ʻO ka holo kayak ma ka Iberá Marshes ma Argentina a i ʻole ka nānā manu ʻana ma Ba-Be Lake ma Vietnam, hāʻawi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka loaʻa kālā no ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻāina wai ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana ma kahi puke hou i hoʻolaha ʻia e ka Ramsar Secretariat a UNWTO.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā lawelawe koʻikoʻi e like me ka wai, ka meaʻai, a me ka ikehu, hāʻawi nā ʻāina wai i nā manawa kūpono no ka mākaʻikaʻi, hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i nā pono waiwai no nā kaiāulu kūloko a me ka hoʻokele hoʻomau ʻana o nā ʻāina pulu, e like me ka puke Destination Wetlands: Supporting Sustainable Tourism.
ʻO ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau ʻaʻole e hōʻike wale i nā ʻano kūlohelohe maoli, akā i ka makemake o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi iā lākou iho e apo i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻōmaʻomaʻo. "Aia kahi ʻano o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka huli ʻana i nā ʻano ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka mākaʻikaʻi, i nā wahi e hāʻawi ana i nā holoholona hihiu a me nā hoʻoilina," wahi a Cristian Barhalescu, Kakauolelo Moku'āina, Kuhina o ka Hoʻomohala ʻĀpana a me ka mākaʻikaʻi o Romania, "Ma ke ʻano he ʻāina wai, me ko lākou ʻokoʻa a me ka waiwai. e lilo i lalo o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, pono e hāʻawi ʻia ka pilina ma waena o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā ʻāina pulu e nā mea hana a pau.
Ma o 14 mau noiʻi hihia, e uhi ana i nā ʻano ʻāina pulu like ʻole a puni ka honua, hōʻike ka paʻi ʻana pehea e hiki ai i nā hana mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau i loko a a puni nā ʻāina pulu ke kōkua i ka mālama, ulu waiwai, hōʻemi i ka ʻilihune, a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā moʻomeheu kūloko.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka puke ma ka 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Party to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP11) ma Bucharest, Romania (6-13 Iulai 2012). Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo Wetlands and Tourism, COP11 e hoʻopaʻapaʻa i kahi Resolution Land on Wetlands and Tourism, e koi ana i nā hana mākaʻikaʻi maikaʻi ma nā ʻāina pulu.
"ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o kēia ʻōlelo hoʻoholo no ka Tourism and Wetlands e hāʻawi i kahi papa hana koʻikoʻi e kōkua i nā ʻāina e ʻike maikaʻi i ka pilina ma waena o nā ʻāina wai a me nā mākaʻikaʻi i mea e hoʻomohala ai i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau i nā ʻāina wai a me nā kaiaola ʻē aʻe. Manaʻo ia i nā hana e hiki ai iā lākou ke hana i ka wā pōkole a me ka lōʻihi e hōʻoia i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina wai, "wahi a Anada Tiéga, Kakauolelo Nui o ka Ramsar Convention, "ʻOiaʻiʻo, he mea nui e noʻonoʻo i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma nā ʻāina wai āpau - ʻaʻole wale nā mea i koho ʻia. Nā Paena Ramsar - no ka mea, ua kūpaʻa nā ʻaoʻao i ka Convention i ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻāina wai āpau a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kā lākou hoʻohana naʻauao.
"No Romania, ʻo ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka eco-tourism i nā ʻāina wai kahi mea nui, a ʻo kahi hiʻohiʻona ma kēia ʻano ʻo ka Danube Delta. Pono e kau ʻia ʻo Ramsar Sites ma Romania ma ke kikowaena o ko mākou nānā ʻana a me ke Kuhina o ke Kaiapuni a me nā Nahele, me ka Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo e lilo kēia i mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, "wahi a Corneliu Mugurel Cozmanciuc, Kakauolelo Moku'āina, Kuhina. o ka Kaiapuni a me na Ululaau o Romania.
ʻO ka nānā ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma COP11 e hele mai ana ma ke kua o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka laulima ma waena UNWTO a me ka Ramsar Secretariat. Mai ka makahiki 2010, ua hana pū lāua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina wai hoʻomau, me ka World Wetlands Day 2012 (February 2) i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo "Wetlands and Tourism: A Great Experience."
"ʻO ka ʻāina wai kekahi o nā waiwai nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi, e huki ana i nā miliona o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki," i ʻōlelo ai UNWTO Kakauolelo-General, Taleb Rifai, "Ke hana pū me ka Ramsar Secretariat, UNWTO Ua paʻa ka manaʻo e hoʻokele mau i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina wai ma o nā mākaʻi maikaʻi a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana, no laila e mālama ai iā lākou no ka leʻaleʻa o nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
Ua hiki aku ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi honua i 982 miliona i ka makahiki 2011 a ke manaʻo ʻia nei e piʻi aʻe ma luna o hoʻokahi piliona ma 2012, e hoʻonui ana ma luna o US $1 trillion i nā loaʻa huakaʻi honua. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hapalua o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hele i nā ʻāina wai, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahi kahakai.
