ma Buhoma. He mau ala hele wāwae wale nō ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka paka - akā pono ka poʻe malihini e holo mai Buhoma ma o Muko a me Kisoro i ka pūnaewele Nkuringo, kahi e pau ai ke alanui. (ʻO kēia kaʻa mai Buhoma a i Nkuringo hiki ke lawe i ʻeono hola, ma muli o ke aniau.)
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka hoʻomohala hou ʻana o ka eco lodge i kapa ʻia ʻo Clouds e hopu a hopu i ka māhele mākeke kiʻekiʻe a koi aku i ka logistically e noho i ʻelua pō, kahi e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia ai nā malihini i kahi palapala ʻae no nā gorillas ma ia wahi. Ma kahi ululāʻau pili kokoke i ka hale hoʻokipa e noho ai nā chimpanzees, e lilo ia i mea liʻiliʻi loa ma ka honua kahi e ʻike ai nā malihini i nā primates nui ma ko lākou wahi kūlohelohe ʻoiai e noho ana ma ka hale hoʻokahi. No laila, manaʻo ʻia ka hapa nui o ka poʻe malihini e noho i ʻekolu pō no ka hopu ʻana i nā mea hoʻokipa a pau o ia wahi, ʻo ia ka nūhou maikaʻi no ke kaiāulu ʻoiai ke kiʻi ʻia nei nā limahana a pau mai ke kaiāulu. I kēia manawa ke hana nei lākou i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hale hoʻokipa akā e hoʻohana ʻia lākou ma nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano he poʻe hoʻokipa, poʻe lawelawe, nā kahu lumi, nā mea kuke, nā mea lawe puka, nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me nā māla, kahi a lākou e aʻo nei. Eia hou, loaʻa i ke kaiāulu nā "royalties" no kēlā me kēia malihini e noho ana ma Clouds, e lawe mai ana i ke kahe mau o ke kālā i loko o kahi a hiki i kēia manawa ʻaʻohe hana uku a kahi e hana ai nā kamaʻāina i ka mahiʻai ʻai a me ka hana waiu ponoʻī i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO ka manaʻo like o ka hoʻopili kaiāulu, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hana maikaʻi loa ma ka Apoka Safari Lodge, kahi o nā limahana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka ʻāina ʻo Karamojong, ka mea i kēia manawa no ka manawa mua i kā lākou hana paʻa ola a hiki ke lawe i ke kālā i ka home i ka hopena o kēlā me kēia. mahina. Ua alakaʻi kēia i ke kākoʻo ākea, ma nā ʻōlelo palekana, no ka hale hoʻokipa mai nā kaiāulu e hoʻopuni ana i ka Kidepo Valley National Park. ʻO ka manaʻo, ʻoiai he mea hou ma ʻApelika Hikina, ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa lōʻihi ʻia ma ʻApelika Hema a ua loaʻa i ka ʻike a me ka mahalo ʻia ʻo ke ala maikaʻi loa i mua e hoʻoikaika i nā kaiāulu kūloko e komo i nā hana mākaʻikaʻi a loaʻa ka loaʻa kālā hoʻomau ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe. inā loaʻa kekahi mau hana uku.
ʻOiai ʻo ia mau mea, ʻo ka poʻe e hōʻike ana i nā manaʻo a me nā manaʻo e like me ka "paʻa ʻia" a i ʻole "hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ko mākou ʻāina ponoʻī" e hoʻomau i ka pāʻani i ka lehulehu me nā manaʻo haʻahaʻa a kokoke loa i nā hoʻopunipuni, me nā manaʻo ʻokoʻa huna huna, ʻoiai nā mea nona ka ʻae. ʻAʻole nā Ugandans ka hana. Akā naʻe, ua koho ka kāne i nīnau ʻia e hoʻolilo i ka ʻāina i home hānai a hoʻolilo i nā kālā nui i kā lākou ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. Ua kūkulu ka Uganda Safari Company a me ko lākou mau kaikuahine i nā makahiki he 15 i hala iho nei i kahi hana safari kiʻekiʻe me nā 4x4 i kūkulu ʻia, kūkulu ʻia ka Semliki Safari Lodge (Semliki Game Reserve - Toro GR ma mua), kūkulu hou i ka Apoka Safari Lodge (Kidepo Valley National Park) a wehe ʻo ia i ka hōkele ʻo Emin Pasha Hotel ma Kampala i ka nani o Nakasero. ʻO ka makahiki i hala aku nei ua hoʻohui ka hui i kahi Cessna 5 i kā lākou waiwai e lele i kā lākou mea kūʻai aku i nā waiwai safari mamao, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa ma ʻApelika Hikina.
Aneane hiki ʻole ke hoʻoulu ʻia ka lili. Ma kahi o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻohui ʻana o ke kaiāulu a me ke komo ʻana i kahi hana mākaʻikaʻi kūpono akā naʻe, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā hoʻopiʻi i ka poʻe media, a hiki i kēia manawa ke hāʻawi ʻole i ka ʻike kaulike o ke kūlana maoli ma ka honua. E kiʻi i ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā hale safari like ʻole o Wild Places Africa, a me kā lākou hōkele hale kūʻai ʻo Kampala ʻo The Emin Pasha, a heluhelu i ka moʻolelo o kēia hana hoʻokipa kupaianaha a me ka hoʻokipa ma www.wildplacesafrica.com
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- One of the mandatory criteria was that the local community, with support from the ultimate concession operator, was to control most if not all of the available gorilla tracking permits of a group habituated for human visits in this area for the benefit of the area residents.
- The new eco lodge development named Clouds s said to be aiming at and capturing the upper market segment and requires logistically a two-night stay, during which guests will be guaranteed a tracking permit for the gorillas in the area.
- The concept, although still relatively new in Eastern Africa, has for long been practised in Southern Africa and has won recognition and acclaim as the arguably best way forward to empower local communities to partake in tourism activities and generate a sustainable income in areas where otherwise few if any paying jobs would be available.
